同学们，本栏目是对你们学过的知识和生活中常见问题的归纳。其中，有一些共性问题，也许你会需要哦！

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Question1: why the author read? Dose she read for any special purpose? For advancement or learning?

Answer:

The author read because she loved reading more than any other activity on earth. She did not read from a sense of superiority, or advancement or even learning.

Question2: What do you think is the author trying to tell us?

Answer:

Reading has changed her life. The author obviously benefited a lot from her reading. It enabled her to get a scholarship. It helped her to get a good education. And it made her a successful writer. But those were not the things she had in mind when she told us how readings changed her life. For her, the greatest gain from reading was the intense pleasure it gave her. He read for pleasure, not for economic benefits or personal advancement or academic achievement or any other special purpose.