In Germany after World War II, a 15-year-old boy named Mike met a 35-year-old Hannah when he was suffering from scarlet fever. When Mike was sick and helpless, Hannah sent him back. Home.

After recovering from the illness, Mike brought a bouquet of flowers to Hannah's residence to express his gratitude to Hannah. Afterwards, a romance developed between the two people through sex and love.

One time, Mike sat by the bed, picked up a book and read it... Hannah said: So beautiful! He said: You can also read it, and then handed the book to her. She pushed forward gently and said: I would rather listen to you read aloud.

Mike read Lessing and the Odyssey to Hannah, and also read "War and Peace" and "Women with Dogs" to her. When Hannah listened, she was as excited as a child.

Hannah will cry when hearing the sad stories in the book; she will also be shy because of the explicit descriptions in the book. Reading and listening closely connect the two of them, and they seek comfort and happiness from each other.

Hannah showed a desire for reading and a desire for words. As long as they were together, Hannah would ask Mike to read to her, which became an indispensable form of their relationship.

Mike made travel plans, but Hannah didn't look at them. They went on an outing on bicycles, and when ordering food out, facing the waitress in the restaurant, Hannah was embarrassed and overwhelmed with the menu, and then said to Mike, "You order, you can eat whatever you order."

All signs indicate that Hannah cannot read and understand the contents of the book. She can only listen to people read aloud.

Reading aloud can shorten the distance between them and deepen their relationship. During his reading, she experienced the emotions of the characters in the book, which enriched her spiritual world and made her burst into tears again and again. .

Hannah had been a guard in a Nazi concentration camp. In order to cover up her shame and embarrassment of being illiterate, Hannah admitted in court that she had written the certificate and accepted a heavy responsibility that did not belong to her. Sentenced to life imprisonment.

Even though Hannah was sentenced to jail, Mike still sent him his tapes, and they still influenced each other and accompanied her through reading aloud throughout their lives.

Mike's reading to Anna comforted a woman's desolate soul after the war, opened a window for her, gave her hope to live, and gave her hope to rely on and survive in her loneliness. The courage to go down.

This is a story that a man and a woman read together. The only thing that can support her life is the voice of her lover, nothing more.

This is the movie "The Reader" starring Kate Winslet, adapted from the novel "The Reader" written by Harder Schlink.

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In fact, in our lives, around you and me, there are a large number of readers.

Mothers read fairy tales and poems to their babbling children; teachers read novels and prose to students in class; these are things we have experienced.

Reading aloud is a kind of transmission and expression that allows young minds to perceive things in the world. Reading aloud to children can stimulate their desire for knowledge. Reading aloud to the elderly can comfort the lonely souls in their old age.

Mei is a kind and virtuous woman. After marriage, she and her husband were very affectionate and affectionate with each other. She was also very filial to her father-in-law and mother-in-law. Especially when her father-in-law was ill and bedridden, Mei gave her father-in-law a great spiritual boost by reading aloud. support and comfort.

It turns out that Mei’s father-in-law used to be the editor-in-chief of a newspaper. He worked in newspapers all his life and could not live without newspapers. When he was old and at home, reading newspapers every day became the normal part of his life. This was something he was used to. , a window to communicate with the outside world.

When Mei's father-in-law was ill in bed and it was inconvenient for her to read the newspaper, Mei would read the newspaper to her father-in-law and chat with him every day.

Although Mei's father-in-law is suffering from illness, because Mei is by his side and reads to him every day, his father-in-law's mood is relatively stable and at ease, less lost and uneasy, and the pain caused by the illness is alleviated. Pain and sadness.

Very early on I had an idea to go to nursing homes to read to the elderly. Someone asked: Why did you choose to read to the elderly instead of children?

Because many elderly people are lonely and their children have to take care of their children and have little time to accompany them, there are many empty-nest elderly people, and some people have difficulty moving.

Having someone read to them will definitely send warm love and care.

I don’t know if there is such an organization, similar to tutoring and housekeeping companies. Their main job is to connect readers and listeners who need to read.

If so, more people in need can be helped, so that lonely people are no longer lonely and can hear the voice of care. Well, I think this is also a way for a harmonious society to improve people's happiness index.

What we all want to see is that the elderly enjoy their old age in peace and spend every day happily.

People say that what older people fear most is loneliness. If someone often reads to him what he likes to listen to and chats with him about topics of interest, this will definitely improve his quality of life. , you will definitely be able to live a long and healthy life.

Reading aloud is the best way to soothe the soul. It can make injured children no longer frightened, calm impetuous moods, water hungry souls, and fill desolate life with green.

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The reason why I think of these is because a TV program "The Reader" caused a huge stir once it was broadcast.

It can be seen that everyone has the desire to read and listen, but they just implement it in their hearts or in their own small circles. The spread of mass media TV programs makes one thing possible in a short time , allowing hundreds of millions of audiences to feel the same way.

The TV program "The Reader", which Dong Qing was responsible for producing for the first time, just met the needs of the audience, so for a while, the topic of "The Reader" was endless.

What touched me most was the end of the program. Mr. Xu Yuanchong, a ninety-six-year-old translator and professor at Peking University, walked towards us in high spirits and with a cane.

Mr. Xu’s emotions are rich. He can personally feel the emotions of the creator and pass on what he feels to everyone around him.

He read the poem "Don't Throw It Away" written by Lin Huiyin and Xu Zhimo. It was written by Lin Huiyin when he walked through Xu Zhimo's hometown and was moved by the scene after learning that Xu Zhimo had been involved in a plane crash.

The same is the moonlight,

The same is the lights across the mountain,

The sky is full of stars,

Only the people are missing,

Hang like a dream.

Even though more than half a century has passed since 1932, when Lin Huiyin wrote that poem, and 1939, when Xu Yuanchong translated it, Mr. Xu’s voice is still full of tears when he reads it aloud. Choked.

Reading aloud conveys a message, that is, I hope you, like me, can feel the joy brought by the beautiful words in the book.

The sincere reading not only moved myself, but also infected other people, communicating emotions, happy and sad. The interaction between readers and listeners is the bond of emotional connection between people.

In fact, in life, everyone is a reader, but the listener is different. Reading comes in many forms and can be done anytime and anywhere without being restricted by time and place.

I really like poetry recitation with music. Every time I hear it, I feel extremely comfortable. I immediately feel that life is poetic and beautiful. Not only do my emotions change with the content of the recitation, but even my breathing follows the rhythm of the music. And ups and downs.

And I think that the reader gives the listener, in addition to the content of the sound heard at that time, there is also an extended knowledge exploration, which is to add more knowledge from the extendable part of the content. point.

For example, I know that Mr. Xu Yuanchong translated "Madame Bovary".

Just last night, the Minister invited Yin Gucheng to share in the group, and also recommended the book "Madame Bovary". He read the version translated by Zhou Kexi. Of course, there are other books besides this. translation.

So if I want to re-read it next time, which version should I choose? It’s really a question.

When I choose the version, I will read it out loud. Will you read it out loud with me?