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1、1.WhenIwasyoung,IthoughtthatreadingwaslikeadrugwhichIwasallowedtotakeonlyateaspoonatatime,butwhich,nevertheless,hadtheeffectofcarryingmeawaytoanenchantedworld.AstimewentbyandItookthatdrugagainandagain,Ibecameaddictedtoit.Booksbecameanintrinsicpartofmylife.Theybecamem
2、yfriends,myguides,mylovers.Mymostfaithfullovers.Ididn^tknowIwouldfallinlovewithbookswhenIwasyoungandstartedtoread.IdorTtevenrecallwhenIstartedtoreadandhow.Ijustrememberthatmymotherdicinglikemetoread.Inspiteofthis,everytimeIhadanopportunityIwouldsneaksomewherewithaboo
3、kandreadonepage,twopages,three,ifIwereluckyenough,alwaysfeelingmyheartbeatingfast,alwayshopingthatmymotherwouldrTtfindme.Forher,bookswerenothing.Forme,theywereeverything.3.WalterAndersonjoinedtheranksoftheHASocietythesameyearIdid.IfeltaspecialkinshiptohimasIheardhiss
4、tory一forreasonsthatwillbeobviousasIrelateithere.Waltergrewupinafour-roomrailroadflatonthewrongsideofthetracksinNewYork,inanatmospheremadevolatileandviolentbyanilliterate,abusive,alcoholicfathe匸“Ilivedwithfeareveryday,nearlyeveryminuteofmychildhood/9Walterremembers."O
5、ftenmyfatherwouldbeatmeforthingsImightdo,notforthingsIhaddone.Ifeltsaferonthestreetcornerthaninmyownhome：Likeme,myfriendWaltercreditshismotherandreadingaskeyinfluencesinhislife.Hismomalwaystriedtoshieldhimfromhisfather'sabuse.“Ineverdoubtedmymother^love/9Waltersays."
6、Sheencouragedmetoreaddespitethefactthatmyfatherwouldbeatmeifhefoundmereading.Yearslater,aftermyfatherdeath,Iaskedherwhyshewoulddosowhensheknewmyfatherwouldbeatme,andshesaid,"Ibelievedthatifyoucouldlearntoread,somehowyouwouldfindyourwayout.Andyoudid."5.TheUnitedState
7、sisoftendescribedasa"meltingpot”thatabsorbsimmigrantsfromdiverselandsandblendsthemintosomethingwecallAmericans.TheymaybeLatin,orRussian,orItalianwhentheyarrive,butgivenenoughtimethey,oratleasttheirchildren,becomejustliketherestofus.Thatmayhavebeentrueinthepast,butiti
8、slesssotoday,accordingtoagrowingbodyofresearch.ModemtechnologyrangingfromjetaircrafttotheInternethasmadeitpossiblefornewimmigrantst
