Jessy Cao Fourth Grade Spreckels Elementary
“If all the books in the world were about to disappear, but you could save one,what would it be? Why?”
If I had to choose one book and all the others would disappear, what book would I choose?
I would probably choose the encyclopedia because if all of the books in the world really were gone, what would you do? Would you waste your time reading fiction books that don’t help us at all, that just amuse us?
I chose the encyclopedia because it teaches me stuff that I don’t know.There are things you probably don’t know in the encyclopedia. That’s one of the reasons why I would choose the encyclopedia.
The second reason is that it’s a long book. It would probably take me (if it was all the volumes jammed into one) two weeks to read it, and I’m a fast reader! The benefit of this is: I’ll be amused for longer. Usually it takes me a pretty short time to get bored of a book. But the encyclopedia is…well, it’s a pretty long book and the print is small (and the book is still fat) so the first time I read it, I’ll be sure to miss something. Then I can read it again and find what I missed.
The third reason is: it’s an educational book (well, kind of). You can study in class if you don’t have a textbook anymore, even though finding what you need to search up may be a little challenging.
These are all reasons I would choose the encyclopedia. Though it’s long (some people think it’s boring), it’s informative, and that’s what counts…for me.
I hope you liked my essay and all my reasons. I would choose the encyclopedia as the last book in the world. But people will write new books…right?
参考翻译
杰西曹 四年级 斯普雷克尔斯小学
“如果世界上所有的书都消失了，但你可以保存一本，那会是什么？为什么？“
如果其他的书都不见了,而我不得不选择一本书，我会选哪本书呢？
我可能会选择百科全书，因为如果世界上所有的书都不见了，你会怎么办？你会浪费你的时间阅读那些毫无帮助的小说吗？
我选择百科全书是因为它教给我一些我不知道的东西。这就是我选择百科全书的原因之一。
第二个原因是它是一本很长的书。阅读它可能会花掉我两周的时间（如果所有的内容卷成一卷），而且我是一个快速阅读者！这样做的好处是：我会高兴得久一些。通常一本书花费我很少时间是让我烦恼的。但是百科全书是……嗯，这是一本相当长的书，而且印刷量很小（而且书还很胖），所以我第一次读它的时候肯定会错过一些东西。然后我可以读一遍，我可以发现错过的一些东西.
第三个原因是：这是一本教育类的书。如果你没有课本，你可以在课堂上学习，尽管找到你需要搜索的东西可能有点挑战性。
这些都是我选择百科全书的原因。虽然它很长（有些人认为它很无聊），但它很有用，这对我来说很重要。
我希望你喜欢我的文章和我所有的理由。我会选择百科全书作为世界上最后一本书。但是人们会写新书……对吗？