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参考答案: The Importance of Reading Classics It is widely acknowledged that reading the classical works plays a critical role to people’s character development and personal growth of the young people. All of us may have the experience of enjoying the joy and happiness by reading those Chinese masterpieces such as The Dream in the Red Chamber and foreign classics such as Shakespeare’s. In addition to elevating our aesthetic taste, reading the classics can deepen the insight into human thoughts and understanding of the glorious history of cultures. However, it is more and more evident that less and less modern people enjoy reading these classics. In other words, they find few interests in reading. A lot of reasons are responsible for this. The first we should mention is that they are in the shadow of practical minds. These classics may not meet the needs. Besides, online reading is a good way for people to get information easily and efficiently. And the last but not the least is that in a much more fast pace society, many people — especially the young claim they are too busy to find even the time for reading. So what should we college students do on this issue For me, I hold that we should be fully aware of the important role the classics had played and can play in broadening our vision. Therefore, most of us will quit the excuse of time deficiency for reading. We should also advocate to the public the importance of classics so that the enthusiasm for reading will prevail in the society and general people can get the benefit of it.