我们为什么读书

Why do we read books?

其实先贤给出了

Bertrand Russell had

非常准确的答案

an insightful answer

对爱情的渴望

A longing for love,

对知识的追求

the search for knowledge,

对人类苦难

and unbearable pity

难以遏制的同情心

for the suffering of mankind

脚步无法丈量的地方

The places out of reach

读书可以

can be reached in reading

眼睛看不到的地方

What you can't see with your eyes

读书可以

it can be revealed in books

世界上所有（存在）的东西

All that exists in the world

都在书里

can be read in books

世界上没有的东西

Even what doesn't exist

也在书里

can also be found in books

比如人的想象

Like human imagination,

智慧、思想、发现

wisdom, thoughts and discoveries

都在书里面

are all within books

来吧，朋友

Come, my friends 

新世界就在你眼前

This not too late to seek a newer world

Source:China Daily