International Book Giving Day国际赠书日

When is International Book Giving Day？

Every February 14th.

国际赠书日在什么时候？

每年2 月14 日。

Books hold infinite1 power. They can transport us to new worlds， teach us newthings， inspire us， make us laugh， cry， and can provide us with important memories.

书籍蕴含着无穷的力量。它们可以把我们带到新的世界，教我们新的东西，激励我们，让我们笑，让我们哭，并为我们提供重要的记忆。

The International Book Giving Day started in the UK. However， over the yearsthe day has spread and book lovers around the world now take part in thecelebrations. The holiday was started by Amy Broadmoore and her son， throughDelightful Children’s Books， who conceived2 the original3 idea in 2012， afternoticing a need for books for children in poor areas.

国际赠书日始于英国。然而，经过多年，这个节日已经传播开来，世界各地的图书爱好者现在都参加了这一庆祝活动。这个节日是由埃米·布罗德摩尔和她的儿子通过快乐儿童图书公司发起的。她在2012 年注意到贫困地区的儿童对书籍的需求后，萌生了最初的想法。

While they do not host large organized events， they insteadencourage volunteers or holiday celebrators to gift a book to a child.This book can be your favorite book， one you haven’t read， or oneyou think a child would love.

虽然她们不举办大型有组织的活动，但她们鼓励志愿者或节日庆祝者将一本书赠送给孩子。这本书可以是你最喜欢的书，一本你没有读过的书，或者一本你认为孩子会喜欢的书。

Many book lovers around the world celebrate this day by donating new orused books to children’s libraries， schools or charities4. There are many ways youcan celebrate this day！ Consider giving a book to your friend’s or family’schildren. If you’re an older sibling5， consider gifting your younger sibling a newbook to read at bedtime.

世界各地的许多图书爱好者通过向儿童图书馆、学校或慈善机构捐赠新书或旧书来庆祝这一天。你有多种方式可以庆祝这一天！你可以考虑送本书给你的朋友或家人的孩子。如果你是哥哥姐姐，可以考虑送给弟弟妹妹一本新书，让他们在睡前阅读。

Benefits6 of Books

书的好处

Scientists have proven7 the benefits of books to people of all ages， butespecially for children. Children are often shown to form warmer and strongeremotional bonds8 to those that read books to them. Books have great influenceon kid爷s language development. Children that are encouraged to read developlarger vocabularies at a quicker rate. Books are also shown to develop a child爷scritical9 thinking. A child爷s imagination is also nurtured when they canexperience different worlds through the lens of a book.

科学家们已经证明了书籍对各个年龄段的人都有好处袁尤其是对儿童遥儿童经常表现出与那些给他们读书的人建立更温暖尧更牢固的情感纽带遥书籍对儿童的语言发展有很大的影响遥被鼓励阅读的儿童会以更快的速度发展出更大的词汇量遥书籍也被证明可以培养孩子的批判性思维遥当孩子能够通过书中的镜头体验不同的世界时袁他们的想象力也会得到培养遥