Learning is a big part of life. Babies learn how to walk and say words fromtheir parents， older brothers and sisters. They learn what to eat and to drink. Theylearn what to do when they are cold. They learn when to sleep. All of these thingsare learned by watching others.

First， a young child watches others， and then， he or she tries to do thosethings. Later， we learn to read. This is the main1 way we learn about the worldwhen we are in school. We learn about other countries. We learn about animalsand plants. We also learn about history. Reading opens the door to the world ofbooks. Books can teach us about anything. Reading to learn is a very importantskill2 we develop3 at school. We learn how to teach ourselves with books.

As we get older， our teachers in school show us another way to learn. Thisnext way of learning is writing. Did you know that you can learn by writing？ It istrue. In order to write about something， we first have to read different books ormagazines. As we read， we put ideas together4 and write them down in a way thatothers can read and understand the ideas. In this way， we learn more from writingour ideas than from only reading.

There is also another way we can learn. We learn by teaching others. This islike learning through5 writing， but it is not always about teaching what we read inbooks. For example， if we know how to make something， we can teach others. Butwhen we tell someone how to do it， we learn new things as well. Try it， and youwill see.

學(xué)習(xí)是生活的重要組成部分。嬰兒從他們的父母、哥哥和姐姐那里學(xué)習(xí)如何走路和說(shuō)話(huà)。他們學(xué)習(xí)吃什么、喝什么，學(xué)會(huì)在冷的時(shí)候該做什么，什么時(shí)候該睡覺(jué)了。所有這些東西都是通過(guò)觀察別人學(xué)會(huì)的。

首先，一個(gè)年幼的孩子會(huì)觀察別人，然后，他或她嘗試去做那些事情。接下來(lái)我們學(xué)著閱讀。這是我們上學(xué)時(shí)了解世界的主要方式。我們了解其他國(guó)家，學(xué)習(xí)動(dòng)物和植物的知識(shí)，還學(xué)習(xí)歷史。閱讀打開(kāi)了通往書(shū)籍世界的大門(mén)。書(shū)籍可以教會(huì)我們?nèi)魏问虑?。通過(guò)閱讀來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)是我們?cè)趯W(xué)校學(xué)到的一項(xiàng)非常重要的技能。我們學(xué)習(xí)如何用書(shū)本自學(xué)。

隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，學(xué)校里的老師向我們展示了另一種學(xué)習(xí)方式。這一個(gè)新的學(xué)習(xí)方式就是寫(xiě)作。你以前知道自己可以通過(guò)寫(xiě)作來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)嗎？是真的。為了寫(xiě)作，我們首先要閱讀不同的書(shū)籍或雜志。當(dāng)我們閱讀時(shí)，我們把想法整合在一起，再以其他人可以閱讀并理解的方式把它們寫(xiě)下來(lái)。這樣，我們從寫(xiě)作中比從單純的閱讀中能學(xué)到更多的東西。

還有另外一種學(xué)習(xí)方式，就是通過(guò)教別人來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)。這很像通過(guò)寫(xiě)作來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)，但不一定是教我們?cè)跁?shū)中讀到的東西。例如，如果我們知道如何制作某樣?xùn)|西，就可以教別人做。但是當(dāng)我們告訴別人怎么做的時(shí)候，我們也會(huì)學(xué)到新的東西。試試你就會(huì)明白的。

▏Notes

1. main 主要的；最大的

2. skill 技巧；技藝

3. develop 獲得

4. together 以使接觸；或相結(jié)合……到一起

5. through 以……憑借