书是我的恩师。
Books are my beloved teachers.
贫穷剥夺了我童午的幸福，把我关在学校大门的 外面，是书本敞开它宽厚的胸脯，接纳了我，给我以慷慨的哺育。
In my childhood, when I was deprived of happiness and schooling by poverty, books took me to their large bosoms and nurtured me generously.
--也许我早就委身于沟壑。
I would probably have ended up in abject misery long ago.
书是我的良友。
Books are my good friends.
它给我一把金钥匙，诱导我打开浅短的视界，愚 昧的头脑，鄙塞的心灵。
They have offered me a golden key to broadening my horizons and ridding myself of stupidity and ignorance.
它从不吝惜对我帮助。
They spare no efforts to heip me.
书是我青春期的恋人，中年的知己，暮年的伴侣。
Books are my sweethearts in my youth, my bosom friends in my middle age, and my companions in my declining years.
有了它，我就 不再愁寂寞，不再怕人情冷暖，世态炎凉。
I never feel lonely, nor fear social snobbery or fickleness of the world.
它使我成为精神世界的富 翁。
They have made a rich man of me in the inner world.
我真的是"不可一日无此君"。
I cannot do a without them even for a single day.
当我忙完了，累极了：当我愤怒 时，苦恼时，我就想亲近它，因为这是一种绝妙的安抚。
When I feel tired out after finishing my work, or when I am in a bad mood, T'1l try tO get close to books for comfort --- the best way for me to find spiritual consolation.
剥夺自由，诚然是人世最酷虐的 刑法，但如果允许囚人有读书的权利，那还不算是自由的彻底丧失。
Deprivation of freedom is the most savage punishment on earth for sure, but, as I've learned from my own personal bitter experience, if prisoners are permitted the right to read they should not be regarded as totally devoid of freedom.
对书的焚毁和禁锢，是最大的愚蠢，十足的野蛮O，可怕的历史 倒退。
Burning or banning books is the height of folly and barbarity, signifying a most horrible retrogression in history. 251 Of course there is also some rubbish among books to be avoided like the plague or Death by all.
当然书本里也有败类，那是癌疫之神，死亡天使，当与世人共弃 作家把自己写的书，送给亲友，献与读者，是最大的愉快。
It is the greatest pleasure for a writer to present to his friends gift copies of a book authored by himself or to have it offered to the reading public.
如果 他的书引起共鸣，得到赞美，那就是对他最好的酬谢。
And he will feel richly rewarded if his book arouses public interest and earns wide acclaim.
在"四人帮"覆亡的前夜，我曾经避开海洋般的冷漠与白眼，每 天到龙华公园读书，拥有自己独立苍茫的世界。
On the eve of the fall of the "Gang of Four', used to go to Longhua Park every day for a reading session, seeking shelter from a sea of frosty looks and hostile stares in a world of my own.
这是我一个终生难 忘的经历。
That will forever remain an unforgettable experience of my life.
书本是太阳、空气、兩露。
Books are sunlight and air, rain and dew.
我不能设想，没有书的世界是什么样 的世界。
I can't imagine what would become of the world without books.