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Since the prehistoric times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always manipulated the circumstances to the best of his advantages. Probably this might be the reason why we human are the most developed of all living species on the earth, and probably also in the universe. As we climbed the steps of evolution with giant leaps, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking—we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of times.
If you are hungry, what do you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently began to heed to your needs and never let itself grow. When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can’t I think?", "Why am I always given the diffcult problems?" Well this is the aftermath of our own karma of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually satiated through extensive reading. Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to take help of reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions. Once you read a book, you just don’t run your eyes through the lines, but even your mind decodes it and explains it to you. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before.
自史前时代起，人类就已有满足自己需求的强烈欲望。无论是饥饿、避难或寻觅配偶，人类总是操纵着环境使其达到最利于自己的状态。这或许解答了为什么人类是地球上甚至是宇宙中最高级的现存物种。然而在进化的阶梯上取得巨大飞跃时，我们却不知何故将一些常识和逻辑思维抛诸脑后——我们忘记了自己已经停止了超前思维。
如果你饿了，你会怎么做？抓起你最喜爱的美食饱餐一顿，然后静静地呆在那里？而你的大脑也像你的胃，是会感到饥饿的，但它却从不让你知道，因为你让它一直想着你的梦中情人、你最喜爱的明星和许多诸如此类的荒唐事。因此它只是默默地留意着你的需要却从不让自己成长。当思维恣意成长时，创造力就戛然而止。这也许就是为什么我们有时会想“下一步该如何”、“为什么我想不到？”、“为什么我总是碰到难题？”的原因吧。这也是我们的大脑总在考虑那些毫无价值的事情产生的后果。
事实上，思维的饥荒可以通过广泛的阅读来满足。为什么是阅读而不是选择看电视呢？因为自孩提时代起，读书就已经是最具教育性的工具了。正如人生发展的其他方面一样，我们不得不求助于阅读。世界上有无数书籍可以回答你“如何做”的问题。读书时不仅要用眼睛浏览文字，还要用脑去解读、诠释。书中有趣的部分就会像种子一样贮存在你的脑海里。将来你会不自觉地运用这粒种子引发新的想法。多次运用这粒种子将有助于你把许多事情联系起来，即使你做梦都想不到这些！这不是别的，就是创造力！你读的书越多，你的心智就会前所未有地开阔。
prehistoric [,pri:hi'stɔrik] a.史前的
例句 His ideas on morals are really prehistoric. 他的道德观念真是太陈腐了。
shelter ['ʃeltə] n.掩蔽处；住所；保护 vt.庇护 vi.躲避
例句 The refugees’ main requirements are food and shelter. 难民的主要必需品是食物和住所。
manipulate [mə'nipjuleit] vt.操纵，控制，影响；(熟练地)使用
例句 A clever politician know how to manipulate public opinion. 聪明的政客知道如何操纵公众舆论。
circumstance ['sə:kəmstəns] n.环境，形势；[pl.]境况，经济状况
例句 The circumstances are under control. 情况尽在掌握中。
logical ['lɔdʒikəl] a.逻辑(上)的，符合逻辑的；合乎常理的
例句 We finally reached a logical condusion. 我们最后得出了一个符合逻辑的结论。
absurd [əb'sə:d] a.荒谬的，荒唐的
例句 He is wearing an absurd hat today. 他今天戴了顶滑稽的帽子。
aftermath ['ɑ:ftəmæθ] n.后果，余波
例句 Millions dieds as an aftermath of earthquake. 地震的后果是死了几百万人。
karma ['kɑ:mə] n.(佛教或印度教中)业，因果报应，缘分，命运
例句 It’s my karma always to fall in love with blondes. 我爱上的总是金发女子，这是我的缘分。
extensive [ik'stensiv] 例 a.广大的，广阔的；广泛的，大量的
例句 The teacher had both extensive knowledge and profound scholarship.先生的学问博大精深。
innumerable [i'nju:mərəbəl] a.无数的，数不清的
例句 The sum total of innumerable relative truths constitute absolute truth.无数相对真理之总和，就是绝对的真理。
Since the prehistoric times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs.
句型:since + 时间(过去的时间)，主句使用完成时态，表示自从某个时候开始，就有某事发生至今。
例句
The city has changed a lot since I moved here.
自从我搬来这里，这城市已改变了很多。
He has been abroad since he left me.
自从他离开我后，他一直在海外。
I’ve been doing this work since I graduated.
自从毕业后我一直在做这工作。
Since then I have always wondered where he lived.
从那时起，我一直在想他住在哪里。
1. Since the pre-historic times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always manipulated the circumstances to the best of his advantages. Probably this might be the reason why we human are the most developed of all living species on the earth, and probably also in the universe.
自史前时代起，人类就已有满足自己需求的强烈欲望。无论是饥饿、避难或寻觅配偶，人类总是操纵着环境使其达到最利于自己的状态。这或许解答了为什么人类是地球上甚至是宇宙中最高级的现存物种。
2. Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood.
因为自孩提时代起，读书就已经是最具教育性的工具了。
3. Once you read a book, you just don’t run your eyes through the lines, but even your mind decodes it and explains it to you. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before.
读书时不仅要用眼睛浏览文字，还要用脑去解读、诠释。书中有趣的部分就会像种子一样贮存在你的脑海里。将来你会不自觉地运用这粒种子引发新的想法。多次运用这粒种子将有助于你把许多事情联系起来，即使你做梦都想不到这些！这不是别的，就是创造力！你读的书越多，你的心智就会前所未有地开阔。
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
——Marie Curie
世界上没有什么值得害怕的东西，他们只是有待我们研究与理解。现在我们应该去学习更多的知识，我们害怕的事情就会少一些。
——居里夫人
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
——Richard Steele
阅读对于思想来说，就像是锻炼之对于身体。
——理查德·斯蒂尔