Hi Ed and other beloved members, This is a really interesting topic. I'm always interested in discussing friends' hobbies as I can learn a lot of exciting things from their sharing, their stories. It's a good way to start a conversation by asking others' hobbies. People are often very enthusiastic when talking about what they like. And one of my favorite topic is books. Recently, I've read a book about the life and career of a genius, Nopoleon Bonaparte, whose reputation spreads worldwide.
To be honest, I don't know much about this person. I just know that he was a very successful captain who won almost every battles in Europe and was really ambitious and intelligent. I'm very curious about what character he had that made him so successful. Just after reading some first pages I immediately found out the reason. Do you know what it is? The reason that he was so successful is that he had a hobby of reading books, especially those related to war and law. He read books all day long, whenever possible. He had a small room with full of books of all kinds. He was very proud of it and considered it as his own library. No wonder he possessed such an intelligent brain. Although Napoleon had many characters for me and also many others to learn, the most important thing I've learnt after reading this book is the enthusiasm of reading books. Almost every one knows that reading is a very good hobby but not many people make it their hobby. It could be possibly because they are too busy with other stuff such as watching movies, playing games and so forth. However, from my own experience, from what I've seen from successful people, it seems that no one could achieve a big succuss without having a great passion of reading books. Napoleon Bonaparte and Bill Gates are two typical examples. I also very passionate about books but I'm not sure if I could achieve a small success in the future ^_^ What about you? could you share some of your opinions about reading books and your favorite books. Cheers, Eric On Jun 30, 5:35 pm, Eduardo Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi people, > Let´s start a discussion and invite people to improve your english here. > > The question is: > > 1. Do you have time to read books ? > 2. What kind of book do you read ? > 3. What is your favorite book ? > > Take care > > Ed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions
