經典美文：在書店里度過的時光

　　以下是小編整理的情感類英語美文欣賞：在書店里度過的時光， 希望使你的心靈有所觸動。

　　Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable,whether you are a book-lover or merely you arethere to buy a book as a present. You may evenhave entered the shop just to find shelter from asudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soonbecome totally unaware of your surroundings.

　　The desire to pick up a book with an attractivedust jacket is irresistible, although this method ofselection ought not to be followed, as you might endup with a rather dull book.

　　You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later thatyou realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgottenappointment --without buying a book, of course.

　　This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think , the main attraction of abookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. You can wander roundsuch places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant to you with inevitablegreeting, "Can I help you, sir?" You finished browsing.

　　Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course you may want to find out wherea particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire carefully andlook as if he is not interested in selling a single book.

　　You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is veryeasy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy ofthe latest best-selling novel. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up ahuge account, you can waste great deal of time wandering from section to section.