C、 it hAppEnED to mE rECEntly. i wAs tElling somEonE how muCh i hAD EnjoyED rEADingBArACk oBAmA’sDrEAms From my FAthEr AnD how it hAD ChAngED my viEws oF our prEsiDEnt.
A、FriEnD i wAs tAlking to AgrEED with mE thAt it wAs, in his worDs, “A BrilliAntly (精彩地)writtEn Book”. howEvEr, hE thEn wEnt on to tAlk ABout mr. oBAmA in A wAy whiCh suggEstED hE hAD no iDEA oF his BACkgrounD At All. i sEnsED thAt i wAs tAlking to A Book liAr. AnD it sEEms thAt my FriEnD is not thE only onE.ApproximAtEly two thirDs oF pEoplE hAvE liED ABout rEADing A Book whiCh thEy hAvEn’t. in thE worlDBookDAy’s “rEport on guilty sECrEts”,DrEAms From my FAthEr is At numBEr 9. thE rEport lists tEn Books, AnD vArious Authors, whiCh pEoplE hAvE liED ABout rEADing, AnD As i’m not onE to liE too oFtEn (i’D hAtE to BE CAught out), i’ll ADmit hErE AnD now thAt i hAvEn’t rEAD thE EntirE top tEn.But i Am plEAsED to sAy thAt, unlikE 42 pErCEnt oF pEoplE, i hAvE rEAD thE Book At numBEr onE, gEorgE orwEll’s 1984. i think it’s rEAlly BrilliAnt.thE worlDBookDAy rEport Also hAs somE othEr intErEsting inFormAtion in it. it sAys thAt mAny pEoplE liE ABout hAving rEAD jAnEAustEn,ChArlEsDiCkEns, FyoDorDostoEvsky (i hAvEn’t rEAD him, But hAvEn’t liED ABout it EithEr) AnD hErmAn mElvillE. AskED why thEy liED, thE most Common rEAson wAs to “imprEss” somEonE thEy wErE spEAking to. this CoulD BE triCky iF thE ConvErsAtion BECAmE morE in–DEpth! But whEn AskED whiCh Authors thEy ACtuAlly Enjoy, pEoplE nAmED j. k. rowling, john grishAm, sophiE kinsEllA (Ah, thE Big sEllErs, in othEr worDs). Forty-two pErCEnt oF pEoplE AskED ADmittED thEy turnED to thE BACk oF thE Book to rEAD thE EnD BEForE Finishing thE story (i’ll ComE ClEAn: i Do this AnD Am AstonishED thAt 58 pErCEnt sAiD thEy hAD nEvEr DonE so).whiCh oF thE Following is A “guilty sECrEt” ACCorDing to thE worlDBookDAy rEport
A、ChArlEsDiCkEns is vEry low on thE top-tEn list.
B．42% oF pEoplE prEtEnDED to hAvE rEAD 1984.
C．thE Author ADmittED hAving rEAD 9 Books.
D、DrEAms From my FAthEr is hArDly rEA
D、

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