Everyone has his or her best friend. Usually a boy's best friend is a boy, and a girl's best friend is a girl. But my best friend is very special. It is the book.

Maybe you will think that a book can't talk or play with you when you are in trouble it can't help you, either. Then how can you make friends with it? I am afraid you are quite wrong at this point. You know there are many different kinds of books in the world, such as science books, storybooks, textbooks and so on. All of them are very useful and helpful to you. For example, when you are very tired after a day's work, you can read a book that interests you. You will have a good rest and feel very happy by reading this book. When you read a sad story, you will get to know there are bad persons in this world. They don't want other people to live happily and make a lot of trouble to this world. Maybe you will tell yourself never to be such a bad person as in the story you read; maybe you will tell yourself to help those who need help and try to get on well with everyone around you. Now you see a little book can tell you so many things and can even tell you how to live.

Science books are also very useful, too. We are students now and we are tomorrow's builders. Our duty in the future is. to make this world better and better. To reach the aim needs much more knowledge. That is what science books can help you. You will get a lot of useful knowledge from this kind of books. Of course, the knowledge can make you a clever and useful man.

Ok, aren't the examples above enough? We don't need any more examples, I'm afraid. I think you have changed your mind about a best friend by now. Well, let me tell you a book I like best. It is named Chicken Soup for the Soul. I think some people here must have heard it before. It is really a good book. Each sto-ry in the book can tell you a truth. After I read it, I became more confident in my life. Now I know how to get on well with my parents, my teacher and my classmates, and how to realize my dream and how to be a good, honest and useful person. I should thank this book; I should thank all the books I've read before.

But there is a little pity now, because I am a Junior 3 student and too busy to read books. So I hope some day in the future I will have enough time to stay with my best friend——books'

点评：

The whole speech is closely¹ related² to the topic and gives very vivid³ examples to explain why the speaker thinks the book is her best friend. Not only the opening and the ending, but also the contents of the speech are well organized. Therefore, the speech appears impressive⁴ and persuasive⁵.

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