Opportunities and resources for learning English were few and far between in those days, so reading was an extremely important skill. Lai realized that it could not only improve his conversation abilities, but also introduced lots of new words and grammar.
在當時學習英文環境少得可憐的情況下，閱讀相對顯得格外重要，因為閱讀不但可以增進會話能力，還可以學到很多字彙和語法。