The virtual work of the reader does not involve surprise, does not involve the violation of expectations.

读者的虚功中没有惊讶，也没有期望的违背。

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Now in order to illustrate the way in which what Iser calls virtual work gets done in this regard, let me just run through a few passages quickly.

现在，为了阐释,在这点上，伊瑟尔所说的虚功是怎样做的，下面我们来快速地浏览几段话。

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