昨天晚上我在看小说。

I was reading a novel last night.

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我现在在看新的迪恩·库茨的书，我不记得书名了，不过是本恐怖小说，是我很喜欢读的一类书。

J: Right now I am reading a brand-new Dean Koontz 's4 book which I cannot remember the title, but that's a horror novel which is also one of my favorites to read.

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妈妈回来时我正在看小说。

I was reading a novel when Mother returned.

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Now I want to switch gears, just for the last couple minutes, and ask you: what do you see when you read this novel?

在最后的这几分钟，我想换换话题，问问你们：，在看这部小说时,你们读到了什么？

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