当我们阅读时，感觉如何？是兴奋还是沮丧？

How do we feel when we read, excited or upset?

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首先，我坚信阅读能增加我们的知识。另一方面，当我们感到沮丧时，阅读帮助我们平静下来。

For one thing, I firmly believe that reading can increase our knowledge. For another, reading helps us to calm down when we feel upset.

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阅读和写作涉及多种感官，当我们用手写字时，我们的大脑会从肌肉和指尖得到反馈。

Reading and writing involve a number of senses and when writing by hand our brain receives feedback from our muscles and fingertips.

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But at least at the beginning, when we approach the book, we should stay on its surface, not dig at least initially too deeply.

但至少在一开始，当我们着手阅读时，我们应该要停驻于其表面，不要一开始就深探。

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It's a kind of realism, of course. Nevertheless, there it is in front of us, and again I call you back to that quotation. What are we going to see when we look at the fiction? Do we see what's in front of us?

当然这也是一种现实主义，然而，这些就在我们眼前，我想再次将你们的注意力集中到那句引语上，当我们阅读这,部小说时，什么情景会呈现在你眼前呢，我们能看到什么吗？

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