Don't read newspapers at your desk. Instead, try reading a magazine that is related to your job.

不要在办公桌旁读报纸，最好读一些与工作相关的杂志。

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I sat down at her desk, picked up a newspaper and started reading. Suddenly I heard the wooden door of the outside room open with a squeak.

我在她桌前坐下，随手拿起一张报纸来看，忽然听见外屋板门吱地一声开了。

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She sat at the desk reading a newspaper.

她坐在桌子旁看报纸。

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In hindsight, when you have the luxury of sitting at your desk with a nice cup of coffee and a fresh donut reading about this, you will likely wince and shake your head.

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At night he worked at the computer desk in the bedroom, before getting into bed and reading a few pages of the book on his nightstand.

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He arrived early in his brown corduroy coat with a book taken from the library, copied all its pages on the Xerox machine, and sat at his desk reading what looked to passersby like the honest pages of business.

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