The company announced it would close one third of its bookstores the next year as more people chose to read e-books.

该公司宣布，由于越来越多的人选择阅读电子书，明年将关闭三分之一的书店。

youdao

But the thing is that I really don't want St. Marks books to close, and by hook or by crook (since it obviously won't happen by book), I want it to be saved.

但我真的不愿看到圣马克关门，不管用什么方法(显然用书是没用的)，都希望它能被保存下来。

youdao

Sit down. Open your books. Close your books. Stand up.

坐下。打开书。合上书。起立。

youdao

A funny coincidence is that since our names are close in the alphabet-- you often find our books right together in bookstores because Shiller and Siegel-- if they're shelving alphabetically-- would end up together.

巧合的是,因为我们的姓氏在字母表中排在一起,所以书店里常见到我们的书也摆放在一起,因为希勒和西格尔,如果书店按字母顺序摆放书籍的话,我们的书就会放在一起

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