He portrays a bibliophobic generation of teens, incapable of sustaining concentration long enough to read a book. And learning a poem by heart just strikes them as dumb.

他描述了青少年的恐惧时代，不能长时间保持专注来阅读书籍，而默读理解诗歌的时候也是呆呆地看着文字而已。

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The 'modern' stuff goes straight for the jugular with opening track Free Speech For The Dumb - a fast and furious re-working of the 1982 song from second generation punks Discharge.

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