"I know that the owners will get the books I want, engage in discussion, and supply the sort of service that is intimately connected with the whole business of reading." Morpurgo agreed.

“我知道来这里我可以找到我想要的书，书店也会组织讨论，同时也提供与阅读紧密相关的各种服务”莫波格表示赞同。

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The reporter passed her time in captivity reading, walking in circles around her cell for exercise and planning when she would wash her hair, because water service was intermittent, she added.

被囚的凌志美以看书打发时光，要锻炼身体就绕着囚室走几圈，想洗头发了就先计划好——她说这是因为水的供应总是断断续续的。

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I'm reading a book now on service-oriented architecture that I can take to a swim meet while I wait three hours for my son's 25-second sprint in the water.

我现在正在读一本关于面向服务的体系结构的书，我可以把它带到游泳运动会上去，一边等待观看我儿子在水中的二十五秒冲刺。

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Meanwhile in Grozny, where separatist rebels continue to battle against Russian forces, a pensioner put together a make-shift service in what remains of a church, reading from a Psalter with the help of a torch.

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The government won a vote on the first reading of the civil-service bill in June, but only by one vote, and that after holding back a clause that would have let state governors and mayors sack surplus workers.

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