Quite the opposite. Reading the classics is a cheap hobby.

恰恰相反，阅读经典名著是一种廉价的爱好。

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Reading the classics is the easiest way to improve your writing.

阅读经典名著是提高写作能力最简单的方式。

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By reading the classics to improve your mind you can give yourself an advantage.

通过阅读名著去提高思想水平可以使你自己拥有一定的优势。

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People need to read less of the amateur propaganda on the internet and start reading the classics.

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This knowledge was honed by decades of reading the classics of conservative thought and having spent much of his life publicly debating those whose views were diametrically opposed to his.

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In 1994, he opened the Classics-Reading Promotion Center to train teachers.

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