Reading for pleasure and reading for study are not the same.

读书以自娱和读书以学习是不相同的。

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Overall, study participants fared better on the test after reading literary fiction, versus the other three conditions.

总的来说，与其他三种情况相比，阅读文学小说后的研究参与者在测试中表现得更好。

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In one study, just reading outside in a green setting improved kids' symptoms.

在一项研究中，仅仅是在绿色环境下阅读就改善了孩子的症状。

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He wants to write it like a police procedural, and has been reading novels by the best-selling crime writer Michael Connelly to study the genre.

WSJ: Seth Grahame-Smith: The Master of the Mash-Up

The global rankings are the result of two studies - the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS).

BBC: Northern Ireland is 'best in Europe' at primary maths

The researchers looked at data on children featured in the British Cohort Study - a large group of people born in April 1970 - to look at the link between reading and maths scores at age 10, and earnings at ages 30, 34 and 38.

BBC: Maths skills add up to higher earnings, study finds