A lot of literary fiction strikes a bargain with the reader: you suck up a certain amount of difficulty, of resistance and interpretive work and even boredom, and then you get the payoff.

大量文学小说同读者达成了一个协议：要先克服某些困难和抵制心理，认真解读乃至忍受乏味，然后你才会获得报偿。

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But he expects the situation to get even worse over the next few years, with more closures and job losses, as well as temporary lay-offs under a national scheme to help firms in difficulty.

他还预计在将来几年中情况会变得更糟，将会有更多的公司关闭、更多人失业，还会有多次临时性裁员，这是意在帮助公司度过难关的一个全国性计划的一部分。

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