Reading is linear.

阅读是线性的。

youdao

I hadalways figured reading was a linear process; you know, start up front and grindthrough to the very end in the exact order it was printed in.

我过去常将阅读描绘成是一个线性的过程；如你所知，按照设定好的顺序，从最前面开始煎熬到印刷的最后一页。

youdao

Reading is nomore linear than thinking is, (or I eventually discovered, than writing; few writersstart at the beginning — indeed, they usually “write the first part last.”

相比于思考（我后来发现写作也一样，很少作家是从最前面开始写的，甚至他们常常从第一部分的最后开始写起），阅读并不具有更多的线性。

youdao

SmartBook represents a breakthrough achievement in reading, as it breaks the centuries-old tradition of books as linear experiences that presume to be read in their entirety, and in a pre-defined sequence, in order to be understood.

ENGADGET: McGraw-Hill reveals the SmartBook: an 'adaptive' e-book for students