Reading literary fiction isn't just for passing the time.

阅读文学小说不只是为了打发时间。

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If reading is to learn anything more than passing time, it must be active.

如果读书是为了学到点什么，而非仅仅为消磨时间，那它必须是主动的。

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Social: it should show you what your friends and the people you trust are reading and passing around, both within that publication and elsewhere on the Web.

社会性：应该包含哪些你的朋友和信任的人正在阅读和相传的信息，而且出版物和网上内容兼顾。

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It takes a lot of asking questions and reading books and passing exams.

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Of course, you may just be happy reading some award winning Indian literature, while staring blissfully at the passing pastoral, an iced gin and tonic in your hand.

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