Reading magazine can pass the time away.

读杂志可以消磨时光。

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She sat reading a magazine, dunking cookies in her coffee.

她坐着一边看杂志一边将曲奇饼在咖啡里蘸一下再吃。

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Then the donors relax, often reading a magazine or talking as their blood is drawn.

然后献血者会放松下来，通常会在抽血时看杂志或聊天。

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But reading a magazine or a book can lure a passenger's attention from the crew, and those are not prohibited.

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More than this, people are hard-wired, when reading a magazine, to take in everything on the page, from editorial to advertising.

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But so does reading People magazine in the MoMA cafe.

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