If, for example, you spend time and money going to a movie, you cannot spend that time at home reading a book, and you cannot spend the money on something else.

打个比方，你花时间和金钱去看一部电影，你就不能把时间用于呆在家里读一本书，也不能把钱用在别的东西上了。

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But I can do those things comfortably because reading a website, a comic book, or a magazine article does not take the length of time and the concentration commitment that reading a book does.

但我之所以能够舒适地做这些事情，是因为上网、看漫画或者读杂志不像读书一样要持续花上很长的一段时间。

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However, consider other USES of your time which might be more rewarding. Learning a new skill, meditation, reading, writing that book you've been wanting to write.

但是，想想时间其实可以用来做更有意义和回报的事情：学习新技能、冥想、阅读、开始你早已计划的写作。

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There was a time when reading a book meant just that.

BBC: World Book Day: The parent-child battles over a costume

After a decade of browsing, blogging, linking, clicking and Tweeting, I find it nearly impossible to focus on a book even when I try to recreate a reading environment that mirrors a more technologically simple time.

FORBES: I Can't Read Anything Longer Than This Headline