I suspect it got on the required list in part because our teachers thought it was short enough to at least encourage us not to reach for the Classic Comic Book.

这本书能进入这份名单，我怀疑某种程度上是因为我们的老师认为它篇幅够短，至少能鼓励我们从经典漫画书边走开一会儿。

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The classic examples have been in California and Boston in the US, and around Cambridge in the UK.

经典例子是美国的加利福尼亚州和波士顿，还有英国的剑桥。

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To find good classic books, there are trusted recommendations that can help us.

有许多受信赖的推荐可以帮助我们找到经典好书。

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"It comes across to us as a classic example of policy first and explanation later, " Mr Fletcher added.

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While we've certainly put a crick or two in our necks after a long work session on an plane, the story strikes us as being classic scare-journalism: although a lot of frightening statistics are trotted out, no published research is cited and the two main sources quoted are chiropractors.

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The book, which became a children's classic in the US and sold more than 19 million copies worldwide, told the story of a boy who goes on a journey through his own imagination after he is sent to bed without supper.

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