阅读文学小说不只是为了打发时间。

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

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他说，阅读文学小说让我们变得更加好奇。

Reading literary fiction, he says, makes us more curious.

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总的来说，与其他三种情况相比，阅读文学小说后的研究参与者在测试中表现得更好。

Overall, study participants fared better on the test after reading literary fiction, versus the other three conditions.

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However, if you do happen to be an English or a literature major or someone who's just very serious about reading at that level, you will find plenty to chew on here.

然而，如果你刚好主修英语或是文学,或是任何以主修的水平很认真阅读的人，你将会在这里发现很多值得咀嚼的东西。

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And this is all in the realm of literary interpretation: Read the story closely, see if you can figure out what's going on here.

它们都是在文学方面的解读：,仔细阅读，看你能否明白到底是怎么回事。

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In a little scene from the early English history that Milton had selected from his reading, you have an image of silencing, of a horrifying and unredeemable speechlessness that is so closely connected to virginity.

早期英国文学中的一个小场景,那是弥尔顿从他的阅读中选出的，你们，对于可怕的不可挽回的哑口无言有种寂静感,这与童贞紧密相连。

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