I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

  • -- Isaac Asimov 艾萨克·阿西莫夫

我不是个快速阅读者。我是一个理解速度的人。

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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.

书的好处在于被人阅读。书是由一些符号组成的,这些符号代表着其他符号,而这些符号又代表着事物。如果没有眼睛去阅读,一本书所包含的符号就不会产生任何概念;所以它是哑的。

To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is a pleasure beyond compare.

独自坐在灯光下,面前摊着一本书,与几代人亲密交谈——这是无与伦比的乐趣。

There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.

也许还有另一本水门事件的书。我曾想过写一本关于水门事件余波及其影响的书,或许由我或其他人来完成。

Read a lot. Expect something big, something exalting or deepening from a book. No book is worth reading that isn't worth re-reading.

多读书。从书中期待一些大的东西,一些提高或深化的东西。不值得重读的书就不值得读。