My job as a book critic used to elicit envy at cocktail parties, with people fantasising about a life spent reading. Now it’s more likely to trigger sheepish admissions from partygoers about not reading as much as they’d like to — as if I’m going to spring a pop quiz on Moby-Dick.
我作為書評人的工作過去常常在雞尾酒會(huì)上引起羨慕，人們幻想著過上讀書的生活。現(xiàn)在，這份工作更可能讓聚會(huì)上的人們不好意思地承認(rèn)他們沒有讀到自己想讀的那么多書——仿佛我會(huì)突然對他們進(jìn)行《白鯨》(Moby-Dick)的測驗(yàn)。
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