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.
我作为书评人的工作过去常常在鸡尾酒会上引起羡慕，人们幻想着过上读书的生活。现在，这份工作更可能让聚会上的人们不好意思地承认他们没有读到自己想读的那么多书——仿佛我会突然对他们进行《白鲸》(Moby-Dick)的测验。
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