But my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elelmental literacy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of middle-class reader, of his unwillingness to afford those spaces of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration,that surround the image of the classic act of reading. 但是,我现在的担心,倒不太在于基础阅读能力的普遍问题,而在于更加高层的问题,这包括两方面即,1、中产阶级读者能力下降,2、他不愿意在阅读时留出一定的沉默,不愿意表达出家庭生活的悠闲,不愿意投入时间,不愿意集中精力。)而这里的“集中”则围绕着传统阅读中的形象。 由于缺乏背景知识,很费解啊,尤其是不太理解concentration的意思。但基本结构尚可以了解。 还是而今翻译得好些。 |