But my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of the middle-chass 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 art of reading.
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但是现在，比起人们的基本读写能力缺失这个大问题，我更加担心的是一个更奢侈一些的问题：甚至连中产阶级里的爱书人也在逐渐失去这项技能，他们不再愿意接受那传统的读书艺术的印象——和安静共处，享受那份在家居生活中空下一段时间全神贯注的品味一本书的奢侈。