英语背诵：Reading Good Books

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　　Reading Good Books
        　　They gain mental food such as few companions can supply.(2)
        　　他们从中获得的那种精神食粮，从其他地方是很难得到的。
        　　Even while resting from their labors they are, through the books they read, equipping themselves to perform those labors more efficiently.
        　　即使是在工作休息时，通过读书，他们的工作效率也能更加提高，尽管他们未必有意识地想到读书是为了提高才智。
        　　This albeit~ they may not be deliberately reading to improve their mind. All unconsciously the ideas they derive from the printed pages(4) are stored up, to be worked over(5) by the imagination for their future profit.
        　　在钱然不知不觉中，他们从书中吸取的知识积累起来，经过想想象力的加工，对将来大有用处。
        　　H·爱丁顿·布鲁斯
        　　(2) They gain mental food such as few companions can supply: 他们得到的那种精神食粮是没有什么同栏能提供的。此处such as相当于 such mental food as
        　　(3) This: 指上句;albeit: 连词，含义是 although it be(尽管，虽然)，用于书面语。
        　　(4) the printed pages:书本。
        　　(5) to be worked over:以便加以研究。