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A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes.

述缺乏吸引力，读者读是一些支离破碎片段。

Have you read any humour recently?

近来读过什么幽默东西吗?

When I read how many people had died, I stopped short and stared in disbelief at the newspaper.

读死了那么多人，我突然停了下来，难以置信地盯着那份纸。

Well, fingers crossed and hearts crescented that the Grim Reaper or Azrael do not read the Guardian.

好吧，食指和中指交叉（译注：一种祈求好运手势），祈祷那个狰狞持镰收割者（译注：指死神）或者死亡天使不要读吧。