①我们先可以不假思索地构想出一幅图画,它能勾勒出书呆子的形象,并能引人发出一声讥笑:一个面色苍白、形容消瘦的书生,身着长袍大褂,成天冥思苦想,手无缚鸡之力,一招呼女人就面红耳赤,两耳不闻窗外事,一头潜入故纸堆中,只要一进旧书店,便流连于幽暗的角落,耗去几个时辰。——这无疑是一个习性乖戾、单纯可爱的人物,与我们谈的另一类人绝无相似之处。一个真正的读者,从本质上说是很年轻的。他充满强烈 1 We can first conceive a picture without hesitation. It can outline the image of a nerd and introduce a smirk: a scholar who is pale and emaciated, dressed in a robe, contemplates all day long, and has no chickens. The power to greet a woman on the face of a red face, the ears do not smell outside the window, a sneak into the heap of old paper, as long as an old bookstore, they linger in the dark corners, consuming a few hours. This is undoubtedly a habitual, simple, and cute character. There is no similarity between the other people we talked about. A true reader is, in essence, very young. He is full of intense