Returning to a book you’ve read many times can feel like drinks with an old friend. There’s a welcome familiarity — but also sometimes a slight suspicion that time has changed you both, and thus the relationship. But books don’t change, people do. And that’s what makes the act of rereading so rich and transformative.
重读一本你已经多次阅读过的书籍，感觉就像是与一位老朋友共饮。有一种令人欢迎的熟悉感——但有时也会稍微怀疑时间已经改变了你们俩，从而改变了你们之间的关系。但书籍是不会变的，变的是人。这正是重读行为如此丰富和变革性的原因。

The beauty of rereading lies in the idea that our bond with the work is based on our present mental register. It’s true, the older I get, the more I feel time has wings. But with reading, it’s all about the present. It’s about the now and what one contributes to the now, because reading is a give and take between author and reader. Each has to pull their own weight.
重读之美在于我们与作品之间的联系是基于我们当前的心理状态。的确，随着年龄的增长，我越来越感觉到时间的飞逝。但阅读，全都是关于当下的。它关乎现在以及一个人对现在的贡献，因为阅读是作者和读者之间的一种互动。双方都需要付出自己的努力。

There are three books I reread annually The first, which I take to reading every spring is Emest Hemningway’s A Moveable Feast. Published in 1964, it’s his classic memoir of 1920s Paris. The language is almost intoxicating (令人陶醉的)，an aging writer looking back on an ambitious yet simpler time. Another is Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm, her poetic 1975 ramble (随笔) about everything and nothing. The third book is Julio Cortazar’s Save Twilight: Selected Poems, because poetry. And because Cortazar.
我每年都会重读三本书。第一本，我每年春天都会阅读的是欧内斯特·海明威的《流动的盛宴》。这本书发表于1964年，是他关于20世纪20年代巴黎的经典回忆录。语言几乎是令人陶醉的，一位年迈的作家回顾那个充满野心但又简单的时代。另一本是安妮·迪拉德的《圣洁的公司》，她1975年的诗意随笔，关于一切和无。第三本书是胡里奥·科塔萨尔的《拯救暮色：精选诗集》，因为诗歌。也因为科塔萨尔。

While I tend to buy a lot of books, these three were given to me as gifs, which might add to the meaning I attach to them. But I imagine that, while money is indeed wonderful and necessary, rereading an author’s work is the highest currency a reader can pay them. The best books are the ones that open further as time passes. But remember, it’s you that has to grow and read and reread in order to better understand your friends.
虽然我倾向于购买很多书籍，但这三本是作为礼物赠送给我的，这可能增加了我对它们赋予的意义。但我相信，虽然金钱确实美妙且必要，重读作者的作品是读者可以支付的最高货币。最好的书籍是随着时间的流逝而进一步展开的。但记住，你必须成长、阅读和重读，以便更好地理解你的朋友。

1. Why does the author like rereading?
   A. It evaluates the writer-reader relationship.
   B. It’s a window to a whole new world.
   C. It’s a substitute for drinking with a friend.
   D. It extends the understanding of oneself.
   答案：D

2. What do we know about the book A Moveable Feas!?
   A. It’s a brief account of a trip.
   B. It’s about Hemingway’s life as a young man.
   C. It’s a record of a historic event.
   D. It’s about Hemingway’s friends in Paris.
   答案：B

3. What does the underlined word ＂currency＂ in paragraph 4 refer to?
   A. Debt
   B. Reward.
   C. Allowance.
   D. Face value.
   答案：B

4. What can we infer about the author from the text?
   A. He loves poetry.
   B. He’s an editor.
   C. He’s very ambitious.
   D. He teaches reading.
   答案：A