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　　考研英语第38课 书的救赎(1)

　　Perhaps no other thing has such power to lift the poor out of his poverty, the wretched out of his misery, to make the burden-bearer forget his burden, the sick his suffering, the sorrow his grief, the oppressed his degradation, as books.

　　也许没有哪样东西可以像书本一样拥有这种力量：它能让穷人摆脱贫困、令苦难之人远离不幸、使肩负重担者放下重压、让病患忘却痛苦、令悲伤之人不再忧伤、使受压者不再堕落。