In Chicago,the mayor (市长) appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird
as the first book in the “One Book,One Chicago”program.As a result,reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city.Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.
The only problem arose in New York,where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population.This may show that the idea works best in mediumsized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity (一致) can be achieved.Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point,putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than into discussion about a book itself.
Ultimately,as Nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book,but by how many people are enriched by the process,or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared_a_word.
西雅图的一名图书管理员建议大家在同一时间阅读同一本书,并允许陌生人在公共场所对这本书进行讨论,这样做既可以促进陌生人之间的交流,又能培养公众的社区意识。然而,在像纽约等一些大城市,由于人口背景复杂,很难选出一本具有代表性的书,或许这一想法在一些中等城市更容易实施。
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