“小贝”自传--看上去很美 读下去很难Beckham, Rowling books among hardest to finish: poll[ 2007-03-14 08:45 ] Bestsellers by Bill Clinton, J.K. Rowling and David Beckham are among the books Britons find hardest to finish reading, according to a survey published Monday. Although the average reader spends more than 4,000 pounds (5,890 euros, 7,760 dollars) on books in their lifetime, 55 percent admit they buy them for decoration and have no intention of reading them. Topping the list of unfinishable fiction is "Vernon God Little" by DBC Pierre, which 35 percent said they could not plough through, followed by Rowling's "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" at two (32 percent). "Ulysses" by James Joyce (28 percent) was at three and Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" -- which prompted Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa, or death sentence, against him in 1989 -- is at number six (21 percent). The non-fiction list was led by the memoirs of former British Cabinet minister David Blunkett (35 percent), followed by ex United States president Clinton's 1024-page autobiography "My Life" (30 percent). Real Madrid star Beckham's "My Side", the fastest-selling autobiography of all time in Britain, comes in third (27 percent). The survey also found that only 24 percent of people find time to read every day, with 48 percent saying that they were too tired to do so. Researchers commissioned by television news service Teletext interviewed 4,000 people. 双语资讯(AFP) 英国本周一公布的一项调查显示，比尔·克林顿、JK.罗琳和大卫·贝克汉姆的畅销书名列“最难读完书籍”排行榜。 尽管英国普通读者一生中花在买书上的钱超过4000英镑，但其中55%的人承认，他们买书的目的是为了装饰，并不是为了读书。 名列小说类“最难读完书籍”排行榜之首的是DBC 皮埃尔创作的小说《Vernon God Little》，35%的受访者说他们无法读完这本书；位居其后的是罗琳的《哈利·波特和火焰杯》         Vocabulary:            plough through : 读完 fatwa : 追杀令；死刑