A third teacher said Paul looked out the window instead of looking at her.

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The author may have been looking out of the window, but literature, as we encounter it and as a text, is not looking out of the window.

作者可能往窗外看过了，但是文学上，我们遇到它时并且在它作为一个文本时，并不需要往窗外看。

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Literature, when it says "It is raining," is not looking out of the window, right?

文学上，当说到“天在下雨“时“,并未在同时往窗外看，是吧？

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