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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How can a text look out of the window?

文本怎么能往窗外看呢？

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