Cold reading is the art of telling people truisms about human nature in a way that seems like it is tailored to them.

冷读术这门学问，虽然是告诉某人一些不提自明的事实，但那些话就好像是特定为他而设的那样。

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I still vividly remember spending one cold winter day after the election sitting on the porch with a blanket wrapped around me reading William Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury.

我直到现在还清楚地记得，在选举后的那个寒冷的冬日，我身上裹着一条毯子，坐在门廊阅读福克纳的《喧哗与骚动》。

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Hanna loving me with cold eyes and pursed mouth, silently listening to me reading, and at the end banging the wall with her hand, talking to me with her face turning into a mask.

汉娜以冰冷的目光和撅嘴的方式爱着我，默默地聆听我的朗读，最后用她的手猛敲一下墙壁，面孔转变成一个面具跟我说着话。

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If you were reading a book in your warm bed on a cold winter's day,you might say you were snug as a bug in a rug.

VOA: special.2010.12.26

If you were reading a book in your warm bed on a cold winter's day, you might say you were snug as a bug in a rug.

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Stephen categorically denies he uses 'cold reading' techniques insisting he does not advertise his evenings as "entertainment shows" because they are genuine.

BBC: Inside Out reveals mind readers' techniques

So what is 'cold reading'?

BBC: Inside Out reveals mind readers' techniques

The measure may still be distorted by recent cold weather and a Monday holiday, however, making analysts hesitant to use the low reading as a solid indication of improvement.

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