On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise.

在村庄的草地上，你临时组成了比赛球队，不牵涉到地方观念，那么，你可以纯粹为娱乐或锻炼而打球。

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Consequently if you pick up such a book and simply read it through, you are wasting your time.

如果你拿起那样的书还埋头读下去，那你是在浪费时间。

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When I feel under pressure and wish to get away from it all, I simply pick up one of these novels.

当我感到压力，并想逃离一切的时候，我就会拿起一本侦探小说。

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It simply means that future rather than current taxpayers have to pick up the costs of servicing and paying off the debt.

ECONOMIST: Labour and the unions

But then he didn't have the advantage of living, like Ms Ephron, in Manhattan, where something was almost bound to happen to you if you simply stepped outside, and if it didn't happen you could pick up the phone and order it.

ECONOMIST: Nora Ephron and Lonesome George