Both his parents taught Japanese literature, but he preferred reading second-hand pulp-fiction novels picked up in the port city of Kobe.

村上父母都是日本文学教授，但他本人却更喜欢阅读神户淘来的二手通俗小说。

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There are two means to build up knowledge:to get it personally or by second-hand experience. Reading, which opens up a new world of different cultures for us, belongs to second-hand experience.

知识积累有两种方式：亲身体验和间接体验。能为我们打开不同文化世界的阅读属于间接体验。

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Cardiff are fourth in the Championship going into the weekend's fixtures on 48 points, nine points off second-place Reading with a game in hand.

BBC: Welsh football 'best in 20 years'