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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In a non-ideal school reading takes place in a physically and emotionally cold environment, and in some discomfort.

在非理想的学校，阅读是在一个身心都觉得冷冰冰的环境里进行，让人感到不太舒服。

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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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