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Crafts, too, are well worth exploring.
同樣，手工藝也值得我們去鉆研。
A friend of mine took up book-binding because his doctor ordered him to do something that would give him relaxation and activity without tension.
我的一個朋友開始做裝訂書籍的活兒，因為他的醫生要他去做點兒能使他放松且不讓他緊張的活動。
It was a difficult challenge at first, but he gradually learned to square off the paper and the boards, sew the pages, fasten on the backstrip,
開始時，這對他來說是一項艱巨的挑戰，但他逐漸學會了如何將紙張和紙板弄整齊，把它們縫訂起來，貼緊書背布條，
and maintain precision and neatness throughout.
同時要自始至終保持精確和整潔。
Within a few years, this initially rather dull hobby had led him into fresh fields of enjoyment.
沒過幾年，這件起初非常枯燥乏味的業余愛好竟把他帶入了享受樂趣的新領域。
He began to collect fine books from the past five centuries, he developed an interest in printing;
他開始收集過去五個世紀以來的精品圖書，并由此引發了對印刷業的興趣；
eventually, he started a private press and had the joy of producing his own elegant books.
最終，他開辦了一家私人出版社，享受到了親自出版發行精美書籍的樂趣。
Many other crafts there are, and most of them contain one essential pleasure, the pleasure of making something that will last.
手工藝有很多種，其中大部分都包含著一種最基本的樂趣，那就是制作出某種有長久保留價值的東西。
As for reading books, this contains two different delights.
讀書包含兩種不同的樂趣。
One is the pleasure of apprehending the unexpected, such as when one meets a new author who has a new vision of the world.
其一從頓悟那些意想不到的事物中獲得，例如當你遇到了一位對世界有著全新認識的新作者的時候。
The other pleasure is of deepening one's knowledge of a special field.
其二來自于自己某一特殊領域知識的拓寬。
One might enjoy reading about the Civil War, and, then be drawn to a particularly moving part of it—the underground railway,
你可能喜歡閱讀有關美國內戰的書，于是你就被帶進了其中特別感人的那一部分——比如說，地下鐵路線，
say, which carried escaping slaves northward to freedom.
它指的是把逃跑的奴隸送到北方去尋找自由。
One would then be impelled to visit the chief way stations along the route,
這就會驅使你去參加逃亡路線沿線的重要站點，
reconstructing the lives of those resolute organizers and thankful fugitives.
在腦海中重新勾畫出那些意志堅定的組織者們和心存感激的逃亡者們的生活。
