Part VI 英译汉

Translation (10 points) Answer Sheet. Books are steadily increasing in size: the average number of pages has grown by 25% over the last 15 years. A study of more than 2,500 books appearing on New York Times bestseller reveals that the average length has increased from 320 pages in 1999 to 400 pages in 2014. James Finlayson, who carried out the study, believed " there's arelatively consistent pattern of growth year on year". For Finlayson, much of this shift can be explained by the industry's shift towards digital. "When you pick upalarge book inashop," he says, " you can sometimes be intimidated. But if you haveabig book on aKindle(e-book), that's not a consideration."