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Where reading is dangerous
在阅读危险的地方
“From red carpet to reading list” (May 9th) noted that most celebrity book-clubs are irritating, but that such clubs make reading less lonely, turning “a solitary(孤独的，独自的) experience…into a collective one”, as one academic put it. That is precisely the function of Charmaghz(① 详细背景：Charmaghz是波斯语...), a non-profit that works with girls in Afghanistan. Founded by an Afghan girls’ education activist, Charmaghz runs online book clubs where the Taliban(塔利班（阿富汗政治组织）) has banned girls from secondary school and university.
《从红毯到书单》（5月9日）指出，大多数名人读书俱乐部都令人厌烦，但这类俱乐部让阅读不再孤独，正如一位学者所说，将“一种孤独的体验……变成集体体验”。这正是Charmaghz的功能，一个与阿富汗女孩合作的非营利组织。由一位阿富汗女孩教育活动家创立，Charmaghz运营在线读书俱乐部，而塔利班已禁止女孩接受中学和大学教育。
Girls and women in Afghanistan are now routinely(例行公事地，通常) excluded(被排除在外) from most public spaces. What they lack is the company(陪伴，伙伴) of other readers their own age, and a setting in which their views on a novel, or anything else, are worthy(值得的，有价值的). A weekly 90-minute session led by Afghan women, discussing “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” or “Around the World in 80 Days”, supplies both.
阿富汗的女孩和妇女现在通常被排除在大多数公共空间之外。她们缺少的是同龄读者的陪伴，以及一个能让她们对小说或其他任何事情的看法得到重视的环境。由阿富汗女性主持的每周90分钟讨论课，讨论《汤姆·索亚历险记》或《八十天环游地球》，提供了这两样。
The state’s helping hand
国家的援助之手
The neverending sequel
永不完结的续集
Root and branch reform
彻底改革
Wordy rappinghood
废话连篇的江湖切口
City style
都市着装