1. The reader starts out, full of hope and determination.
    读者开始阅读的时候，满怀希望和决心。

2. This temptation to cover the distance between himself and the reader,
    这种企图消除自己和读者之间距离的作法，

3. The reader´s hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine, a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
    当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。

4. As though she is a mind reader, Mrs. Clark answers my thoughts and quietly tells me,
    她似乎读懂了我的心思，平静地回答我说：

5. She is a thriller reader.
    她爱读惊险小说。

6. It was clear that the reader had given up in despair.
    很明显，读者由于失望而放弃不读了。