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The elder I become, the more books I should read, so I have listed a ballpark figure for the next three years.
年龄越大越应该多读书，因此我为自己未来三年要读的书列了个大约的书目。
“ballpark”在美语中是“棒球场”的意思。所以大家也应该能猜到，这个俚语与棒球有关。每场棒球比赛，球场播音员都会宣布当天粗略估计的观众人数。这个俚语在20世纪50年代开始使用，意为大约的数目。
Kevin：Hi, Rose, long time no see.
嗨，萝丝，好久不见。
Rose：Yeah, time flies. We have already graduated from our college.
是啊，时光飞逝，我们都大学毕业了。
Kevin：How about your college life?
你大学生活怎么样？
Rose：Boring！At the beginning of every semester, we were given a ballpark figure of books by our teacher, and then read them during the rest time of the semester.
无聊啊。每学期开始，老师给我们一个要读的书的大约的数目，剩下的时间我们就是读书。
Kevin：It's kind of boring.
是挺无聊的。