crime fiction 犯罪小说

　　I love reading crime fiction - you know detective stories by authors like Ruth Rendell or Agatha Christie.我喜欢读犯罪小说，就是鲁斯·伦德尔、阿加莎·克里斯蒂等作家写的侦探小说。

　　get really involved in the story 真的会被故事情节吸引住

　　I wouldn't say relaxing exactly, but I get really involved in the story - trying to work out who the murderer is... then finding out on the last page.准确来说，我不会说这些书让人轻松愉悦，但是我真的会被故事情节吸引住，自己试图判断出来谁是凶手，接着在最后一页找到答案。

　　find relief from the pressures of modern life 让我们在当代的压力生活中释放自己

　　Reading is one of the best ways to find relief from the pressures of modern life.阅读作为最佳方法之一，让我们在当代的压力生活中释放自己。

　　dementia 老年痴呆

　　It has been around since 2013, when the UK charity 'Reading Agency' published a list of books that doctors could offer to patients, tackling topics from depression to dementia to chronic pain.

　　从2013年开始，读书治疗法开始流行，当时英国的慈善机构"读书机构"发表了一个书单，上面是医生可以提供给患者的书本，用来治疗抑郁、老年痴呆、慢性疼痛等疾病。

　　scanning 粗略浏览

　　It's not to do with scanning, when they're reading literature.他们在阅读文学的时候，并不是粗略浏览。

　　get a general understanding 了解大体内容

　　One type of reading is scanning - reading quickly in order to find specific information or skimming the page to get a general understanding.其中一种阅读方式是略读，即为了找到特定的信息快速阅读，或者大概翻阅了解大体内容。

　　have artistic merit 有艺术价值

　　But the real therapy happens when a group reads literature - written works such as novels, poems or plays which are thought to have artistic merit.然而，真正有疗效的是小组阅读文学，也就是人们认为有艺术价值的作品，比如小说、诗歌和话剧。

　　makes both the left and right hemisphere of the brain come to life 使左右脑都再次活跃了起来

　　Reading literature in this this way makes both the left and right hemisphere of the brain come to life - start to be activated again after a quiet period.以这种方式阅读使左右脑都再次活跃了起来，即安静了一段时期之后再次开始活跃起来。