To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words.

• 为了工作他们必须阅读信件，报道，贸易刊物，部门间的协调沟通，更不要说报纸和杂志了：浸泡在一个永不休止的语言信息中。