Emphases

but I have work to do.

但我有工作要做。

And everything looked so different, compared with things in New York.

与纽约相比，一切都那么不一肃。

Other books are for reading slowly and carefully. If it is a book on a subject that you are interested in, you will want to chew and digest it. That does not mean reading it too slowly. When you pick up a book for the first time, check that it is not to

还有一些书是要慢慢地、仔细地阅读的。如果有一本书谈论的题目你很感兴趣，你就想“咀嚼、消化它”。这并不意味着要读得太慢。当你第一次拿起一本书的时候，你得检查一下，这本书不是太难读。除非从头几页书中你能看出这是一本你容易读懂的书，否则你就不要去读它。