经济不景气,英国人的对付方法是在家读书。根据英国出版协会上月初出版的《书市年鉴》,去年英国的书市有大幅度增长,营业额扣除通货膨胀的部分后,仍较前一年增加了5.2%,达到20亿英镑。年鉴指出,尽管有录像带、CD唱片及电子游戏的激烈竞争,书籍在英国人的娱乐支出中,仍能维持固 The economic downturn, the British way to deal with is to study at home. According to the Book Fair Almanac published by the Publishing Institute of the United Kingdom earlier last month, the book market in the United Kingdom increased substantially last year. After deducting inflation, the turnover of the book market increased by 5.2% from the previous year to 2 billion pounds. The Almanac notes that books, despite the intense competition for videotapes, CDs and video games, maintain their value in entertainment spending by the British