"1945" is particularly important.

为什么我们总要强调是1945之后
Why postwar?

你想说为什么是二战之后吗
Well, in America that marks two things for me.

我认为这在美国意味着两件事
One is the rise of the mass market and that changes...Well,

一个是自由市场的兴起这改变了
actually I would say three things.

事实上我想说的是三件事
The rise of the mass market changes the relationship between readership

自由市场的崛起改变了文学作品与读者
and the literature that's out there.

原有的关系
So, it used to be that "high literature" was not published in

文学写作一直都被视做高雅的艺术而
paperback, but the rise of the mass-market paperback meant that

不以平装书问世而这巨大市场的兴起
suddenly books that would never be accessible to a sort of average

给出版市场带来了活力这意味着
middle-class or working-class person suddenly became so.

中产或是工薪阶层的人拥有了阅读的机会
So, it's a huge watershed in the demographics of readership.

这便是读者数量激增的分水岭