Now that illiteracy is not so wide spread, people everywhere are free to enjoy great literature.
现在文盲不是很普遍,世界各地的人都可以很自由地欣赏文学作品。
It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it.
那台割草机去年夏天就坏了,尽管我答应修,但一直没抽出时间,