[collateral reading] 必读书目以外的用以补充必读读物或便于弄明某一问题的辅助性书籍 [deliberate;consider sth.in the light of the actual conditions] 参考斟酌 ..
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Or is collateralreading for a course where you are must befamiliar with the central notions?
或是某门课的补充阅读，你对它的中心思想一定比较熟悉。
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Well, I know one reason… I had a college professor who made us swear wehad “Read every single word” of our collateralreading.
唔，我知道其中一个原因… 我的一位大学教授曾让我们发誓说我们读过了补充阅读里的“每个单词”。
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The second channel is the textbook market. Although the level is probably not appropriate for undergraduates, we see it being used in graduate courses, perhaps as collateralreading.