The writer makes similar assumptions; one of these is that the reader is willing to make some effort to get at the meaning. If either lets the other down, Communication fails. If the writer is careless, the message may be impossible to recover. If she makes demands that the reader cannot fulfil, the message may be distorted, even though to another reader it is clear.
參考答案:作者做着类似的设想：其中之一就是读者情愿通过努力来了解文章意思。如果一方让对方失望，交流就失败了。如果作者粗心，文章里隐含的信息也许就不可能被读懂。如果她提出的要求读者无法做到，信息就会被曲解，尽管这个信息对另外的读者来说很浅白易懂。
