5N-COUNT (英国议会或美国国会讨论一项新法案以获通过的三步立法程序之一)议案宣读 In the British Parliament or the US Congress, a reading is one of the three stages of introducing and discussing a new bill before it can be passed as law. (英国议会或美国国会讨论一项新法案以获通过的三步立法程序之一)议案宣读
The bill is expected to pass its second reading with a comfortable majority.
预计这项法案将以绝大多数赞成而通过议会第二次宣读。
6PHRASE 读起来感觉… If you say that a book or an article makes interesting reading or makes for interesting reading, you mean that it is interesting to read. 读起来感觉…
The list of drinks, a dozen pages long, makes fascinating reading.
酒水单一共有十几页长,读起来很有趣。
The report, called 'Child Poverty and Deprivation in the UK', makes for depressing reading.
题为“英国儿童的贫困状况”的报告让人读起来心情沉重。
Quotations
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the bodyRichard SteeleThe Tatler
Some people say that life is the thing, but I prefer readingLogan Pearsall SmithAfterthoughts
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathingHarper LeeTo Kill a Mockingbird