It reads like a phone book.

这读起来跟电话簿似的。

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It reads like a play.

这读着就像戏剧一样。

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Here Warren Scheer reads the very beginning of Geoffrey Chaucer's great poem, "The Canterbury Tales" as it was written in Middle English.

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It reads almost exactly like the prologues to these ancient collections.

读起来几乎就像那些古代法律资料集的序言。

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Maybe he points his little light detector at it and it reads out.

他可能会用一个光检测器对准苹果,仪器显示计量结果

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It reads like a pastiche of ideas that poll well (especially in the Base).

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It reads a bit as if they know the truth, as writ on stone tablets.

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Her longtime colleague and friend, Dr. Anders Eckman, died suddenly in the Brazilian Amazon, it reads.

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