The book reads like a ballad.

这本书读起来像民谣的风格。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

For example, one line in the book reads, "Goodnight room."

例如，书里有一行写道，“晚安，房间。”

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Written by four authors, the book reads as though all four authors voted on the words for each sentence.

该书由四位作者写成，但通读全书，却让人觉得好像书中的一字一句都是四个人通过投票决定的，最终导致句意生涩。

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Moses reads the book of the covenant--it's called the Scroll of the Covenant--publicly: this is said in Exodus 24:7.

摩西阅读了契约卷,在《出埃及记》24：7中，也叫立约卷。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The licensing agent reads the book and determines whether or not to print it at all or license it to appear in print.

出版管理机构阅读后决定是坚决不许印刷,这本书还是许可它被印刷成册。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

At times, the book reads as if it were titled The Greatest Corporate Governance Reform Writings of the 20th Century.

FORBES: Get Briefed: Jack Bogle

The book reads like first-person reportage, and Defoe was a journalist as well as a novelist, but the book is set in 1665, when Defoe was only five years old.

WSJ: Dear Book Lover: Fiction that Reads Like Nonfiction

The tutor first reads the book aloud to students first so that they understand and remember the repeated phrases.

UNESCO: Adult Literacy Tutors Association (ALTA)