A book that remains shut is but a block.
有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
A Book that remains shut is But a Block
有书闭卷不阅读,无异是一块木头
I will lose not a day from these readings for that day cannot be retrieved nor can I substitute another for it.
在阅读这些羊皮卷的时候，我绝不浪费一天的时间，因为时光一去不返，失去的日子是无法弥补的。
This wood won't kindle because it's wet.
这块木头是湿的，点不着。
It was no more than a dying brand.
那是一块要熄灭的木头。
It is a better book to dip into than to read from cover to cover.
这本书随便翻阅一下还可以，不值得从头到尾读一遍。
She read avidly from an early age-books, magazines, anything.
她从小就酷爱阅读——书籍、杂志，无不涉猎。
The throne is but a piece of wood covered with velvet.
皇帝的宝座不过是一块盖着天鹅绒的木头。
The Bible is no ordinary book; it does not contain man's ideas. It is God speak- ing to us. Start to read the Bible， today.
圣经不是一本普通的书；它没有人的思想。它是神对我们说的话。今天就开始阅读圣经吧。
Liu Yonghua is a Japanese?And there're 32 editions in reduced size of this book,and it's not bad to buy one.
刘永华是日本人?另此书已有32开缩印本,不过8开本定价零头之数,不妨买来一阅.
The next step is to discover whether or not the book you are reading has a glossary.
接下来就是找一找你所阅读的这本书中是否有词汇表，
In the middle of each wall there was a stone with a hole in the middle or a wooden ring,
在每面墙的中间都有一块中间有洞的石头或是一个木环，
Reading Online Isn't the Main Reason of Library "Reader Lost"
在线阅读不是图书馆“读者流失”的主要原因
"In your Bosom you have shelved away ten thousand volumes. You have held your head high, never Bowed it in the dust."
腹中贮书一万卷, 不肯低头在草莽。
Why the water in canal is so clear? It is so because of its constant origins.--On reading is one basic way of writing.
问渠哪得清如许,为有源头活水来——略论阅读是写作的基础之一
A picture of a cat on a log is a rebus for catalog.
谜画中有一只猫(cat)站在一块木头(alog)上,谜底是catalog(目录)。
Without doubt, reading is good for the mind.
阅读对于心智无疑是有帮助的。
Books have a division of good and bad, and studying also have differences between benefits and harm, one can't simply say "open a book and have benefits."
书有好坏之分，读书也有有益与有害的不同，不能简单地说“开卷有益”。