The old librarian illuminated some old books and manuscripts.

The manuscripts were written in the composer's own hand.

手稿是作曲家亲笔写的。

Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant.

这个文本仍有两份14世纪手抄本存世。

A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post.

大量的手稿开始通过邮递涌来。

He was the director of the local public bibliotheca library.

他出国前是当地公立图书馆的负责人。

Maria finished school, and then became the librarian of the Nantucket Athenaeum.

中学毕业后, 玛丽当上了南塔克特学会的图书管理员.

The passage is too difficult and doesn't lend itself to reading aloud.

这段文字太艰深,不易上口.

He reclined comfortably on a sofa reading a newspaper.

他舒服地斜躺在沙发上看报.

I profit more from one consultation with you than from ten years of reading.

听君一席话,胜读十年书.

In a reading contest, his daughter carried away the bell.

在一次朗读比赛中, 他的女儿得胜了.

This novel is worth reading.

这部小说值得一读.

He couldn't finish reading it anywise.

他无论如何也读不完.

His reading achievement is depressed.

他的阅读能力低于一般水平.

He rewarded the bearer before reading the note.

他在读那短笺之前,先给送信人小费.

Good reading elevates the mind.

阅读好书可使思想高尚.

He spends on the average two hours a day on reading.

他平均每天用两小时读书.

I'll not wish to omit this valuable book from my reading.

我可不愿在自己的阅读书目中漏掉这本有价值的书.

All undergraduates reading English attend a turtorial group each week.

所有攻读英语的本科生每周上一次导师辅导课。

She always puts in an hour's reading before breakfast.

早饭前她总是读一小时书.

She was reading a book, but set it by when the telephone rang.

她正在看书, 但电话铃一响,她就把书搁到一旁.

In our reading we should always be alert for idiomatic expressions.

我们在阅读过程中应经常注意惯用法.