A reading desk with a slanted top holding the books from which scriptural passages are read during a church service.

诵经台一张顶部倾斜的书桌，上面放有经书，在教学礼拜时可以从中读取经文段落。

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In synagogues, the bema (or bimah) is a raised platform with a reading desk from which the Torah and passages from the Prophets are read.

在犹太教的会堂里也设有讲坛，在其上诵读「托拉」和先知的经文。

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I tell you what-you think it's boring is only because you haven't bought the reading desk which produced by our company, especially designed for reading and writing.

察茨金先生同情地问道。“我跟您说——您觉得它枯燥无聊，是因为您至今没有购买我们专为读书写作设计的斜面书桌！”

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That 80% of adults IS going to get tired of sitting at a desk reading news.

FORBES: Majority Of Adults Not Into E-Readers?

He arrived early in his brown corduroy coat with a book taken from the library, copied all its pages on the Xerox machine, and sat at his desk reading what looked to passersby like the honest pages of business.

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Because indoor recess say it soft and it's almost like praying meant sitting quietly at your desk and reading.

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