Well, that exactly is really ironic because it's taken as read that Europe has the lead in the green transition and that the US is a laggard.

这真的很讽刺，因为人们认为欧洲在绿色转型方面处于领先地位，而美国是落后的。

So when it's your turn to share your thoughts at the book club, you get to combine your notes that you've been taking as you've been reading with some of these simple expressions to share your opinions.

当轮到你在读书俱乐部分享想法时，你可以将阅读时所做的笔记与这些简单的表达方式结合起来，分享你的观点。

One or two have been books such as mature men rarely read at all — books which it is one's habit to " take as read" ; to presume sufficiently known to speak of, but never to open.

一两本书是成熟男人根本不读的书——人们习惯“读了就读”的书；假设足够知名可言，但从未公开。