1、读书：read；study；attend school。
2、出声或不出声地看书： read；study。如饥似渴地读书——read with avidity；没有空读书——have no time to spare for reading；专心读书——give oneself to study；在剑桥大学读书——study at Cambridge。
3、上学：attend school。只读过两年书——attend school for only two years；那孩子刚开始读书——The child was just beginning school。