"细读" 的英语表达是 "close reading"。这个说法源自20世纪60年代的文学理论家和文学批评家，他们强调仔细阅读文本以深入理解作品的意义。

例句：

Close reading is an essential skill for literary scholars.

I always do a close reading of a text before I write an essay about it.

The professor taught us how to do a close reading of a poem.