We said at the beginning of the book that the instruction of reading that it provides applies to everything you have to or want to read.

一开始看这句话，断句断在第二个that后，被provides applies郁闷半天。两个动词怎么放在一起。结果发现是断在provides后。

apply

ap(ad)=to 向。ply=to fold 折。

to fold to=折向---- ---- ----靠拢

向上，向下，水平靠拢，这种理解很有意思«孤岛»375页，在此句中，是向下靠拢，即适用。

造句:we think highly of the experiment that the result of the medicine that it proves applies to every person who get cold.