import java.awt.*;
// Need this import for reading data:
import java.io.*;

// reading data in a Java application
public class ReadingLine {

    public static void main (String [] args) throws IOException {
	// Create a buffered reader
	BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
			new InputStreamReader(System.in));
	// string for storing a line of input
	String line;

	// prompt the user:
	System.out.print("Please say something: ");
	// read the line:
	line = in.readLine();
	// print it back:
	System.out.println("You said: " + line);
	// prompt the user again:
	System.out.print("Keep on talking: ");
	// read another line:
	line = in.readLine();
	// print it back:
	System.out.println("You also said: " + line);
    }

}

This is an example from CSci 1211 course.