passage; paragraph
「条」 has other readings with different meanings.
muscle; tendon; sinew
article (in a document); clause; section; provision
この小説の有名なくだりを読んだ。
I read the famous passage from this novel.
契約書のそのくだりは重要だ。
That paragraph of the contract is important.
手紙の最後のくだりに感動した。
I was moved by the last passage of the letter.