第1节 哈佛图书馆（含音频和小练习）

Harvard Library 哈佛图书馆 作为美国最古老的图书馆，也是世界上藏书最多、规模最大的大学图书馆 — 哈佛大学图书馆，这里曾走出过8位美国总统、33位诺贝尔奖金获得者。在四百多年的发展中，共拥有馆藏1500万卷。这些蕴藏思想智慧的综合性的馆藏资源对哈佛师生的学习研究发挥着重要作用。今天，就让我们跟着下面这篇文章一起来了解一下这座所有学子为之向往的图书馆。 If we compare professors and students to the host of a university, then the library of a university can be compared to the hallway. The quality of a university, to some extent, is in direct proportion to that of its library. At Harvard, the library is an indispensable part of everybody's life. Both the quantity and the quality of the library make study an enjoyable process. Harvard Library is not only the most ancient library in the United States, but the largest university library with the largest scale. In 1638, John Harvard donated his whole library to the then Harvard College. After 300 years of development, the library now holds 10 millions of books and comprises more than 100 branch libraries. In addition to the libraries owned by each school, there are special libraries. While most of the branch libraries are on Harvard campus, some are as far as in Washington, D.C., or even in Florence of Italy. Yenching Library is famous for its collections of East Asian literature. Lamont Library is the first library in the world that is exclusively for undergraduates. Widener Library is the largest library in Harvard, only second to Library of Congress. What deserves to be mentioned is the system or rather the service of the libraries. Usually the libraries are open from 9 am to 5 pm. The main libraries are open until 10 pm. The libraries for undergraduates will even be open all night during the examination period. The libraries also provide with students the service of preparing reading materials for all courses. At the beginning of a semester, each teacher will give a list of books to the librarians. The librarians are responsible to find out these books and put them at the places where students can easily find them. There is no limitation for the number of books that students can borrow. As the space for the library is limited, many books are stored in suburban library. Despite this, students can go to fetch the book at the appointed library within 24 hours after they submit request for that book. Even if there is only one book to be fetched from the suburban library, the libraries on campus will send someone to do the job. This kind of service which put readers in the first place is rare even in Ivy League. Therefore, study at Harvard will be an enjoyable experience. 参考词汇： indispensable adj. 不可或缺的 exclusively adv. 专门地，仅仅 proportion n. 比例 extent n. 范围，程度 limited adj. 有限的，被限制的 scale n. 规模 题目： Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A. In 1638, John Harvard gave his whole books to the Lamont Library. B. Yenching Library is larger than any other library in Harvard. ... ...