英语专业四级听力听写训练 第27期:国会图书馆 The Library of Congress

The Library of Congress

国会图书馆

The Library of Congress is America's national library.

国会图书馆是美国的国家图书馆。

It has more than 120 million books and other objects.

它拥有超过1.2亿的书籍和其它藏品。

It has newspapers, popular publications and letters of historical interest.

其中包括报纸、 通俗出版物和具有历史价值的信件、

It also has maps, photographs, art prints, movies, sound recordings and musical instruments.

地图、照片、艺术画作、电影、音像制品、甚至乐器。

The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for government holidays.

国会图书馆除国家假日外的周一至到周六向公众开放。

Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection.

任何人都可以在那阅读馆藏书籍。

But no one is permitted to take books out of the building.

但是书籍不能被带离图书馆。

The Library of Congress provides books and materials to the United States Congress.

国会图书馆也向美国其他图书馆提供书籍和材料。

It also lends books to other American libraries, government agencies and foreign libraries.

美国其它图书馆、政府机构或是外国的图书馆也可以向国会图书馆借取书籍。

It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts.

国会图书馆中的部分书籍便是专门用于赠送的。

It also gets materials through its copyright office.

版权部门也可向国会图书馆提供材料。

Anyone who wants copyright protection for a publication must send two copies to the library.

任何申请的搭配版权保护的个人都需向图书馆寄送两份作品复印件。

This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything published in the United States.

这意味着国会图书馆几乎拥有每一本美国出版物。