The Beauty of Libraries 图书馆之美

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Hello! Good evening! 晚上好！I’m so happy to see you. I’m 树华, and it’s almost time to say goodnight.

哈喽！晚上好！很开心见到你。我是树华，快到了说晚安的时候。

But first, let’s have a chat.

可是我们先聊会儿吧。

Yangyang, on Ximalaya, asked me about libraries. Are theydifferent in China and the USA?

洋洋，我们喜马拉雅上的朋友，问了我关于图书馆的事。中国的和美国的有区别吗？

Hmm. I love libraries, but I haven’t been to very manylibraries in China. I’ve been to the Guangzhou Library, and a few university libraries,but that’s it. They seemed similar to the university libraries I’ve seen in theUS, but I’m not an expert. I really can’t compare American libraries and Chineselibraries. But what I can do is share with you the reasons why I lovelibraries.

嗯，我好喜欢图书馆，可是我没去过那么多中国的图书馆。我去过广州图书馆，还有届大学的图书馆，可是其他就没了。它们跟我去过的美国的几个大学图书馆差不多，可是我并不是专家。我不太能比较美式和中式图书馆，但是我能做的是跟你分享我那么的喜欢图书馆的原因。

When I was a kid, our class would go to the town librarysometimes. It always felt strange. It was so quiet, and so serious. We couldn’tplay or laugh or even talk, but the funny thing was, the grown-ups couldn’ttalk either. In a way, everyone was equal. Everyone had to work together tokeep the library quiet.

小时候，我们的班偶尔回去我们小城市的图书馆。每次都感觉很奇怪，很安静，很严肃。我们不能玩、不能笑、甚至不能聊天，可是有意思的是，成年人跟我们一样不能聊天。从某种角度来看我们都是平等的。每个人都要一起保持图书馆的安静。

You know, the reason libraries are quiet is because peoplewant to read. They want to learn. Isn’t that wonderful? It’s a place whereeveryone has to be respectful of learning. Sometimes, in school, it feels likelearning is only something that children do. After all, the grown ups at schoolaren’t students. They don’t have to do homework or take tests. But really,learning is for everyone, no matter how old.

你知道吧，图书馆要保持安静就是因为大家要看书，要学习。妙不妙？它就是一个每个人都需要尊重学习的地方。有时候在学校里就会感觉学习是个孩子才会干的事，必经校园里的成年人都不是学生，没有作业没有考试。可是实际上，学习属于我们每一个人，部分年龄。

So, you see, the most important thing I learned in a librarywasn’t in a book. It was in the silence. That silence reminds me that we’re alltrying to be better. We should be remember that, and be respectful, and helpeach other.

所以你看，我在图书馆里学到的最重要的知识点不是书里面的，而在于周围的安静。那种安静会提醒我，我们都在努力成为更好的人。我们都要记住这个点，都要尊重被人，都要互相帮助别人。

What about you? Do you like libraries?

你呢？你喜欢图书馆吗？

I want to know, but now it’s time to say goodnight. So,goodnight!

我很想知道，可是现在就到了要说晚安的时候了。所以，晚安！