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Harvard Library
哈佛的圖書館
If we compare professors and students to the host of a university, then the library of a university can be compared to the hallway.
如果把教授和學生比作一所大學的主人，那么大學的圖書館就是門廳。
The quality of a university, to some extent, is in direct proportion to that of its library.
一所大學的質量在一定程度上與其圖書館的質量成正比。
At Harvard, the library is an indispensible part of everybody's life.
在哈佛，圖書館是每個人生活中不可缺少的一部分。
Both the quantity and the quality of the library make study an enjoyable process.
圖書館的數量和質量都讓在哈佛的學習成為一個享受的過程。
Harvard Library is not only the most ancient library in the United States, but the largest university library with the largest scale.
哈佛圖書館不僅是美國最古老的圖書館，也是世界上藏書最多、規模最大的大學圖書館。
In 1638 John Harvard donated his whole library to the then Harvard College.
1638年約翰.哈佛把他的藏書都捐給了當時的哈佛學院。
After 300 years of development, the library now holds 10 millions of books and comprises more than 100 branch Library.
經過300年的發展， 圖書館現在擁有藏書1000多萬冊，設有100多個分館。
In addition to the libraries owned by each school, there are special libraries.
不僅每個學院都有自己的圖書館，還有各類專業圖書館。
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.
雖然大部分分館都在哈佛校內，但也有一些遠在首都華盛頓，甚至在意大利的佛羅倫薩。
Yenching Library is famous for its collections of East Asian literature.
燕京圖書館以其東亞館藏而聞名。
Lamont Library is the first library in the world that is exclusively for undergraduates.
萊蒙特圖書館是世界上第一個本科生專用圖書館。
Widener Library is the largest library in Harvard, only second to Library of Congress.
威德納圖書館是哈佛最大的圖書館，館藏僅次于美國國會圖書館。
What deserves to be mentioned is the system or rather the service of the libraries.
值得一提的是各圖書館的體系，或者確切說是服務。
Usually the libraries are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m..
通常圖書館從早上9點開到晚上5點。
The main libraries are open until 10 p.m..
主要的圖書館開到晚上10點。
The libraries for undergraduates will even be open all night during the examination period.
而本科生圖書館在考試期間則通宵開放。
The libraries also provide with students the service of preparing reading materials for all courses.
圖書館還為學生提供所有課程的閱讀材料。
At the beginning of a semester, each teacher will give a list of books to the Librarians.
在學期開始時，任課教師會給圖書館一個書單。
The librarians are responsible to find out these books and put them at the places where students can easily find them.
圖書管理員負責找出這些書，并把書放在便于學生查找的地方。
There is no limitation for the number of books that students can borrow.
學生借書沒有限量。
As the space for the libraiy is limited, many books are stored in suburban libraiy.
因為圖書館空間有限，有很多書都存放在郊外的藏書庫。
Despite this, students can go to fetch the book at the appointed library within 24 hours after they submit request for that book.
盡管如此，學生在提交索要申請后的24小時內就可以到指定的圖書館取回書。
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.
即使只有一本書要從郊外的藏書庫提取，校內的圖書館也會派人去取。
This kind of service which put readers in the first place is rare even in Ivy League.
這種讀者至上的服務，即使在常春藤聯盟也是極為難得的。
Therefore, study at Harvard will be a enjoyable experience.
所以，在哈佛學習將會是一個非常愉快的經歷。
