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The Library of Congress
國會圖書館
The Library of Congress is America's national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, popular publications and letters of historical interest. It also has maps, photographs, art prints, movies, sound recordings and musical instruments. All together, it has more than 100 million objects.
國會圖書館是美國的國家圖書館。館藏數百萬冊書籍和其他物品，包括報紙、通俗出版物和有歷史趣味的信件，還有地圖、照片、藝術圖片、電影、唱片和樂器。總共有一億多件物品。
The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for government holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is permitted to take books out of the building.
國會圖書館除了政府假期之外，周一至周六都對公眾開放。任何人都可以去那兒，閱讀其中任何一種讀物。但是沒有人可以將書帶出圖書館。
The Library of Congress was established in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all destroyed that year when the Capitol was burned during America's war with Britain.
國會圖書館始建于1800年。剛開始時它僅在國會大廈內的一個房間里，擁有11箱書。到1814年，藏書增至3000冊左右。也就是那一年，在美英戰爭期間，國會大廈被焚，全部藏書也都付之一炬了。
To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson's collection included 7,000 books in seven languages.
為了幫助重建圖書館，國會購買了托馬斯·杰弗遜總統的藏書。杰弗遜先生的藏書中包括七種不同語言的7000多冊書。
