A library is a building for a collection or books, magazines, periodicals and newspapers. The books are kept on the shelves in the stack room whereas the magazines, journals, etc. in the reading rooms. Modern libraries also have xerox¹ rooms, and computer rooms.

图书馆是用来收藏书籍，杂志，期刊，报纸的。书是保存在书库的货架上的，而杂志、期刊等则是放在在阅览室里。现代图书馆也有影印室，和计算机房的。

If you want to borrow books, you can go to the loan desk, look over the correct call numbers in the card catalog and ask the librarian to take then, out for you. Or you're allowed to enter the stack room to rind books for yourself, you can look up the bound volume or index for the articles relative to the subject, on which you are going to write thesis. If the library doesn't subscribe² to the magazine which carries the article you want, you can borrow the magazine from other libraries by means of interlibrary loan service.

如果你想借书，你可以去借书处，看看的卡片目录上正确的书号并向问图书管理员拿给你。或者你可以进入书库，可以看着书自己挑，你可以查找合订本或通过索引来找有关这个主题的文章，你想要写的论点。如果图书馆没有订阅你想要的杂志，你可以通过馆际互借服务从其他图书馆借阅。

Don't forget to show your library card or I.D. card to the librarian before you go into the reading room, where you can read magazines or newspapers. If you find a good article and want to keep it, you can have it duplicated in the xerox room. Besides, if you want to watch films or slides, you can ask the projectionist³ to play the videotape for you in the audio visual room, where you can also listen to language tapes and music tapes.

在你进入可以阅读杂志或报纸的阅览室前，别忘了给你的图书证或身份证图书管理员。如果你找到一篇好文章而且想要拥有它，你可以在影印室复制。此外，如果你想看电影或幻灯片，您可以叫放映员在视听的房间来为你播放录像，在那里你也可以听语言磁带和音乐磁带。