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图书馆
Library
A library is infinity under a roof.
图书馆在屋顶下是无限的。
Why by a book when you can join a library.
为什么要借一本书当你可以加入图书馆。
When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
当一位老人去世时，一座图书馆被夷为平地。
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
一个人要翻半个图书馆才能写一本书。
The library is like a candy store where everything is free.
图书馆就像一个糖果店，什么都是免费的。
A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure.
报纸是高血压的循环图书馆。
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
我一直以为天堂是一种图书馆。
For to know a man's library is, in some measure, to know his mind.
因为了解一个人的藏书室，在某种程度上就是了解他的思想。
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library.
如果真如美，为什么没有人在图书馆做头发呢?
I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.
我会做一些事情，比如坐上出租车说:“去图书馆，然后踩上去。”
And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts.
我爸爸总是带我去图书馆。我们都是书迷。
But a library is a gorgeous language that you will never speak fluently.
但图书馆是一门华丽的语言，你永远不会流利地说。
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I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end up, I thought, majoring in English and teach at the college level.
我在国会图书馆找到了一份工作。我喜欢书，所以我觉得像在家里一样。我想，我最终会主修英语，在大学里教书。
I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.
我想在一本书的封面上看到我的名字。如果你的名字在国会图书馆，你就是不朽的。
The library is the worst group of people ever assembled in history. They're mean, conniving, rude, and extremely well-read, which makes them dangerous.
图书馆是历史上最糟糕的群体。他们卑鄙、狡诈、粗鲁、博览群书，这使得他们很危险。
There's no use going to school unless your final destination is the library.
除非你的最终目的地是图书馆，否则上学是没有用的。
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.
因为最大的图书馆，如果它是无序的，不如一个小的，但安排得很好，所以你可以积累大量的知识，但它的价值将远远低于一个小得多的数量，如果你没有考虑自己。
I have a home-school group with a couple of my friends. We switch off going to each others' houses and going to the library to do art and stuff. It's almost like our own little school - a really little school.
我和几个朋友组成了一个家庭学校小组。我们不再去别人家，也不再去图书馆做艺术之类的事情。这就像我们自己的一所小学校——一所非常小的学校。