国图篇

National Library chapter

National Library of China

中国国家图书馆

Next to the U.S. Library of Congress and Britain's National Library.

仅次于美国国会图书馆和英国国家图书馆。

The national library is the principal, most comprehensive library which services a particular country's citizens.

国家图书馆是向全国公众服务的最大规模和最全面的图书馆。

More and more people now spend their holidays in libraries.

国家图书馆每逢节假日都坐满了如痴如醉的阅读者，

The National Library in Beijing hosted more than 4.5 million readers in 2001

and now receives more than 10,000 readers a day.

国家图书馆每天要接待借阅者1万多人，而2001年到馆读者超过450万。

Reading is one of the important ways to enhance national competitiveness, and it is the primary mission of the public library.

阅读是提升国家竞争力的重要途径之一，也是公共图书馆的主要任务。

Literati, reading and teaching all their lives,

文人，一辈子读书、教书

An inextricable bond with types.

与铅字结下不解之缘

If one's body is supported by food,

如果说人的身躯是由食物支撑着

Well, the human spirit is actually supported by words.

那么人的精神实际是由文字扶持着

In his old age, he wanted to leave some words for later generations.

文人到了晚年总想留点文字给后世

Count as return, also count as feedback

算作回报，也算作反馈

These works need a distribution center.

这些作品需要有个集散地

So there're bookstores and libraries.

这便有了书店和书馆

The National Library is built up from the spiritual world of countless people.

国家图书馆是由无数人的精神世界累积而成。

It is both old and young.

它既古老又年轻。

An immense number of books, how small I and my book is.

汗牛充栋，我和我的那本书多么渺小。

I have a reverence for the National Library.

我对国家图书馆心怀崇敬之情。