How to Use the Library

　　如何利用图书馆

　　A library is a building for a collection of 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 xerox rooms, and computer rooms.

　　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 them out for you. Or you're allowed to enter the stack room to find books for yourself, you can look up the bound volume of index for the articles relative to the subject, on which you are going to write a thesis. If the library doesn't subscribe to the magazine which carries the article you want, you can borrow the magazine from other libraries by means of inter library loan service. 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 projectionist to play the videotape for you in the audio-visual room, where you can also listen to language tapes and music tapes .

　　作文结构分析：

　　·Briefly introducing a library

　　·Expound how to use the library

　　* borrow books

　　* use the card catalog

　　* look up the index

　　* use the xerox room and the audio-visual room, etc.

　　作文内容分析：

　　本文是一篇典型的说明文。文中第一段简单描述了一个图书馆的基本布局。第二段则介绍了如何使用图书馆的设施。要熟悉并掌握与图书馆有关的常用词语。

　　单词词组：

　　stack room 书库

　　xerox room 复印室

　　audio-visual room 视听室

　　loan desk 借书处

　　call numbers 书架号

　　card catalog 目录卡

　　bound volume of index 索引合订本

　　relative to... 与……有关的

　　subscribe to... 订购

　　inter library loan service 馆际借书服务

　　duplicate v. 复印

　　slides n. 幻灯片

　　projectionist n. 放映员

　　videotape n. 录像带