福克斯新闻 杰斐逊总统推荐书单

Thomas Jefferson hand selected some of the most important books of his time for the library at the University of Virginia, which he created, and now hundreds of them are available to the public online, which is in keeping with what our third President believed: At a time when books were very expensive, he thought it was the duty of the university to make great works available.

Many of his initial¹ list, 7,000 books on topics ranging from Agriculture to Zoology², didn't make it, lost in a fire in the 1800's, but thanks to a 40-year search by a librarian at the school, more than 330 legal works have been collected so that people today can read for themselves the same books Jefferson wanted for fine legal minds of his time.

Lilian Woo, FOX News.

托马斯·杰斐逊曾亲自为他修建的弗吉尼亚大学图书馆挑选了部分当时最重要的作品收藏，如今，该书单中数百部作品都已在网上公布，这一举措符合我们这位第三任总统的信念，那就是：在书籍还非常昂贵的年代，他就认为弗吉尼亚大学有责任让大家都有机会阅读这些著作。

总统最初的书单有7000本，从农业到动物学，一应俱全，然而这一书单的很多书都在19世纪的一场大火中付之一炬。幸运的是，在该校一名图书管理员长达40年的努力下，330多本法律著作再次收入图书馆，我们当代人才有机会亲眼阅读杰斐逊希望他当时的法律精英们阅读的作品。

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1 initial   

adj.最初的，开始的，词首的；n.首字母，姓名的开头字母；vt.标注姓名的首字母于

参考例句：

• After she'd overcome her initial shyness,she became very friendly.她克服了起初的羞怯之后，变得十分友善。
• The experiments have given initial results eventually.那些试验总算初见成效了。

2 zoology   

n.动物学，生态

参考例句：

• I would like to brush up my zoology.我想重新温习一下动物学。
• The library didn't stock zoology textbooks.这家图书馆没有动物学教科书。