新概念英语口语宝典第一册 第28课:图书馆借书

 第21课 借物

A:I'm looking for some background information on mass media technology. Where can I get it?

A：我要找些关于大众传媒技术的背景资料。去哪儿能找到？

B:Mass media and journalism¹ are all in the section with numbers going from J867 to Y359.

B：大众传媒和新闻学类都在J867-Y359的架区。

A:But there are so many books. How can I find a particular book?

A：可那儿有好多书。我怎么才能找到某一本书呢？

B:The books are shelved by call number. By the way, have you looked in the card catalogue²?

B：书本都是按照索书号码装架的。顺便问一下，你查过卡片目录了吗？

A:I'm afraid I haven't.

A：没有呢。

B:Do you know the title of the book you want?

B：你知道要借的书的名字吗？

A:I'm not sure. I'm just looking for some information for my research paper on mass media.

A：我不太确定。我想为我的研究论文找些资料，是关于大众传媒的。

B:Why not use the computer catalogue system? You can find all books listed in the computer, and it gives you more information than you can find here.

B：那为什么不用电脑检索系统？你要的所有的书都会在电脑上列出，比在这儿能找到的信息多得多。

A:Oh. yes! That's great. I'll try.

A：哦，对呀！太好了，我去试试。

1 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

2 catalogue   

n.目录，总目；vt.编入目录

参考例句：

• The librarian entered a new book in the catalogue.图书管理员把一本新书编入目录。
• The catalogue is under revision.目录册正在修订之中。