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1 .Listen to a conversation between a student and a library director.
听一段学生与图书馆馆长的对话。
2 .Excuse me, are you Judy Bennett, the library director?
打扰一下，您是图书馆馆长Judy Bennett吗？
3 .Yes
是的。
4 .I was asking one of the employees here about something, and he said I should talk to you.
我刚才向一位工作人员咨询，他建议我来找您。
5 .Okay.
好的
6 .I guess I should first tell you that I've always been an avid reader. One of the reasons I chose this university was because of the library, your amazing collection.
首先我想说，我一直是个书迷。选择这所大学的原因之一就是贵馆的丰富藏书。 馆长：很高兴听你这么说！
7 .That's nice to hear!
很高兴听你这么说！
8 .And I couldn't wait to check out all my favorite books, especially those young adult novels, the kind I started reading when I was about 14. You know, short books, mysteries, fantasy and science fiction. Of course, with all my class assignments, reading for fun is a luxury for me now, I hardly ever get to do it anymore.
我原计划借阅所有喜爱的书，特别是青少年小说——那种14岁就开始读的短篇悬疑、奇幻和科幻类。但现在课业繁重，休闲阅读已成奢侈。
9 .Same for me.
我也深有同感。
10 .Thing is, there's not a lot of young adult books here. Almost everything's academic nonfiction, like histories, essays and biographies. So I was wondering, what about adding a young adult section to the library?
问题是馆里青少年读物很少，几乎全是历史、散文、传记等学术类书籍。能否增设一个青少年图书专区？
11 .Hmm, I admit I do still enjoy young adult novels myself, they're often action packed with characters who seem like people you'd meet in everyday life with everyday kinds of problems. That said, creating a new section isn't exactly simple.
嗯，我个人也爱读这类小说——情节紧凑，角色贴近现实生活。不过新增专区并不简单。
12 .It isn't? Can you just like, add some shelves somewhere and put up a sign?
很难吗？比如在某个角落加几个书架、挂个标识？
13 .Well, first we'd have to create space which is already tight. I don't know where…
首先得腾出空间，目前馆内已经很拥挤...
14 .I think the entrance lobby would be a great place. I mean, it doesn't need to be that big.
我觉得入口大厅就不错，其实不需要太大面积。
15 .Hmm, I suppose. We do have some extra bookshelves and storage, but installing them and filling them with library quality books, adding them to our database. That it costs 1000s of dollars. I recently put in a request for a budget increase. 我最近刚提交了预算增加申请。
倒也是。我们确实有些闲置书架，但采购符合馆藏标准的书籍、更新数据库等，至少要花费数千美元。
16 .So maybe we could use that money?
那笔资金能用吗？
17 .But that money is already going to some repairs we badly need, and that really has to take priority.
但资金已优先分配给急需的修缮项目了。
18 .Really...
这样啊
19 .But there might be an alternative way to finance such a project. Have you heard about the university's miscellaneous fund?
其实还有其他筹资渠道。你知道学校的"综合基金"吗？
20 .Miscellaneous fund?
综合基金？
21 .It's used for supporting projects that are initiated by students to, you know, enhance campus life, but that don't fit under the usual budgeting categories, projects with no other funding sources. Each spring, a team of students and administrators awards grants to a few projects from dozens of proposals.
这是专门资助学生发起的、能丰富校园生活但不符合常规预算的项目。每年春季由师生评审团从数十份提案中选出几个给予资助。
22 .What kinds of projects get funded?
哪些项目获得过资助？
23 .One was to record performances by the student jazz band and put them online for everyone to enjoy. And you know that small art gallery in the student center?
比如录制学生爵士乐队演出并线上发布。还有学生中心的小画廊。
24 .Yeah, my roommate exhibited his photos there last month.
对！我室友上月刚在那儿办过摄影展。
25 .That was built with miscellaneous fund money.
那就是用综合基金建的。
26 .So there is probably an application I'd have to fill out?
所以需要我提交申请？
27 .Yes, and you need a member of the faculty or administration to sponsor it, someone whose work would not be directly affected by the project if it got approved. So much as I like your idea, you'd have to ask someone else to sponsor you, but I could help with cost estimates, if you like.
对，还需找一位教职工担保人，且该人员工作不会因项目获批而受影响。虽然我很支持这个想法，但按规定我不能担任担保人。不过可以帮你估算成本。
28 .That'd be great
那很好了