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BBC Learning English – On The Town 城市掠影 About this script Please note that this is not a word for word transcript of the programme as broadcast. In the recording and editing process changes may have been made which may not be reflected here. 关于台词的备注 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做 出的改变。 The British Library 大英图书馆 Yang Li: Have you been to the British Library in London, Carol? Carol: Not yet. 难道你是说今天我们要去大英图书馆吗？太好了，这可是伦敦著名的地标 性建筑。 Yang Li: Wow! What an impressive building! Carol: Huge and impressive! Yang Li: I remember that the old British library was one of the first landmarks I visited when I first came to the UK. Carol: 的确如此。对于来英国留学的中国学生来说，大英图书馆就更是他们必去的 “朝圣 之地”。 Yang Li: Talking about the significance of the British Library, Heather Soderlind, Head of Public and Regional Marketing, has a lot to tell us: Insert Heather: The British Library is the UK National library and it is actually one of the three largest libraries in the world; the other two being the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the Library of Congress in Washington. Li: So how big is the collection? Heather: We have over 150 million items in the library and it’s growing all the time. Carol: Heather 说大英图书馆是英国国家图书馆。The UK National library. Yang Li: It is actually one of the three largest libraries in the world, and the other two being…? Carol: 哈哈，这可难不倒我。除了大英图书馆之外，世界上最大的另外两座图书馆分别是 法国国家图书馆和位于美国华盛顿的国会图书馆。 Yang Li: Well done Carol. How big is the collection according to Heather then? Carol: Over 150 million items. 图书馆藏书超过1亿5千万册。 Page 1 of 4 Yang Li: Next Heather tells us about some of the iconic treasures in the British Library. Ca