Howcoolcanlibrariesbeinanera(时代)ofiPodsandKindles?Morethanyouthink.Onlyifyouknowwheretogo.CentralLibrary:Seattle,Washington,UnitedStatesTheCentralLibraryinSeattleismodernandfashionableandhastourists
Howcoolcanlibrariesbeinanera(时代)ofiPodsandKindles?Morethanyouthink.Onlyifyouknowwheretogo.
CentralLibrary:Seattle,Washington,UnitedStates
TheCentralLibraryinSeattleismodernandfashionableandhastouristsfromaroundtheworldpayingvisitsandtakingtours.ItwasdesignedbyDutcharchitectRemKoolhaasandAmericandesignerJoshuaRamus.Toursbeganin2006,twoyearsafteritsopening.Thelibraryholdsvariousartexhibitions,booksigningsandotherevents,whilevisitorscanstopbytheChocolatecartforacoffeeandscanthroughthegiftshopanytime
TrinityCollegeLibrary:Dublin,Ireland
TheTrinityCollegeLibraryinDublinistheoldestlibraryinIreland,foundedin1592byQueenElizabethI.Itisthelargestsinglelibraryintheworld,alsoknownastheLongRoom,whichcontainsmorethan200,0000fthelibrary'soldestbooks.TheLongRoomhousesoneoftheoldestharps(竖琴)inIreland.Datingtothe15thcentury,theoldharpisthemodelforthesymbolforeland.
GeiselLibrary,UniversityofCalifornia:SanDiego,UnitedStates
Atfirstglance,itlookslikeaspaceship.ArchitectWilliamPereira,whohelpeddesignactualspacelaunchfacilitiesatCapeCanaveralinHouston,Texas,designedthelibraryin1970.Ithasbeenfeaturedinsci-fifilms,shortstoriesandnovels.Thelibraryhosts"DinnerintheLibrary,"whichinvitesreadersforcocktails,andalsoaspecialspeechfromdistinguishedauthors.
TUDelftLibrary:TheNetherlands
ThelibraryattheDelftUniversityofTechnologywasconstructedin1997andhasmorethan862,000books,16,000magazinesubscriptionsanditsownmuseum.Thebuildingitselfexistsbeneaththeground,soyoucan'treallyseetheactualLibrary.Whatmakesitinterestingistheroof,whichisagrassyhill.Theroofcovers5,500squaremeters.Andithasbecomeoneofthemoststrikingandgreeneststructuresinthearea.
21.Whichofthefourlibrarieshasthelongesthistory?___
A.CentralLibrary.
C.GeiselLibrary.
B.TrinityCollegeLibrary.
D.TUDelftLibrary.
22.WhatmakesGeiselLibrarydifferentfromtheothersisthat___
A.famouswritersoftendeliverspeech