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第一段
1 .Kieran: So Jane – you’ll be off to Denmark soon to do your work placement.
基兰：所以简-你很快就要去丹麦实习了。
2 .Jane: Yes, I’m really looking forward to it and I’ve just started packing up all my books to put in storage.
简：是的，我真的很期待，我刚开始收拾我所有的书，准备放进仓库。
3 .Kieran: Well, I hope they don’t get spoilt.
基兰：希望它们不会被弄坏。
4 .Jane: It’s OK – my grandfather works in a bookshop and he told me how to pack them.
简：没事的，我爷爷在书店工作，他告诉了我如何打包。
5 .Kieran: Oh, that’s helpful.
基兰：哦，真有帮助。
6 .Jane: He says you have to support the spine otherwise the paper can come away from the cover.
简：他说必须把书脊支撑起来，否则纸张会从封面处脱落。
7 .Kieran: Yeah – that’s obvious.
基兰：是的，很显然。
8 .Jane: He also told me to pack them flat in the box not on their side – again because they can bend and if you leave them like that for, say, a year, it’s quite hard to get them back to their normal shape.
简：他还告诉我要把书平放在盒子里，不要侧放-因为这样它们会弯曲，如果你把它们这样放着，比如说放一年，就很难让它们恢复原来的形状了。
9 .Kieran: Well, it’s pretty clear that ruins them, but a lot of people just can’t be bothered to protect their books.
基兰：嗯，很明显那会毁了那些书，但很多人就是懒得保护他们的书。
10 .Jane: He always says it’s such a shame that publishers don’t use better-quality paper.
简：我爷爷总是说，出版商不使用质量更好的纸张真是太可惜了。
11 .Kieran: It’s the acid in the paper that causes the problem, isn’t it?
基兰：是纸张中的酸造成了问题，不是吗？
12 .Jane: Yeah – that’s why old books go yellow. You know some of the books my grandfather’s given me are like that already.
简：是的，这就是旧书变黄的原因。我祖父给我的一些书已经变成这样了。
13 .Kieran: Oh . . .
基兰：哦......
14 .Jane: I should dump them really if they’re going to deteriorate further, but I’d feel bad. They’ll always remind me of him. He’s quite a collector, you know.
简：如果那些书的状况进一步变坏的话，我真的应该把它们扔掉，但是我会觉得很可惜。那些书总会让我想起我爷爷。你知道，他是个收藏家。
15 .Kieran: Well, if they’re important to you . . .
基兰：好吧，如果它们对你很重要……
16 .Jane: Yeah – I’d regret just throwing them away.
简：是的-我会后悔把它们扔掉。
17 .Kieran: You know, maybe it’s because I was taught to treasure books . . . but I hate seeing students force open the pages – of paperbacks. They press so hard they end up breaking the spine.
基兰：你知道吗，也许是因为我从小就被教育要珍惜书籍……，我很讨厌看到学生们用力打开平装书。他们用力过度，最后把书脊都压断了。
18 .Jane: I know, but unfortunately, paperbacks aren’t designed to last a long time and people know that. Hardbacks aren’t quite as weak.
简：我知道，但不幸的是，平装书的设计不适合长期阅读，人们也知道这一点。精装书就没那么容易磨损。
19 .Kieran: Yeah, they’re different, I suppose. But I still don’t think people value hardbacks like they used to.
基兰：是的，我想精装书确实不一样。但我还是觉得人们不像以前那样重视精装书了。
20 .Jane: Well, they aren’t decorative, are they, like other objects. Plus, nowadays, people don’t keep them out on shelves as much as they used to.
简：嗯，精装书不像其他物品一样，是装饰品。另外，现在人们不再像以前那样把它们摆在书架上了。
21 .Kieran: That’s such a pity. When I visit someone – if they have, say, a colourful book on a table, it’s the first thing I’m drawn to.
基兰：真遗憾。当我去拜访别人时，如果他们的桌子上摆放着一本色彩鲜艳的书，我首先就会被它吸引。
22 .Jane: I agree – and book covers can be a work of art in themselves. Some are really eye-catching.
简：我同意，书的封面本身就是一件艺术品。有些封面非常引人注目。
23 .Kieran: I’ve always been taught to handle books carefully. If you watch someone take a book off a shelf, well, they usually do it wrong.
基兰：我一直被教导要小心对待书籍。如果你看到有人从书架上取下一本书，你会发现他们拿书的方式通常是错的。
24 .Jane: Ah, my grandfather says, you should put your hand right over the top of the book . . . or if you can’t do that, pull the other books on the shelf aside so that you can hold the whole cover.
简：啊，我爷爷说，你应该把手放在书的上面……如果你做不到，就把书架上的其他书拉到一边，这样你就可以握住整个封面了。
25 .Kieran: When did you learn all this?
基兰：你什么时候学会这些的？
26 .Jane: He watched me pull a heavy book off the shelf when I was small, and it fell on the floor and broke apart.
简：我小的时候，他看着我把一本很重的书从书架上拉下来，书掉在地上摔得四分五裂。
27 .Kieran: Oh dear!
基兰：哦，天哪！
28 .Jane: I can still remember it!
简：我还记得！
29 .Kieran: You know what I really like?
基兰：你知道我最喜欢什么吗？
30 .Jane: What?
简：什么？
31 .Kieran: The smell of new books.
基兰：新书的味道。
32 .Jane: Me too.
简：我也是。
33 .Kieran: My parents used to laugh at me when I was a kid because I loved putting books up to my nose. Almost as much as reading them!
基兰：我小的时候，我父母经常嘲笑我，因为我喜欢把书放在鼻子上闻。几乎和看书一样！
34 .Jane: New books aren’t cheap, though, are they?
简：新书可不便宜，不是吗？
35 .Kieran: I guess we’re lucky we can buy them.
基兰：我想我们可以买书是很幸运的。
第二段
1 .Jane: My grandfather stocks second-hand books as well as new ones and they don’t smell quite as good.
简：我爷爷除了买新书，还储备二手书，而且二手书闻起来没新书香。
2 .Kieran: I’d love to have a bookshop like your grandfather. What’s it like?
基兰：我很想跟你祖父那样开一家书店。你祖父的书店是什么样的？
3 .Jane: Well, it’s quite big – it’s got two floors and an attic, and he stocks all kinds of books really.
简：嗯，挺大的，有两层楼和一个阁楼，他有各种各样的书。
4 .Kieran: I guess he treasures things like first editions and other rare books.
基兰：我猜他珍藏的是初版书和其他稀有书籍。
5 .Jane: Yeah – you might think he’d keep those in the attic or somewhere.
简：是的，他也许会把这些书放在阁楼或其他地方。
6 .Kieran: . . . so they’d be hidden?
基兰：所以它们会被藏起来？
7 .Jane: Yeah. But he likes people to know that he has them. So, he puts them out in the shop but makes sure you need a ladder to get them.
简：是的。但他希望人们知道他有这些东西。所以，他把它们放在店里，但确保需要梯子才能拿到它们。
8 .Kieran: Right. That would prevent any thefts!
基兰：好的。这样可以防止偷窃！
9 .Jane: Uhuh.
简：嗯。
10 .Kieran: Does he stock books for children?
基兰：他有儿童读物吗？
11 .Jane: He does. He particularly likes to encourage kids to read; he always says that he used to sit under the stairs as a child with a pile of books and read them all.
简：他有。他特别喜欢鼓励孩子们阅读；他总是说，他小时候经常抱着一堆书坐在楼梯下，把它们都读完。
12 .Kieran: Is that where he keeps them, then?
基兰：他把书都放在那里吗？
13 .Jane: Not exactly – he’s got a dedicated area on the ground floor with cushions so that parents can enter with their toddlers, go there and spend some time reading to them.
简：不完全是-他在一楼专门开辟了一块地方，铺上了垫子，这样家长就可以带着他们的孩子去那里，花一些时间给他们读书。
14 .Kieran: Oh cool.
基兰：哦，好酷。
15 .Jane: And then there’s a place for pushchairs by the front door. And a café if anyone needs refreshments.
简：前门还有一个放婴儿车的地方。如果有人需要点心，还有一个咖啡厅。
16 .Kieran: That’s good to know.
基兰：很高兴知道这些。
17 .Jane: As I said, it’s a big shop and there’s a storage area out the back as well.
简：正如我所说，这是一家大商店，后面还有一个储藏区。
18 .Kieran: Oh, what does he keep there? Books he wants to throw away?
基兰：哦，他在那儿放什么？他想扔掉的书？
19 .Jane: He hardly ever throws anything away – he just leaves unwanted books by the front door for customers to take.
简：他几乎不扔任何东西-他只是把不想要的书放在前门让顾客拿走。
20 .Kieran: Well, that’s very nice.
基兰：嗯，真不错。
21 .Jane: Yeah – and books people or institutions have requested, they all go at the far end.
简：是的，人们或机构订购的书都放在最里面。
22 .Kieran: Oh.
基兰：哦。
23 .Jane: He thinks it’s best to keep these out of the main shopping area as they’re boxed and new.
简：他认为这些书最好不要放在主购物区，因为它们都是装箱的新书。
24 .Kieran: Did you get your coursebooks from him?
基兰：你的课本是从他那儿拿的吗？
25 .Jane: Naturally. He stocks books for a lot of the colleges. He used to keep these books on the first floor, but now there’s a new university in my hometown, he’s moved them downstairs to attract the students. They’re actually part of the coffee shop, on low shelves all around it.
简：当然。他储备了很多大学用的书籍。他以前把这些书放在一楼，但现在我的家乡新开了一所大学，为了吸引学生，他把书搬到了楼下。这些书实际上是咖啡店的一部分，放在咖啡店四周的矮架子上。
26 .Kieran: Pretty central then. You’ll have to take me there some time!
基兰：那是很中心的位置了。有机会你一定要带我去！