One summer,a library in Texas in the United States was having a terrible problem.某个夏天,美国德克萨州的一个博物馆出现了一个严重的问题.
For years,the number of books in the library kept growing.多年以来,图书馆书的数量都在不断的增加.
As a result,they had grown too big for the building and had to move to a newly-built library across the town.结果,增长的太多以至于大楼已经装不下了,就不得不把书转移到镇上新建的图书馆.
Everything was finished and paid for.一切都弄好了,也支付过了.They found out that they hadn’t left enough money to move their mountain of books across the town.他们发现他们没有剩下足够的钱来转移堆积如山的书到镇上.
Even the cheapest moving company was going to ask for several thousand dollars to pack and move the books.最便宜的搬家公司要数千美金来打包运送书籍.
What could they do?他们该怎么办呢?
They thought and thought.他们想了又想.
Finally one clever librarian had a bright idea.最终一个聪明的管理员想到一个好办法.
She said that during that time,the library would be closed.她说,在这期间,图书馆将关闭.
Why not allow the readers to borrow more books and ask them to come in to borrow 20,40 or 100 books?为什么不让读者借更多的书,邀他们来借0,40或者100本书.
At the end of the summer they could return them to the new library.夏天快要结束时,让他们把书归还到新的图书馆.
The idea worked beautifully and the readers were happy to have more books to enjoy.这个想法很好的奏效了,读者很愿意借更多的书.
The library saved a lot of money and people read a lot of books.图书馆省了很多钱,读者们也读了更多的书.