KIERAN: I'd love to have a bookshop like your grandfather. What's it like?

基兰：我很想像你爷爷那样开一家书店。它是什么样的？

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，还有阁楼，什么书都有。

KIERAN: I guess he treasures things like first editions and other rare books.

基兰：我猜他珍藏的有初版书和其他稀有书籍。

JANE: Yeah – you might think he'd keep those in the attic or somewhere.

简：是啊，你可能以为他会把那些书放在阁楼或什么地方。

KIERAN: . . . so they'd be hidden?

基兰：所以这些书会被藏起来吗？

JANE: Yeah. But he likes people to know that he has them.

简: 是的。但是他又喜欢让人们知道他拥有他们。

So, he puts them out in the shop but makes sure you need a ladder to get them.

所以他把这些书就放在店里，但确保你需要梯子才能拿到它们

KIERAN: Right. That would prevent any thefts!

基兰：没错，这样就不会被偷了。

JANE: Uhuh.

简：嗯。

KIERAN: Does he stock books for children?

基兰：他有儿童读物吗？

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：是的。他特别喜欢鼓励孩子们读书，他总是说他小时候常常坐在楼梯下面，手里拿着一堆书，把它们全部读完。

KIERAN: Is that where he keeps them, then?

基兰：那他就把书放在那里吗？

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--他在一楼有一个专门的区域，铺上软垫，这样家长们就可以带着他们的孩子进去，到那里花一些时间给他们读书。

KIERAN: Oh cool.

基兰：太酷了。

JANE: And then there's a place for pushchairs by the front door. And a café if anyone needs refreshments.

简: 前门还有个地方可以放手推车。如果有人需要点心，还可以去咖啡馆。

KIERAN: That's good to know.

基兰：听起来很不错。

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，这是一家大店铺，后面还有一个储藏室。

KIERAN: Oh, what does he keep there? Books he wants to throw away?

基兰：哦，他在哪里都放了什么？ 他想扔掉的书？

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。

KIERAN: Well, that's very nice.

基兰：嗯，真不错。

JANE: Yeah – and books people or institutions have requested, they all go at the far end.

简：是的，人们或机构要求的书籍都放在最里面。

KIERAN: Oh.

基兰：哦。

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要购物区，因为它们都是装箱的新书。

KIERAN: Did you get your coursebooks from him?

基兰：你的课本是从他那里拿的吗？

JANE: Naturally. He stocks books for a lot of the colleges.

简：那是自然。他为很多大学储备书籍。

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.

他以前把这些书放在一楼，但现在我家乡新开了一所大学，他就把书搬到楼下，以吸引学生。

They're actually part of the coffee shop, on low shelves all around it.

它们实际上是咖啡店的一部分，在咖啡店周围低矮的架子上。

KIERAN: Pretty central then. You'll have to take me there some time!

基兰：那就是中心了，你得找个时间带我去那里！