Narrator: Listen to part of a conversation at the information desk in the library.

旁白：听一段在图书馆服务台的对话。

Librarian: Hi. Can I help you?

图书管理员：我可以帮你点什么？

Student: Where do I go, besides the computers, to look for books on New Zealand?

学生：除了在电脑上，我还可以去哪里找关于新西兰的书？

Librarian: OK. You mean you don't want to use the computer?

图书管理员：好的。你的意思是你不想使用电脑？

Student: Well, I haven't had any luck on the computers here.

学生：我在这里的电脑上运气着实不佳。

Librarian: OK. I mean the reason I am asking is you pretty much have to go to the computer to find out where a book is.

图书管理员：好的，我问你的原因是你还是很需要通过电脑去发现书是在哪里的。

But I can help you find it on the computer if you like.

如果你喜欢的话，我可以用电脑帮你查一下。

Student: That would be great.

学生：那太棒了。

I just spent half an hour and I couldn't find anything.

我刚花了半小时，但是我什么也没找到。

Librarian: I know how you feel.

图书管理员：我知道你是怎么感觉的。

When I first started working here, I couldn't find anything either.

当我第一次在这里工作的时候，我也什么东西都找不到。

So you are looking for information on New Zealand, is that right?

所以，你是在找关于新西兰的信息，对吗？

Student: Yes.

学生：是的。

Librarian: Is it like travel information that you are looking for?

图书管理员：你找的是类似旅游信息的内容吗？

Student: Uh, no. Actually what I am looking for is information on a volcano in New Zealand.

学生：不。我找的是新西兰火山的信息。

Librarian: Oh. OK. Because I know a travel agency that specializes in tours in New Zealand and Australia.

图书管理员：好的。因为我认识一个在新西兰和澳大利亚专注于观光的旅行社。

Student: Oh. I'd love to go. I heard it's beautiful.

学生：哦，我很想去。我听说那里很漂亮。

Librarian: Yeah.

图书管理员：是的。

Student: Maybe someday.

学生：也许哪一天吧。

Librarian: Yup. OK. Let's see…OK.

图书管理员：好的，让我看看……

If you want to search the library holdings and don't know the author's name or the exact title of the book or an article, you have to set up a keyword search.

如果你想在图书馆藏中找，但是不知道作者的名字或者具体的书名或文章的标题，你必须设置一个关键字查询。

It is a special function.

这是一个特别的功能。

Then you can just type in some keywords and let the computer do the search.

然后你能够打一些关键字，让电脑来搜索。

Student: I see.

学生：我明白了。

Librarian: OK. Oh, how about if we search for volcanoes and New Zealand?

图书管理员：好的。噢，我们搜索一下火山和新西兰怎么样？

Student: Sounds good.

学生：听上去不错。

Librarian: It's for a geology class?

图书管理员：这是为地质学课程找的？

Student: Mhmm.

学生：恩。

Librarian: Ha! You must be from Professor Simpson's class.

图书管理员：那你肯定是上辛普森教授的课。

Student: No.

学生：不是的。

Librarian: Oh. Well, he is a volcano expert, so I thought he might be teaching your class.

图书管理员：好吧，他是个火山专家，所以我认为他可能教授你的课。

Student: No, I've heard he is really good though.

学生：不，尽管我听说过他真的很棒。

Librarian: Yeah. That's what everyone says.

图书管理员：是的，每个人都那么说。

Do you know the name of the volcano?

你知道那个火山的名字吗？

Student: Mount Ruapehu.

学生：鲁阿佩胡火山。

Librarian: Can you spell that?

图书管理员：你可以拼写一下吗？

Student: Sure. It is R-U-A-P-E-H-U.

学生：当然，它是R-U-A-P-E-H-U。

Librarian: OK. Mount Ruapehu. Let's see.

图书管理员：好的，鲁阿佩胡火山。让我看看。

So are you a geology major?

你是地质学专业吗？

Student: Hem. Hardly.

学生：不是的。

Librarian: Let me guess, you have to take a science course and you don't want to have to deal with biology, chemistry or physics.

图书管理员：让我猜猜，你必须要上科学课程，但是你不想上生物、化学、物理学之类的课。

Student: Exactly. But it's actually turned out to be a pretty interesting class.

学生：是的。但是它还是一个挺有意思的课程。

Librarian: Well, that's good.

图书管理员：那很好。

Um, does it have to be a book?

必须要一本书吗？

Or could you use a journal article?

你或许可以用一篇期刊论文？

Student: Mhmm, no, either one would be fine.

学生：不一定是说，随便哪一个都可以。

Librarian: OK. Well, here's a journal article.

图书管理员：好的，这里有一篇期刊论文。

Let me check to see if we have it.

让我查查我们有没有这篇论文，

OK. We have the article, but it is from 2001.

但是它来自于2001年的期刊。

Is that OK, do you think?

那个可以吗，你认为？

Student: Well, I'd like to have a look at it.

学生：我想看一下。

The focus is really on eruptions in the last five years, but it might have some useful background material.

我的重点其实是在过去5年的喷发，但是它可能是一些有用的背景资料。

Librarian: OK. Well, let's see what else we can find.

图书管理员：好的，让我看看我们还能找到些什么。

Student: Sounds good.

学生：听上去不错。