The U.S. Library of Congress contains 167 million items,has 838 miles of bookshelves and adds 12,000 articles of history daily. It is one of the largest libraries in the world, which(1) was set(set)up on the same day in 1800 as President John Adams signed a bill,(2) ordering(order...
This library is the largest library in the world. It is 3 stories(层) high and the bookshelves in it are 500 kilometres long.Resources(资源)The library has a large collection of resources like newspapers, magazines, CDs,videos and CD-ROMs. There are also many rooms for people to meet eac...
Library of Congress The Library of Congress, whose collection grew out of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library, is the largest library in the world, with nearly 142 million items on approximately 650 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 32 million books, 3 million recordings, 1...
The Reading Room in the rotunda of the Library of Congress building, 1901. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS The Library of Congress, located in Washington, D.C., is the world's largest library, with nearly 110 million items in almost every language and format stored on 532 miles of bookshelves. Its co...
The national library of the US, the Library of Congress is the world’s largest. Its three buildings hold some 100 million items—including the papers of 23 US presidents—along 535 miles of bookshelves. Contrary to popular notion, the library does not have a copy of every book ever printed...
Passage 11 The Library of Congress The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States. / It was founded in 1800 to serve the needs of the congressmen. / Today, it contains books, articles and documents on every subject imaginable. / Besides senators, congressmen and other...
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. Established in 1800 as a legislative library, it grew into a national institution during the 19th century and, since World War II...
The U.S. Library of Congress contains 167 million items, has 838 miles of bookshelves and adds 12,000 articles of history daily. It is one of the largest libraries in the world, which (set) up on the same day in 1800 as President John Adams signed a bill, (order) the seat of gove...
Earlier this month,the United States Library of Congress named Katherine Paterson the national ambassador for young people's literature.She is only the second person to hold the position.She replaces writer Jon Scieszka,who had served since two thousand and eight.The librarian of Congress,James Bi...
Dictation 18 The Library of Congress 4: 08: 01 The Library of Congress is the national library of theUnited States. / It was founded in 1800 to serve the needs of the congressmen. / Today it contains books, articles and documents on every subject imaginable. / Besides senators, congress...