美式新闻英语第 15 课:Cairo International Book Fair Attracts Two Million Visitors
开罗国际书市吸引 200 万游人-2 The halls were filled mostly with younger Egyptians, often looking for religious books and tapes of sermons and Koranic recitation.
Islam Kamel, a student from the low-income neighborhood of Shoubra, like many visitors, sought textbooks that might help him with his schoolwork. 展厅大多是比较年轻的埃及人,通常是在找一些宗教书和训诫、可兰经背诵材料的磁带。像很多游人一样,伊斯 兰· 卡麦,一个来自邻省 —— 贫困的绍普拉的学生,寻找那些可以帮助自己学业的教科书。
He says "I am looking here for books that might be useful for me in my studies. Since I study at the faculty of engineering, I look for books that could be used as reference books in my studies, that could be beneficial for me at the faculty. And, sometimes also, I look for religious books that I like to buy.” 他说:“我在找对我学习有用的书。从我上工程系以来,我就一直在找相关的参考书,对我所学专业有益的参考书。当然,有时候,我也会找一些我喜欢的宗教书。”
A young political science graduate named Manel says the fair is improving. 马内尔,一个年轻的政治科学毕业生,说这个书市正在发展。
He says "The fair is very good. It has almost everything. This is the 39th fair, but I have been about five times. This time it is much more organized. It is quieter, and it is not as busy as all the other times." 他说:“这个书市很好。几乎无所不有。这是第 39 届书市了,我来过大约 5 次。这次的组织更加有序,很安静,也没像前几次那么忙乱了。”
Foreigners also attended the fair. An American visitor and photojournalist named Theresa came expecting a clearer presentation of newly published work. 外国人也有加入其中的。一位叫做特里西的美国摄影记者期望新出版的书能更清晰的被展示出来。
Theresa : The condition of some of the books I did not find to be in really good condition, if we are comparing it with some book fairs that we have been to before in Europe or in the States. They use the opportunity in book fairs to present their latest books. And I think that, on that part, is kind of a disappointment. 特里西:“比起我们曾去过的欧洲、美国的书市来,这里有些书的状况并不尽如人意。他们会利用书市的机会来展销新书,而这里不。在这方面,我觉得有点失望。”
Egyptian publishers did offer several new books at the fair, including Chicago , the latest offering by the author of the novel The Yacoubian Building , Alaa al-Aswani. 埃及的出版商的确为书市提供了一些新书,像《雅库比安大楼》的作者阿拉 · 艾尔-阿斯瓦尼就推出了自己的小说新作《芝加哥》。