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“Two books per visit per week,” said the unsmiling librarian as she handed a library card.Neither the limits nor her attitude__1__ me,a 9yearold Jewish girl growing up in Berlin in the 1950s.I needed those visits.The books were filled with stories in which,however __2__things seemed,everything__3__well in the end,__4__justice,bravery,and wisdom—a striking contrast(对比) to my everyday experiences.
Thirty years later,I,a recent immigrant to the US with a daughter aged 13,stood in front of another librarian.This librarian was__5__ .
“What did she say?”I asked my daughter,who already knew a little English and often__6__as my interpreter.
“She said,‘Can I help you?’”
“Ask if they have any books in__7__,”I requested.
“No,they don’t.” translated my daughter.
While hunting for a job,I was told that the library needed people to__8__books.The interview was short—the job didn’t require much English,just a__9__of the alphabet.I started the next day.Every day,I handled hundreds of books whose meaning was__10__from me,mentally dividing them by size and color.One day,while shelving,I found English for Beginners and began studying it on my own.__11__English letters started forming words I could__12__,words combined into phrases,and—oh,__13__!—I was reading.It was a slow process,supported by dictionaries and__14__by tears,but it was progress.Afterwards I got promoted to the front desk—__15__books in and out and answering simple questions.
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