“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 9-year-old 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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