6.2. Topical Vocabulary

1) to be rested in	осуществляться
2) to serve to	служить кому-либо, чему-либо
3) a member	член (конгресса)
4) to be founded	быть основанным
5) blind	слепой
6) to issue books in Braille	издавать книги для слепых (система чтения и письма по выпуклым точкам Брайля)
7) Capitol Hill	Капитолийский холм
8) a talking book	говорящая книга
9) subscribing library	межбиблиотечный абонемент (МБА)
10) motion pictures	кинофильмы
11) in Italian Renaissance style	в стиле итальянского Ренессанса
12) costly	роскошный
13) to complete	заканчивать, завершать (строительство)
14) to decorate	украшать
15) splendid sculpture	великолепная скульптура
16) murals	фрески
17) to create	создавать
18) artist	художник
19) 160 feet high	высотой 160 футов ( ≈ 49 метров)
20) to house	вмещать
21) a reference book	справочник
22) to provide access	обеспечивать доступ
23) to design	проектировать
24) to face	облицовывать
25) marble	мрамор
26) to double the space	удваивать площадь
27) to contain	содержать
28) storage area	(книжное) хранилище
29) to number	насчитывать
30) item	предмет (в списке)
31) decoration	украшение
32) to work at	работать над
33) to be accessible to	быть доступным
34) to mean	означать

6.3. Answer the questions:

1. Is the Library of Congress the largest library in the USA?

2. When and where was the Library of Congress founded?

3. Who offered his personal library to the Library of Congress?

4. How long did Thomas Jefferson accumulate his personal library?

5. Was Thomas Jefferson’s personal library considered one of the best in the USA at that time?

6. Thomas Jefferson’s personal library was the basis for a great national Library, wasn’t it?

7. What is the Library of Congress now?

8. What three buildings does the Complex on Capitol Hill include now?

9. What was Thomas Jefferson?

10. When was he the president of the USA?

11. What do you know about John Adams?

12. What President of the USA was John Adams?

13. Who was the fourth President of the USA?

14. When was he the President of the USA?

15. The Thomas Jefferson Building was the largest and costliest library building, wasn’t it?

16. What is the Thomas Jefferson Building decorated with?

17. What is the height of the Main Reading Room?

18. Has the Library of Congress the Computer Catalogue Center or not?

19. Does the Computer Catalogue Center provide public access to the Library’s automated catalog or not?

20. When was the John Adams building opened?

21. Was it a simply designed building faced with white marble?

22. What sculptures decorate the large bronze doors of the John Adams building?

23. Was the James Madison Memorial Building opened in 1980 or in 1939?

24. How many reading rooms are there in the James Madison Building?

25. Who was the first President of the USA?