VOA标准英语2010-Website of the Week - Library of Congress
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(四)月
More than one million searchable and browsable 1 images
Art Chimes | Washington, DC 09 April 2010
Photo: Library of Congress
The Library of Congress contains a treasure trove 2 of photographs and other images.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative 3 online destinations.
This time, we crack open the vaults 4 at the Library of Congress to unearth 5 a treasure trove of photographs and other images, from Japanese woodblock prints to century-old color photographs of the Russian empire to pictures documenting 20th century America.
"The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog is the primary access tool to learn about and explore the picture collections at the Library of Congress," says Helena Zinkham, acting 6 head of the Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress. "There are descriptions for many millions of pictures and about one and a quarter million have the digitized image right with the catalog record."
Zinkham says the vast collection is more accessible than ever, thanks to a redesign unveiled this week, updating some shortcomings in the pioneering website that dates back to the 1990s.
"The pictures are right on the same page with the catalog description. We're able to have a browse 7 index, in other words, an alphabetical 8 index for the entire catalog. We can retrieve 9 thousands and thousands of records for every search."
And Zinkham says the site now incorporates slide shows and up-to-date sharing tools.
The head of Public Reference Services at the Library of Congress, Barbara Natanson, says the print and photo collections get a lot of use from a broad range of online visitors.
"A lot of documentary filmmakers. We have people who are publishing books. We have students themselves from every grade level. We have people who are doing family history or genealogy 10, who may be looking for the sites that are connected to their families, or even members of their families themselves," says Natanson.
And also curious users who just want to browse through more than a million images of art and the art that is real life at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog or get the link from our site, voanews.com.
- In my dressing-room everything breakable had been stowed away. 在我的梳妆室里，一切易碎的物品都已经收藏起来了。
- Is there anything valuable or breakable in your bag? 您的包里有什么贵重物品或易碎品吗？
- He assembled a rich trove of Chinese porcelain.他收集了一批中国瓷器。
- The gallery is a treasure trove of medieval art.这个画廊是中世纪艺术的宝库。
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。
- It was deposited in the vaults of a bank. 它存在一家银行的保险库里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Most of the unearth relics remain intact.大多数出土文物仍保持完整无损。
- More human remains have been unearthed in the north.北部又挖掘出了更多的人体遗骸。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- I had a browse through the books on her shelf.我浏览了一下她书架上的书。
- It is a good idea to browse through it first.最好先通篇浏览一遍。
- Please arrange these books in alphabetical order.请把这些书按字母顺序整理一下。
- There is no need to maintain a strict alphabetical sequence.不必保持严格的字顺。
- He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
- The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。