日前参加一家杂志的扩版座谈会,听一位学者说,他曾随一个文化交流代表团赴美国访问,曾参观了他们的国家图书馆。这个图书馆当年的预算经费是2.5亿美元,而我国的北京图书馆年度预算经费,还不及它的零头,可见其规模之大,其经济实力之雄厚。好客的图书馆馆长请来访的中国客人吃了一顿饭。这位学者说,对那顿饭并没有留下深刻印象,倒是饭后和翻译的几句闲聊,使他们震惊不已。原来代表团获悉,图书馆馆长 A few days ago to participate in a magazine expansion forum, listen to a scholar said he had accompanied a cultural exchange delegation to the United States to visit, had visited their national library. The current budget of this library was 250 million U.S. dollars. However, the annual budget of Beijing Library in our country is less than its fraction. It shows that its scale is huge and its economic strength is strong. Hospitable library curator invited Chinese guests to eat a meal. The scholar said he was not impressed with the meal, but added a few grunts after dinner and translation that shocked them. The original delegation was informed that the librarian