英语导读1000句（四十七）

　　Section47 Books

　　Have you any idea how many different kinds of books there are?你知道有多少种书吗?

　　No, I donrsquo;t. But Irsquo;m sure you are going to tell me.不知道，但我知道你会告诉我的。

　　Well, I donrsquo;t know exactly. But I do know there are a lot.具体有多少我也不知道，但我知道有很多。

　　For example?比如说?

　　For example, there are novels and text books, fact and fiction.比如说小说、课本、纪实文学、故事。

　　Ah, yes. There are many different kinds of novels, you know.对对，你知道的，有很多种类型的小说。

　　Like crime novels, science fiction and horror and hellip;像侦探小说、科幻小说、恐怖小说，还有hellip;hellip;

　　Romance. Yes. I love romance novels.言情小说。我喜欢言情小说。

　　What about non-fiction books?非虚构类的书呢?

　　Oh, like biographies and autobiographies.像传记、自传之类的书。

　　Yes, and true life stories. Those can be very interesting.是的，还有真实的生活故事，那些也非常有趣。

　　And then there are books on all sorts of other things, like science.还有其他许多不同种类的书，比如科学书籍。

　　Yes, and medicine and geography and history and travel.是的，还有医学、地理、历史和旅游方面的书籍。

　　Sure. And what about childrenrsquo;s books? There are thousands of those.没错。还有儿童书籍呢?那可有上千种之多呢。

　　So we still donrsquo;t know how many different kinds there are.这么说来，我们还不知道到底有多少种不同的书。

　　But I think there are too many to count and too many genres.可是我觉得多得无法计算。