Library notice

Reading strategy

Grasp the text's purpose first from its title and type.
Do not stop at unknown words; follow the flow. Hover the underlined key words to jump to the vocabulary track.
Find the clue each question asks about directly in the passage.

Passage

大学图书馆通知

欢迎大家来图书馆看书和学习。请大家记住下面几点。

图书馆每天早上八点开门，晚上九点关门。星期六只开到下午五点。星期天和节日休息。

每个人可以借五本书，时间是两个星期。如果还书太晚，每天要交一点儿钱。如果想再看几天，可以再借一次。

在图书馆里，请大家安静地看书，不要大声说话。这里不可以吃东西，也不可以喝饮料。看书的时候，请不要打电话。

一楼有中文书和报纸，二楼有外语书和杂志。三楼很安静，想认真学习的同学可以去那里。

有问题的时候，可以问一楼的老师，他们很愿意帮助你。

Hover the underlined words for their meaning and a link to the vocabulary track.

Sentence structure

Key sentences split into meaning units, showing the role of each part.

如果还书太晚，每天要交一点儿钱。

Connective如果"if" (condition)

Clause还书太晚returning books too late

Modifier每天every day (time)

Predicate要交must pay (yao + verb)

Object一点儿钱a little money

Chinese "ruguo ... yao/jiu ..." is a conditional: "if ..., then ...". "huan shu" is verb-plus-object ("return books") and "tai wan" shows degree ("too late"). The key is word order: the time word "mei tian" (every day) comes before the verb, and the auxiliary "yao" (must) sits right before the main verb "jiao" (pay).

想认真学习的同学可以去那里。

Modifier想认真学习的relative clause + de ("who want to study hard")

Subject同学students (head noun)

Predicate可以can (auxiliary)

Predicate去go (main verb)

Object那里there (place)

In Chinese, whatever modifies a noun is bundled with "de" and always comes before the noun: "xiang renzhen xuexi de + tongxue" (who want to study + students). This is the opposite of an English relative clause (who...), which follows the noun. The auxiliary "keyi" precedes the main verb "qu" to mark possibility or permission.

Questions

Q1What time does the library close?

Q2How many books can one person borrow?

Q3Which floor should students go to if they want to study quietly?