【雙語聽讀】Summer Time in the Bookstore 書店裡的夏日時光

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Libraries mirror the intrinsic quality of a city. With an immense number of books in a bright environment, they are art galleries for people to improve their taste and mental being, as well as soothing spaces to escape from the hustle and bustle and vexations.

圖書館是一座城市的內涵，那裡窗明几淨，汗牛充棟，是陶冶情操、改變心境的藝術廳，是逃離喧囂、拋開煩惱的棲息地。

The bookstores in Zhengzhou are fascinating in their beauty, boasting pleasant space design, rich cultural heritage, ingenious trans-boundary integration, and exquisite cultural atmosphere...just like the summer sunshine bringing us brightness and inspiring our zest and enthusiasm.

鄭州的書店，個個美得讓人心醉，美在空間設計，美在文化底蘊，美在跨界融合，美在人文氣質……就像夏日的陽光，坦蕩、熾熱、燦爛。

紙的時代Era of Paper

"This is the worst era, this is the best era, and this is also the 'Era of Paper' where we can do our best. In me the tiger sniffs the rose."

「這是個最壞的時代，這是個最好的時代，這是我們努力的『紙的時代』。願，心有猛虎，細嗅薔薇。」

The poem on the wall at its entrance attracts every reader entering the bookstore, guarding such an oasis of culture.

書店門口的牆壁上，一首小詩吸引著每一位進店的讀者，也守望著一方文化的綠洲。

There are a great many books, mostly about humanities & social sciences and creative design. Green plants, water and an artificial landscape create a relaxing atmosphere as if you were in a secluded valley.

「紙的時代」書店藏書不少，主營人文社科和創意設計類圖書，而且以綠植、流水、假山營造出溪水幽谷的意境。

Find a comfortable seat to read. You can sit by the winding corridor or on the lounge by the pool. When you are tired of reading, order a cup of fruit tea or coffee, and watch the fish in the limpid water to relax your eyes.

找個舒服的位置靜心閱讀，你可以坐在曲徑通幽的迴廊邊，也可以坐在水池旁的躺椅上，看書累了就點杯果茶或者咖啡，再看看清水中的小魚讓眼睛放鬆一下。

言幾又Yan Ji You

It is a new Internet-famous bookstore. The first store of Yan Ji You in Zhengzhou has attracted many young people since its birth in 2019. The interior was designed by a Japanese architect to be a fantasy forest of books.

作為新晉網紅書店，2019年，言幾又鄭州首店從開業起就吸引了不少年輕人的目光。室內裝修由日本建築師設計，打造了一個夢幻的書之森林。

The bookstore name collectively constitutes the Chinese character "設 (literal: establish, display)". Based on physical cultural business, it is also a combination of offline bookstore, cafe, cultural and creative products, literary salon, and it even includes special experience space. Yan Ji You establishes a groundbreaking business model to reshape the reading experience in the bookstore and make books the link between people, people and culture, and people and space. It uses all resources to promote the cross-boundary fusion of multiple business formats, with the aim of exploring a third possibility other than home and office building, and creating an "urban cultural space" with diversified functions.

「言幾又」取義「設」字的拆分，是一個以實體文化運營為載體，集實體書店、咖啡文化、文創產品、文藝沙龍、特色體驗空間為一體的文化生活體驗空間。「言幾又」打破傳統書店的經營定式，重塑書店的閱讀體驗，以書為紐帶增強人與人、人與文化、人與空間的聯結，利用一切資源促進多元業態的跨界融合，旨在探索介乎家與寫字樓之間的第三種可能，致力於打造一個涵蓋多元化功能的「城市文化空間」。

尚書房Shang Shu Fang

It is the upgraded version of the Xinhua Bookstore in Henan Province. As the name suggests, there are fashionable elements everywhere. The large areas of white and wood colors create an elegant and airy space. Shang Shu Fang is also a strong support for the city's reading campaign. For example, in Haihui Center Bookstore, in addition to books, there are different exchange and experience activities involving cultural and creative aesthetics, coffee and catering, cultural exhibitions, reading salons, etc., allowing everyone to have access to books and enjoy reading in a comfortable artistic environment.

「尚書房」是河南省新華書店的轉型升級之作，店如其名，處處融入時尚元素。大面積的白色和原木色，讓整個空間顯得靈動輕盈。尚書房也是這座城市倡導全民閱讀的有力支撐。比如尚書房海匯中心店，除了書籍之外，將文創美學、咖啡餐飲、文化策展、閱讀沙龍等多種交流體驗活動融為一體，讓大家在舒適文藝的環境中親近圖書、愛上閱讀。

鍾書閣Zhongshuge

The meaning of the name is that "it is a place where books are the only favorite". Zhongshuge, renowned as "the most beautiful bookstore in China", first opened in Shanghai. How beautiful is Zhongshuge in Zhengzhou? It has a mirror ceiling and floor-to-ceiling windows on all four sides. The decorations hanging down from the roof are even more unique, ranging from Lego toys to flying seagulls.

書香人間，情有獨鍾。被譽為「中國最美書店」的鐘書閣，起源於上海。那麼，鄭州的鐘書閣有多美呢？書店頂部採用鏡面設計，四周是落地窗。掛在屋頂的裝飾物更是別致，有樂高玩具模樣的，也有飛翔海鷗模樣的。

Zhongshuge is very distinctive in atmosphere, layout and decoration. The ceiling reflects all furnishings, and enveloped in such special visual effects, you feel as if you were in a universe. Here, we can fully understand why young people prefer to read in bookstores – their longings for wonder and willfulness lead them here to read in such an environment with a tremendous amount of books, while enjoying inner peace as time passes by.

鍾書閣的色調、布置、裝修風格，都酷酷的。店內的陳設反射在天花板上，獨特的視覺效果仿佛帶你走進一個平行世界。在這裡，我們完全能夠理解為何年輕人更喜歡在書店看書，就是喜歡那種美好、率性的感覺，浩如煙海，書盈四壁，靜靜等待時光流逝，內心靜如止水。

粱實Liang Shi

Liang Shi is pronounced the same as "food" in Chinese, implying "food for the soul". Some people say that this bookstore may remind you of the heroic, personable and vigorous warrior in Liang Shiqiu's prose. Neat and simple, it possesses a powerful strength.

「粱實」書店取「糧食」諧音，是精神食糧之意。有人說走進這家書店就會想起梁實秋的散文，如英姿颯爽的戰士，整潔幹練，風度翩翩而精神抖擻；又如「七八個星天外」的夜空，清簡明快，依稀可辨而蘊藏力量。

No matter how busy the outside world is, people in the bookstore enjoy every moment reading here. Offering books, lectures, salons, seats, tea, and food, Liang Shi is known as the "first socializing bookstore in Zhengzhou".

外面的世界在忙碌，書店裡的人渾然不知。有書有座有茶還有糧食，被譽為「鄭州第一家社交書店」的粱實，經常舉辦各種講座、沙龍，而且餓了真的有飯。

松社Songshe Bookstore

Songshe was awarded the "Bookstore with the Biggest Contribution to the City in 2018" at the "2019 Asian Bookstore Forum", becoming the first independent bookstore in Henan to receive this honor. Since its opening in December 2013, it has attracted many Chinese and foreign readers with the high-quality and frequently held "Songshe • My Lecture" event. It is a cultural leisure space where people can read, drink tea, watch movies and chat with friends.

「松社」書店曾在「2019亞洲書店論壇」上，斬獲「2018年度最具城市貢獻書店」獎，成為河南首家獲此殊榮的獨立書店。書店自2013年12月對外開放以來，以高品質、高頻次的「松社我來講」為載體，吸引了眾多國內外讀者，是一個集閱讀、茶飲、觀影、交談於一體的文化休閒空間。

中信書店CITIC Bookstore

CITIC Bookstore, an artistic paradise, is hidden in Muse Park. The spaciousness and division make visiting the bookstore a pleasant experience. The leisure space created by floor-to-ceiling windows and coffee seats offers the kind of comfort and warmth of home. The sky and street scene outside the glass window are as exquisite as oil paintings.

中信書店位於永威木色購物公園，這裡充滿了藝術氣息。明亮的空間感與區域劃分，讓逛書店變得簡約而愜意。落地式觀景窗和咖啡座形成的休閒空間，讓讀者感受到家一般的舒適和溫暖。玻璃窗外的天色與街景，如油畫般曼妙。

In addition to books, there are many eye-catching objects, such as dolls, flower seeds, toys and garage kits, surprising and enhancing your enjoyment of reading and bringing you surprises.

除書之外，這裡還有很多有趣的七零八碎兒，玩偶、花種、玩具、手辦之類的小玩意兒，能為你的閱讀增加樂趣，也能為你的生活平添驚喜。

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