In Copenhagen(哥本哈根), there’s a special library. There, you can borrow a person instead of a book. It’s called the Human Library. Instead of reading a book, you spend 30 minutes learning about the person, or the “human book”. “We publish people like open books. Our readers ask questions and get answers from their ‘book’,” the organization says.
The Human Library Organization wants to address people’s prejudices(偏见) by helping them to talk to some special people. People would not normally meet or speak with those special people. Hopefully, people will learn more about them, and then clear up some misunderstanding about them. “The Human Library Organization is an all-over-the-world event. It works to make chances for personal conversations. Readers can talk with the ‘human book’ on a given topic(特定的话题). These topics, which people don’t often talk about in daily life, are difficult or challenging and even make people feel bad. ” the organization says.
The Human Library was created by a Danish man named Ronni Abergel. He wondered if a human library could bring people together peacefully like a traditional one. He started the first Human Library at the Roskilde Festival in Copenhagen in 2000. It ran for four days with eight hours of conversations each day. More than 1,000 people took part.
The first permanent(固定的) Human Library was built in Lismore, Australia, in 2006. Till now, the project has partners(伙伴) in more than 80 countries across the world. Though most happen as events, there are a few permanent Human Libraries.
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