He was a very practical man and he proposed the first fire department, the first police force and the first public library in the American colonies.

他是一个非常讲求实际的人。美国各殖民地的第一个消防机构、第一支警察部队和第一家公共图书馆就是在他的倡议下建立的。

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Alexandra's first public show was held at a Los Angeles public library when she was only eight years old.

亚历山德拉的第一次公开展览是在洛杉矶一家公共图书馆举行的，当时她只有8岁。

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The first truly free public library that circulated books to everyone at no cost was started in a small New England town in 1833.

1833年，在新英格兰的一个小镇上，第一家免费向所有人提供图书的公共图书馆成立了。

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"Boston is the first city in the country to have had a public library."

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The library, on Borough Road, was opened in 1934 and was the country's first public library.

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The new Digital Public Library of America (or DPLA) will be kicking off its first big pilot project at the Boston Public Library next month, and it's now gotten a big shot in the arm courtesy of the US National Archives.

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