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Our town library had few rules at first.我们镇的图书馆起初几乎没有规矩。 The old sign by the door stated them explicitly.门口那块旧牌子「明确地」写着几条。 No food, no loud talk, and no moving of chairs.不许吃东西，不许大声说话，也不许搬动椅子。 I got used to that quiet order.我慢慢习惯了那种安静的秩序。

Last spring a small wooden facility opened beside the reading room.去年春天，阅览室旁边开了一个小小的木制「设施」。 It was built to facilitate group study, not to replace the silence.建它是为了「促进」小组学习，而不是取代安静。 The head of the library was flexible about new uses.图书馆的负责人对这种新用途很「灵活」。 She let students write notes on the walls.她让学生们把笔记写在墙上。

Her assistant did not share that easy way.她的助手却不肯同样随和。 He made an explicit list of new rules on the first day.第一天他就定下了一份「明确」的新规矩清单。 Every group that ignored the list caused trouble between the two sides.凡是无视清单的小组，都会在两边之间造成矛盾。 Later a simple estimate led to a small change.后来一个简单的「估算」带来了一个小小的改动。

A sign in three colors said clearly how to use each corner.一块三色的牌子清楚地说明了每个角落该怎么用。 In my estimation, the written rules removed almost all of that trouble afterward.依我的「估计」，这些写下来的规矩几乎消除了之后所有的矛盾。 Rules are finite, but a flexible mind keeps an infinite patience, like a line that stretches toward infinity.规矩是「有限」的，但「灵活」的头脑能守住「无限」的耐心，像一条一直伸向「无限」的线。