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1、TheFunTheyHadIsaacAsimovMargieevenwroteaboutitthatnightinherdiary.OnthepageheadedMay17,2157,shewrote,"Today,Tommyfoundarealbook!"Itwasaveryoldbook.Margie'sgrandfatheroncesaidthatwhenhewasalittleboyhisgrandfathertoldhimthattherewasatimewhenallstorieswereprintedonpape
2、r.Theyturnedthepages,whichwereyellowandcrinkly,anditwasawfullyfunnytoreadwordsthatstoodstillinsteadofmovingthewaytheyweresupposedto--onascreen,youknow.Andthen,whentheyturnedbacktothepagebefore,ithadthesamewordsonitthatithadhadwhentheyreaditthefirsttime."Gee,"saidTom
3、my,"whatawaste.Whenyou'rethroughwiththebook,youjustthrowitaway,Iguess.Ourtelevisionscreenmusthavehadamillionbooksonitandit'sgoodforplentymore.Iwouldn'tthrowitaway.""Samewithmine,"saidMargie.Shewaselevenandhadn'tseenasmanytelebooksasTommyhad.Hewasthirteen.Shesaid,"Wh
4、eredidyoufindit?""Inmyhouse."Hepointedwithoutlooking,becausehewasbusyreading."Intheattic.""What'sitabout?""School."Margiewasscornful."School?What'stheretowriteaboutschool?Ihateschool."Margiealwayshatedschool,butnowshehateditmorethanever.Themechanicalteacherhadbeengi
5、vinghertestaftertestingeographyandshehadbeendoingworseandworseuntilhermotherhadshakenherheadsorrowfullyandsentfortheCountyInspector.Hewasaroundlittlemanwitharedfaceandawholeboxoftoolswithdialsandwires.HesmiledatMargieandgaveheranapple,thentooktheteacherapart.Margieh
6、adhopedhewouldn'tknowhowtoputittogetheragain,butheknewhowallright,and,afteranhourorso,thereitwasagain,largeandblackandugly,withabigscreenonwhichallthelessonswereshownandthequestionswereasked.Thatwasn'tsobad.ThepartMargiehatedmostwastheslotwhereshehadtoputhomeworkand
7、testpapers.Shealwayshadtowritethemoutinapunchcodetheymadeherlearnwhenshewassixyearsold,andthemechanicalteachercalculatedthemarkinnotime.TheInspectorhadsmiledafterhewasfinishedandpattedMargie'shead.Hesaidtohermother,"It'snotthelittlegirl'sfault,Mrs.Jones.Ithinkthegeo
8、graphysectorwasgearedalittletooquick.Thosethingshappensometimes.I'veslowedituptoanaverageten-yearlevel.Actually,theover-allpatternofherpro
