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1、TheFunTheyHad1.Margieevenwroteaboutitthatnightinherdiary.OnthepageheadedMay17,2157,shewrote,“TodayTommyfoundarealbook!”2.Itwasaveryoldbook.Margie’sgrandfatheroncesaidthatwhenhewasalittleboyhisgrandfathertoldhimthattherewasatimewhenallstorieswereprintedonpaper.3.Theytu
2、rnedthepages,whichwereyellowandcrinkly,anditwasawfullyfunnytoreadwordsthatstoodstillinsteadofmovingthewaytheyweresupposedtoonascreen,youknow.Andthen,whentheyturnedbacktothepagebefore,ithadthesamewordsonitthatithadhadwhentheyreaditthefirsttime.4.“Gee,”saidTommy,“whataw
3、aste!Whenyou’rethroughwiththebook,youjustthrowitaway,Iguess.Ourtelevisionscreenmusthaveamillionbooksonitandit’sgoodforplentymore.Iwouldn’tthrowitaway.”5.“Samewithmine,”saidMargie.Shewaselevenandhadn’tseenasmanytelebooksasTommyhad.Hewasthirteen.6.Shesaid,“Wheredidyoufi
4、ndit?”7.“Inmyhouse,”hepointedwithoutlookingbecausehewasbusyreading.“Intheattic.”8.“What’sitabout?”9.“School.”10.Margiewasscornful.“School?What’stheretowriteaboutschool?Ihateschool.”11.Margiealwayshatedschool,butnowshehateditmorethanever.Themechanicalteacherhadbeengivi
5、nghertestaftertestingeographyandshehadbeendoingworseandworseuntilhermotherhadshakenherheadsorrowfullyandsentfortheCountyInspector.12.Hewasaroundlittlemanwitharedfaceandawholeboxoftoolswithdialsandwires.HesmiledatMargieandgaveheranapple,thentooktheteacherapart.Margieha
6、dhopedhewouldn’tknowhowtoputittogetheragain,butheknewhowallright,and,afteranhourorso,thereitwasagain,largeandblackandugly,withabigscreenonwhichallthelessonswereshownandthequestionswereasked.Thatwasn’tsobad.ThepartMargiehatedmostwastheslotwhereshehadtoputhomeworkandtes
7、tpapers.Shealwayshadtowritethemoutinapunchcodetheymadeherlearnwhenshewassixyearsold,andthemechanicalteachercalculatedthemarkinnotime.13.Margiewasdisappointed.Shehadbeenhopingtheywouldtaketheteacherawayaltogether.SoshesaidtoTommy,“Whywouldanyonewriteaboutschool?”14.Tom
8、mylookedatherwithverysuperioreyes,“Becauseit’snotourkindofschool,stupid.Thisistheoldkindofschoolthattheyhadhundredsandhundre