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1、Unit2TheFunTheyHad Margieevenwroteaboutitthatnightinherdiary.OnthepageheadedMay17,2157,shewrote,"TodayTommyfoundarealbook!" Itwasaveryoldbook.Margie'sgrandfatheroncesaidthatwhenhewasalittleboyhisgrandfathertoldhimthattherewasatimewhenallstorieswereprintedonpaper. Theyturned
2、thepages,whichwereyellowandcrinkly,anditwasawfullyfunnytoreadwordsthatstoodstillinsteadofmovingthewaytheyweresupposedto—onascreen,youknow.Andthen,whentheyturnedbacktothepagebefore,ithadthesamewordsonitthatithadhadwhentheyreaditthefirsttime. "Gee,"saidTommy,"Whatawaste!Whenyou'r
3、ethroughwiththebook,youjustthrowitaway,Iguess.Ourtelevisionscreenmusthaveamillionbooksonitandit'sgoodforplentymore.Iwouldn'tthrowitaway." "Samewithmine,"saidMargie.Shewaselevenandhadn'tseenasmanytelebooksasTommyhad.Hewasthirteen. Shesaid,"Wheredidyoufindit?" "Inmyhouse,"hep
4、ointedwithoutlookingbecausehewasbusyreading."Intheattic." "What'sitabout?" "School." Margiewasscornful."School?What'stheretowriteaboutschool?Ihatschool." Margiealwayshatedschool,butnowshehateditmorethanever.Themechanicalteacherhadbeengivinghertestaftertestingeographyandsh
5、ehadbeendoingworseandworseuntilhermotherhadshakenherheadsorrowfullyandsentfortheCountyInspector. Hewasaroundlittlemanwitharedfaceandawholeboxoftoolswithdialsandwires.HesmiledatMargieandgaveheranapple,thentooktheteacherapart.Margiehadhopedhewouldn'tknowhowtoputittogetheragain,bu
6、theknewhowallright,and,afteranhourorso,thereitwasagain,largeandblackandugly,withabigscreenonwhichallthelessonswereshownandthequestionswereasked.Thatwasn'tsobad.ThepartMargiehatedmostwastheslotwhereshehadtoputhomeworkandtestpapers.Shealwayshadtowritethemoutinapunchcodetheymadeherl
7、earnwhenshewassixyearsold,andthemechanicalteachercalculatedthemarkinnotime. Margiewasdisappointed.Shehadbeenhopingtheywouldtaketheteacherawayaltogether.SoshesaidtoTommy,"Whywouldanyonewriteaboutschool?" Tommylookedatherwithverysuperioreyes,"Becauseit'snotourkindofschool,stupi
8、d.Thisistheoldkindofschoolthattheyhadhun