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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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throw it away

0They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to -- on a screen, you know. And then, when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had when they read it the first time.02br
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00`Gee,' said Tommy, `01b00what a waste. When you're through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our 00television screen02b00 must have had a 00million books00 on it and it's good for plenty more. I wouldn't throw it away.'02br
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01b00I know the meaning of every single word in the highlighted(bold) parts 00assuming00 (00television screen =00 computer screen, and (00had a million books00 = millions of informations/sites/etc. on internet), I can't understand when I read as a whole.02b02br
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01b00So, could you rephrase the highlighted(bold) parts for me so that I can understand?02br
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0Where is the quote from - it looks familiar to me but I can't quite remember where from? (just out of interest). 02br 02br 00You are reading too much into this - you need to take the information you are being given at face-value here.

  • 0Where is the quote from - it looks familiar to me but I can't quite remember where from?
  • (just out of interest).
  • 02br 02br 00You are reading too much into this - you need to take the information you are being given at face-value here.
  • In this society paper books no longer exist.
  • You read books on your TV screen.
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0Where is the quote from - it looks familiar to me but I can't quite remember where from? (just out of interest). Sci-fi story?02br
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00You are reading too much into this - you need to take the information you are being given at face-value here. In this society paper books no longer exist. You read books on your TV screen. Books - not internet/web pages. TV screen - not c
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0 Asimov - "The Fun They Had" !!0-

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