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A thousand years ago, only rich people owned books. Before the printing press was developed, books were largely written by hand. Large sums of money were needed to buy books. Only the richest people could afford to have libraries in their homes.
    一千多年前，只有有錢人才擁有書。在印刷術(shù)發(fā)明以前，書大都是用手寫出來的。買書要花好多錢。只有最富的人才可以供得起家庭圖書館。