That file was electronic message, so suddenly in about 1971, we had e-mail. So an e-mail was pretty much the major use of the internet for the next 20 years.

那种文件就是电子消息，如此突然的，约在,1971年，我们有了电子邮件，电子邮件,基本上是此后20年互联网的主要运用形式。

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The Book of the Month Club was a mail-order book club that started in 1926 and it became an incredibly powerful engine for selling books, just as Oprah's Book Club is today.

月读书友会是一个创立于1926年的邮购书友会6,是图书销售的强大引擎，正如今天的奥普拉书友会一样。

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They had a mail service, although it was for official use only.

建立了邮政系统，虽然只供官方使用。

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And look for an e-mail early this afternoon about individual help tomorrow afternoon.

今天下午注意查收下关于明天下午单独辅导的邮件。

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So, just give me a little bit of time to find out maybe by soliciting e-mail responses from you what would be a good time for my office hours.

所以,给我点时间考虑一下,或许我会用电子邮件发一个小问卷调查,然后我来决定什么时间最合适

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It was already the same technology they used for the mail.

这和邮递所使用的方式一模一样。

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