They're pretty impressive looking. But they would be big, but still that would be a lot easier to transport and handle than a whole box or closet full of scrolls.

看起来觉得不可思议，它们虽然很厚，但它们仍然比较容易携带使用,相对于装满卷轴的箱子或书橱来说。

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It used to be this big, thick thing and you would go there everyday to look up and everything was in there.

它过去是一份很大很厚的报纸,你每天都会查阅资讯,上面有所有需要的资讯

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So, if you bought a newspaper it would be only two sheets because it was so expensive-- not all the thick paper that we have today-- and it would cost something like $10 or $20 in today's prices.

你要是在当时买报纸的话,恐怕只有两页纸,因为纸实在是太贵了-,而且我们现在用的那种厚纸很少见-,按照今天的物价水平,大概需要10至20美元。

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