Since 1978, the amount of money available to buy books has fallen by 17%.

自1978年以来，可供买书的钱已减少了17%。

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Why does Li Ming prefer to buy books?

为什么李明更喜欢买书？

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I'm going to buy books tomorrow.

我准备明天去买书。

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And he found that cities with well-used libraries also have greater numbers of people who buy books online.

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Farmers often use their extra earnings to buy books for their children or to pay for schooling.

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Many parents do not have the money to buy books, so sometimes the teachers pay for them.

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And with the Internet, no need to buy books like You Can Do the Cube.

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Publications grew less expensive, so that average people could actually afford to buy books.

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The money will be used to buy books for the history section of the library.

BBC: Rhys Thomas Lewis