自1978年以来，可供买书的钱已减少了17%。

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

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

有些学校缺少资金购买书本、铅笔之类的基本用具。

Some schools lack money for basics like books and pencils.

《牛津词典》

我一有机会就买书，但我几乎不看。

I bought books whenever I got the chance, but I hardly read them.

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Could I have a show of hands of people who are planning to buy the text but haven't done so yet?

你们能举下手吗，那些,正打算买书，但还没有买的同学？

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Some people asked me, if they bought the earlier version of the text, you can find the translation to the earlier version of the text on these question numbers.

有人问我，如果他们买了这本书的早期版本，你们找到这本书早期版本的翻译,关于这些问题的数字。

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One solution for that is to get a copy of a textbook I wrote called Basic Training in Mathematics.

解决办法之一,就是买一本我编写的教材,书名叫《数学基础训练》

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