English Ch-1 The fun they had

Margie's age

11

Tommy's age

13

Margie's diary date

17 May 2157

Telebook

A book read on a screen

Mechanical teacher

A computerized robot-like teaching machine

Attic

A space just below the roof used for storage

Slot

Given space to insert homework/tests

Crinkly

With many folds or lines

Scornful

Showing that something is worthless

Loftily

In a superior way

Nonchalantly

Without care or much interest

Dispute

To argue or disagree

Geared to

Adjusted to a certain level

Why Margie hated school?

She was doing badly in geography and hated her mechanical teacher

County Inspector

Person who repaired the mechanical teacher

Why was the inspector called?

Margie was scoring poorly in geography

Reason Margie was scoring low

Geography sector was too quick for her level

Zeroes of telebooks

N/A (Infinite — they don't wear out like paper books)

Why Margie was disappointed after inspection?

She hoped the teacher would be taken away

Old kind of school

Physical school with human teachers and students learning together

Teacher in the past

A human being

Schoolroom location

In Margie's house, next to her bedroom

Tommy found the book

In the attic

Margie's thought on old schools

She thought they were fun

Subject in today's lesson

Addition of proper fractions

Lesson time

Same every day except Saturday and Sunday

Margie's learning method

Punch code and screen input

Why she hated the slot?

She had to write answers in punch code

Why Margie liked old schools?

Kids learned together and could help one another

Meaning of 'regular' teacher in the story

A mechanical teacher

Meaning of 'man teacher'

A human being who taught

What was funny about the real book?

Words stayed still and didn't move like on screen

Tommy's opinion on old books

Wasteful because you can't reuse them

Margie's final thought

Kids in old days must've loved school