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We often think information is a list of facts, but it always takes some form.我们常以为「信息」只是一串事实，但它总会以某种「形式」出现。 The same news comes as a formal letter or an informal note.同一条消息可以是一封「正式的」信，或一条「非正式的」便条。 Interestingly, what guides us is not the fact itself but the shape it wears.「有趣的是」，真正引导我们的并不是事实本身，而是它穿的外衣。

Last spring, our group tried to save a small library in our city.去年春天，我们这群人试着保住城里的一座小图书馆。 The former manager gave us a page of numbers about money and visitors.「前任的」馆长给了我们一页纸，上面写着钱和来客的数字。 He asked us to inform the neighbors and to write to the local office.他请我们「通知」邻居们，并给当地办事处写信。 We wrote twice: one text was formal, and one was informal.我们写了两版：一版「正式地」写，一版「随意」。

The formal note sounded cold, though the numbers were the same.正式的那份读起来很冷，尽管数字完全一样。 The informal version made people take part.随意的那版让人们愿意参与。 Interestingly, one internal talk informed more people than letters.「有趣的是」，一次「内部的」讲话「告知」的人比几封信还多。 The formation of a small team and its daily interaction were the real start.这支小队的「组建」，以及队里每天的「互动」，才是我们工作真正的开始。

We held three formal meetings and often met informally.我们开过三次「正式」的会，也常常非正式地碰头。 The office did not answer quickly, so we worked on our own.办事处没有很快答复，我们就靠自己动手。 By summer, the city found a home for every book.到夏天，城里给每本书找到了新家。