issue38 hand-in-hand

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Issue38 "In the age of television, reading books is not as important as it once was. People can learn

as much by watching television as they can by reading books."  (传媒)

看电视不能代替读书作为一个学习的方法
1。读书是一个主动的过程，在这方面它比电视更有用。
2。看电视只是被动的学习
3。看电视在获取信息上有优势。

In this modern world of the breathtaking speed of economical and technological development, television, once as a luxury, has now become more and more available in people's lives. Due to the existence of television, we have easier access to information, to events happened, and to wonderful talk shows. Attracted by the marvelous role that television has played, some people, the author included, claim that people can learn as much by watching television as they can by reading books. This view, seems appealing at first glance, is not a solid one, since it curtly ignores the advantages of reading books over watching television and overemphasizes the importance of watching television.

To begin with, reading books requires the reader to be involved in a process to actively interact with  the writers, which indeed is an indispensable means for learning knowledge. Let's bring the discussion to a more practical context. For instance, when learning mathematics, students might often come across problems or theories that are difficult to understand. In this case,  they might stop  
reading to think for a while, do some calculations, take notes, or possibly they need to go back a  few pages or refer other books to search for the explanation. In this way, students may get to  understand the method to tackle the problem and the reason behind, which means true comprehension. The active interaction also embraces imagination from the original literature book. By reading journals, one can savor the beauty from the lines of a poem, be absorbed by a inviting  detective novel, or even put ourselves in the beautiful scenery that the written material presents.  True, in this way, we can deeply learn the meaning of literature by fully interacting with the writer.   Therefore, reading books, as a process of interaction, serves as an effective way of studying.

However, watching television would not turn out to be beneficial for learning knowledge since people  tend to be imparted passively. As a matter of fact, the nature of television programs causes this  phenomenon.  TV programs would not explain every question that the audience may come up with  from the content that it presents , or neither will they stop to let the audience think over the question  for the answer. Gradually, people tend to give up the effort to think or to be critical and become more  passive in being imparted of the scientific knowledge by the TV programs. Therefore, Watching  television, unlike the speaker's assertion that highlights the significance of studying, just presents  
another way of informing information rather than true education.

In the final analysis, it is should be pointed out that watching television could be able to replace the  role of reading books when it comes to learning certain types of knowledge.  For the purpose of  conveying information of temporal, spatial events and experiences, the TV, more often than not,provides a more appealing and convincing record than the books do. For example, under today's  
intensified media, an anti-war parade that happened on the other side of the planet could be   concretely and amply broadcast in today's TV news. By watching TV, people could not only learn the  basic information of the parade, but also be strongly touched by the facial expressions of those  
participants and vigor of the event. As for these cases, reading books, therefore, may be inferior to  watching TV in terms of  efficiency and the ability to obtain accurate details of events.

From all the discussions above, it can be safely concluded that the speaker's assertion overstates  the significance of watching TV. Although watching television might be advantageous over reading  books in learning spatial and temporal events, reading books might be a more useful way for  
studying knowledge than watching television.

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In this modern world of the breathtaking speed of economical and technological development, television, once as a luxury, has now become more and more available in people's lives. Due to the existence[advent] of television, we have easier access to information, to events happened, and to wonderful talk shows. Attracted by the marvelous role that television has played, some people, the author included[这句我觉得有点罗嗦], claim that people can learn as much by watching television as they can by reading books. This view, seems appealing at first glance, is not a solid one, since it curtly ignores the advantages of reading books over watching television and overemphasizes the importance[这个词不是很合适] of watching television.我觉得开头还可以简单些，特别是背景描述，要不然后面时间有影响

To begin with, reading books requires the reader to be involved in a process to actively interact with  the writers, which indeed is an indispensable means for learning knowledge. Let's bring the discussion to a more practical context.[这句话没有多少意义啊，举例本身就是要用具体情况来说明] For instance, when learning mathematics, students might often come across problems or theories that are difficult to understand. In this case,  they might stop  reading to think for a while, do some calculations, take notes, or possibly they need to go back a  few pages or refer other books to search for the explanation. In this way, students may get to  understand the method to tackle the problem and the reason behind, which means true comprehension.[例子描述太长了，没有和TC中的“读者与作者交互”联系起来，也没有和电视联系起来做对比] The active interaction also embraces imagination from the original literature book. By reading journals, one can savor the beauty from the lines of a poem, be absorbed by a inviting  detective novel, or even put ourselves in the beautiful scenery that the written material presents.  True, in this way, we can deeply learn the meaning of literature by fully interacting with the writer.   Therefore, reading books, as a process of interaction, serves as an effective way of studying.[讲读书的优点时我觉得最好和电视的缺点做比较，这样更有说服力。而且除了举例以外说理部分也很重要，要不然就成堆材料了]

However, watching television would not turn out to be beneficial for learning knowledge since people  tend to be imparted passively. As a matter of fact, the nature of television programs causes this  phenomenon.  TV programs would not explain every question that the audience may come up with  from the content that it presents , or neither will they stop to let the audience think over the question  for the answer. Gradually, people tend to give up the effort to think or to be critical and become more  passive in being imparted of the scientific knowledge[看电视不一定只有科学知识啊] by the TV programs. Therefore, Watching  television, unlike the speaker's assertion that highlights the significance of studying, just presents  another way of informing information rather than true education.

In the final analysis, it is should be pointed out that watching television could be able to replace the  role of reading books when it comes to learning certain types[具体是什么类型呢？这里需要点明一下] of knowledge.  For the purpose of  conveying information of temporal, spatial events and experiences, the TV, more often than not,provides a more appealing and convincing record than the books do. For example, under today's  
intensified media, an anti-war parade that happened on the other side of the planet could be   concretely and amply broadcast in today's TV news. By watching TV, people could not only learn the  basic information of the parade, but also be strongly touched by the facial expressions of those  
participants and vigor of the event. As for these cases, reading books, therefore, may be inferior to  watching TV in terms of  efficiency and the ability to obtain accurate details of events. [可能观点不同，但我觉得看新闻是了解信息，与看书学习是两回事，与它对应的是看报纸。学习应该包含概念、原理、规则、方法等知识类型，通过电视了解某个事件的信息与学习还是有差距的]

From all the discussions above, it can be safely concluded that the speaker's assertion overstates  the significance of watching TV. Although watching television might be advantageous over reading  books in learning spatial and temporal events, reading books might be a more useful way for  studying knowledge than watching television.

andrew_logUID: 2143961

谢谢你的建议，
第四段我已经改了，但是前两段分开比较也可以吧

我觉得learn这里包含两种情况，一种是study，一种就是获知信息（看新闻啥的）
对于前者，读书比较有优势（从主动被动来考虑）
另外，电视在获知信息方面也非常有效率。
欢迎讨论