issue007 [米国有米] 2.10

绚烂夏花UID: 2245298

Issue007
"The video camera provides such an accurate and convincing record of contemporary life that it has become a more important form of documentation than written records."
12:49 2007-2-11
提纲：
1，        二者都重要
2，        举例说明摄像机的作用：准确，客观，生动
3，        说明文字记录的优点：方便；有抽象功能
4，        进一步说明：有的东西是不能用摄像机纪录的，比如哲学，理论
5，        总结

Is the role of video camera a more important form of documentation than written records? The statement assumes so. While I am quite of the fact that the video camera provides accurate and convincing record of contemporary life, I propose that written record is as significant as video camera.

Needlessly to say the video plays an important role in our daily life. It presents a vivid picture of the actual life so accurate that no word or language can make it. Though the eyes of video camera, we watch numerous events from a long distance far away, but we get the feeling of being present. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the war in Iraq, the Summits among leaders of different countries, the excitement of the NBA and the like, all becomes so real and accurate that we can not help but sit in front the Television to see the lively scene, to hear different voices with different motions, to feel the present atmosphere, solemnly or nervously or happily or excitedly. We can seldom get it when we read written materials such as newspapers or magazines, no matter how much we imagine, the picture formed can never compare that recorded in the cameras. What's more, the records formed by video are so convincing that they can be used as solid evidence in the court. Though the pictures in the video camera, we get an object view of the situation at the very time. To see is to believe. We can judge by ourselves and make relatively more reasonable judgment. For example, by the video record of the September Eleventh Event, nobody have reason to justify the evil of the terrorists. Those videos serve as sufficient evidence to prove the disasters caused by terrorists.


Though video camera has so many advantages in recording our daily life, it is not necessarily the case that it is more important than the written records. For one thing, written records are more convenient to implement and to reserve. At any time any where, you can write, on the paper, on the wall or on the floor. Bringing a piece of paper and a pen is usually much easier than carrying cameras. If the camera is power off, you have no choice but see the best opportunity for recording pass away. On the other hand, words have the function to abstract the complex and changing reality. For example, the thousands-year human history can not be videoed little by little, while we can get an overview of it from written records. We can never expect the video camera to tell us what a person is thinking, but though words written by the person we can get his or her inner feelings. As for making laws, can the law be videoed rather than written down? How complex and chaotic it would be if our lawyers have to refer to previous videoed records while debating in the court!

Moreover, when we need to draw a conclusion from masses of facts in front of us, we could only turn to writing rather than cameras. Video provides vivid views, but they are object reflection of the real world. To see through the events and make a judgment--that is to think, we rely on our own minds and refer to comments of written materials. Can anyone record the philosophy of the great thinkers such as Socrates or Plato, by camera? How can we use camera to record the theories deduced by scientists, such as the quantum theory, the string theory and the theory of relativity?

In the final analysis, it is not difficult to draw the conclusion that records by both video camera and writing are significant in our life and neither can replace the other.

xwy8187UID: 2217620

Is the role of video camera a more important form of documentation than written records? The statement assumes so. While I am quite of the fact that the video camera provides accurate and convincing record of contemporary life, I propose that written record is as significant as video camera.（又是简捷明了啊，哈哈）

Needlessly to say the video plays an important role in our daily life. It presents a vivid picture of the actual life so accurate that no word or language can make it. Though the eyes of video camera, we watch numerous events from a long distance far away, but we get the feeling of being present. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the war in Iraq, the Summits among leaders of different countries, the excitement of the NBA and the like, all becomes so real and accurate that we can not help but sit in front the Television to see the lively scene, to hear different voices with different motions, to feel the present atmosphere, solemnly or nervously or happily or excitedly.（不得了了，你肯定中文作文也非常不赖！） We can seldom get it when we read written materials such as newspapers or magazines, no matter how much we imagine, the picture formed can never compare that recorded in the cameras. What's more, the records formed by video are so convincing that they can be used as solid evidence in the court. Though the pictures in the video camera, we get an object view of the situation at the very time. To see is to believe（信手捻来啊！）. We can judge by ourselves and make relatively more reasonable judgment. For example, by the video record of the September Eleventh Event, nobody have reason to justify the evil of the terrorists. Those videos serve as sufficient evidence to prove the disasters caused by terrorists.


Though video camera has so many advantages in recording our daily life, it is not necessarily the case that it is more important than the written records. For one thing, written records are more convenient to implement and to reserve. At any time any where, you can write, on the paper, on the wall or on the floor. Bringing a piece of paper and a pen is usually much easier than carrying cameras. If the camera is power off, you have no choice but see the best opportunity for recording pass away. On the other hand, words have the function to abstract the complex and changing reality. For example, the thousands-year human history can not be videoed little by little, while we can get an overview of it from written records. We can never expect the video camera to tell us what a person is thinking, but thoughthrough words written by the person we can get his or her inner feelings. As for making laws, can the law be videoed rather than written down? How complex and chaotic it would be if our lawyers have to refer to previous videoed records while debating in the court!

Moreover, when we need to draw a conclusion from masses of facts in front of us, we could only turn to writing rather than cameras. Video provides vivid views, but they are object reflection of the real world. To see through the events and make a judgment--that is to think, we rely on our own minds and refer to comments of written materials. Can anyone record the philosophy of the great thinkers such as Socrates or Plato, by camera? How can we use camera to record the theories deduced by scientists, such as the quantum theory, the string theory and the theory of relativity?(举例很恰当）

In the final analysis, it is not difficult to draw the conclusion that records by both video camera and writing are significant in our life and neither can replace the other.（还要写点吧）