issue38 [0710G 戴三个表冲刺小组] 第21次作业

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Syllabus 1. 电视以其特有的广泛性、通俗性以及综合的技术特色，使单一文字形式的文学作品更具有鲜活生命力。但在某些方面，它无法取代印刷媒体对读者所产生的特殊效果
2.Admittedly, 电视比书本的好处：
1> 内容更新快，没有书本能这么快这么大量的记录下
2> 电视和视觉的信息生动，表现力好，更有吸引力
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3.However ，
1>      对孩子来说，图像较文字而言更容易理解，无需多动脑筋。爱看电视的孩子会在无形中养成思维的惰性，不利于其思考能力的培养与提高
2>      电视没有书本 profound ，例子，许多的 novel 搬上了电视，但以前的读者还是 criticize 失去了 nature 。since the audience may find the movies show them a not satisfying image, while they can have better senses in their minds
3>      电视没有书本的 atmosphere 。
4>     有些无法替代书本。比如：textbook 电视很难理论公式讲，要看推断演义过程要反复咀嚼。电视倾向emotion development;书本可以intellect ,reasoning perspective and insight.
5>     书随身携带portable，比如：上班的地铁上，大巴上；比如记单词
6>      电视没有书本好查阅，那么好的组织资料信息。
1995年，联合国教科文组织宣布4月23日为“世界读书日”。这一天是作家塞万提斯和英国著名作家莎士比亚的辞世纪念日. WORLD READING DAY
  an "International Reading Day," on 23 April. This is the day that both Cervantes and Shakespeare passed away, and coincidentally is also Shakespeare's birthday. It was Spain that first suggested naming that day as an international reading day, and the world community agreed.
   电视等已经对传统的阅读造成了冲击，各国都在鼓励国民读书。中国正在准备一份关于将孔子诞辰———即每年9月28日设立为“国家阅读节”的提案 birthday of Confucius
In sum,电视和书籍都有各自的优点，同时也在react，classic novel 被搬上了screen, 许多电视电影改编的书籍也受大家欢迎。
.电视更是一个娱乐的，信息获取的工具。在新闻等方面比书本要有优势，在学习方面还是。

TOPIC: 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."

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Can people learn as much by watching tlevision as they can by reading books? The author assert so. I concede that the television has played a povital role in many aspects of our life, including learning. However, the author, I think, may overstate the comarative significance of television.

Admittedly, television has become one critical parts of our life, especially in the current eventful world. The lastest quarter century has seen the dramatic develpment in science and techonology, which bring a fundamental change, perhpas a revelotion, to our life. Just like the tradional post service was challenged by the newly emerging Email and mobilephone short message, the position of books and other printing documents are threated by the television and other new media. Few will dispute that television hold several advantage over the tradional books. First, it exprss the information in a more accurate and more live ways than the way of books, which render it to be easier understanded and accepted. It is highly likely people will feel more comfortable when posed to the visual information  than among the numerous words. The "discovery channals", for example, provide a way in which people can learn a lot while entaining themselves. Second, the vast amount of information and fast updating rate make it a favorite choice for people who like to know the latest news and events. Third, more often than not, the professonal education program in television provide a new way of learning especially for those who have no chance to enter college or university.  Which help people learn semething in a open and cheap and convient way. Thus, television's significant influence in our life in terms of learning should never be ingored.

However, I don't agree with the assertion that television can serve as a substitute for books just because its merit mentioned before. The role of television fades when facing the inherent features of books. First, books are profound than television when expressing some ideas or theory. We can feel the heart of the authors when reading a novel which delicately descript the feelings the emotions of the characters, and we have the freedom image what the characters may looks like in certation situation, their cry their smile, for example. While the television cannot present us this freedom, though it is easier to observe the characters expressing theiring feelings in screem. The advantage of profoundness can be especially true when it come to the theary of in scientific or technological books. We can expect the television can demostrate the process of tudao of one complicate theory. Second, in the terms of learning, people can only possively accept what the television tell them, rarely have chance or time to think whether it is right or not, why it is this  but not that, which is especially harmful for children, who are learn to forming an effective learing custom.  They will surely lose their activity and creative when posed before the television for a long time and became the slavery of television. Third, books are more portable than television, which render it convinient to read newspapers and novel on bus. Last but not least, the atmosphere the books bring about is far beyond the ability of television. It has always been a enjorable moment when reading a novel in a quiet evining. In short, the books are still one effective way of learning and are a favorite choice for most of people in current world.

In sum, television can serve as a perfect supplement for books in terms of learning, especially when learning something closely relevant to visual and tempal materal. Books and television, in fact, have reacted and cooperate well in many area. The famous classic novels and plays have been shown in television, and in contrast, the books derived from the popular television program also appeared in the shelf of best selling books. Thus, only by working side-by-side, can books and television provide a most effective way of learning .

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Can people learn as much by watching television as they can by reading books? The author asserts so. I concede that the television has played a pivotal role in many aspects of our life, including learning. However, the author, I think, may overstate the comparative significance of television while ignore the inherent features of books in term of learning.

Admittedly, television has become one critical parts of our life, especially in the current eventful world. The latest quarter century has seen the dramatic development in science and technology, which bring a fundamental change, perhaps a revolution, to our life. Just like the traditional post service was challenged by the newly emerging Email and mobile phone short message, the position of books and other printing documents are threatened by the television and other new media. Few will dispute that television hold several advantage over the traditional books. First, it can convey the information in a more accurate way than books, which render it to be easier understood and accepted. It is highly likely people will feel more comfortable when posed to the visual information than among the numerous words. The "Discovery Channels", for example, provide a way in which people can learn a lot while entertain them (in the process of entertainment). Second, the vast amount of information and fast updating rate make it a favorite choice for people who like to know the latest news and events. Third, more often than not, the professional education programs in television provide a new (open cheap and convenient) way of learning especially for those who have no chance to enter college or university. Which help people learn semething in a open and cheap and convient way.(to be deleted) Thus, television's significant influence in our life in terms of learning should never be ignored, and it surely will further serve more functions with the developments in technology.

However, I don't agree with the assertion that television can serve as a substitute for books just because its merits mentioned before. The role of television fades when compared with the inherent features of books. First, books are profound than television when expressing some ideas or theories. We can feel the heart of the (that we are making a conversation with the) author when reading a novel which delicately descript the feelings and the emotions of the characters, which make us have the freedom to image what the characters may looks like in certain situation, their cry their smile, for example, while the television fail to present us this freedom though it is easier to observe the characters expressing their feelings in screen. The advantage of profoundness can be especially true when it come to the theory of in scientific or technological books because  books have intellect, reasoning perspective and insight. Rarely can we expect the television can demonstrate the process of proving of one complicate theory. Second, watching television is often a willing experience of brainwashing when the information just pours into our mind with no time to be evaluated or analyzed. That’s why television has become a favorite for propagandists and advertisers. This process of cramming is dictated by the people who make the programs with no consideration of the differences in receivers. In the terms of learning, people can only passively accept what the television tell them, rarely have chance or time to think whether it is right or not, why it is this but not that, Thus it is especially harmful for children, who are learn to forming an effective learning custom, to choose television as a way of learning,.  They will surely lose their activity and creative when posed before the television for a long time and became the slavery of television. Third, one ostensible advantage of books over television is that books are more portable than television, which render it convenient to read newspapers and novel on bus, an effective learning way for the current people who are so engaged in work that cannot afford a sufficient time to learn something. Last but not least, the atmosphere the books bring about is far beyond the ability of television. It has always been an enjoyable moment when reading a novel at a quiet night. Bernard once said: Book—the noblest sound man has yet uttered. World community have choose 23 April, the day when both Cervantes and Shakespeare passed away and coincidentally it is also Shakespeare’s birthday, as the “International Reading Day”. And China is preparing to choose the birthday of Confucius, who is the greatest philosopher in Chinese history, 28 September, as “National Reading Day”. In short, the books are still one effective way of learning and are a favorite choice for most of people in current world because of their inherent natures.

In sum, television can serve as a perfect supplement for books in terms of learning, especially when learning something closely relevant to spatial and temporal material, but cannot be a substitute for books. Books and television, in fact, have reacted and cooperate well in many areas. The famous classic novels and plays can be shown in television in form of teleplay, and in contrast, the books derived from the popular television program also appeared in the shelf of best selling books. Thus, only by working side-by-side, can books and television provide a most effective way and better satisfy the needs of people’s learning.