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The sales of printed books declined a massive 34% this year, supplanted in part by digital versions on Kindles, iPads and other

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问题    The sales of printed books declined a massive 34% this year, supplanted in part by digital versions on Kindles, iPads and other e-readers. Hence, some predict that printed books will become a thing of the past in the Internet era. However, others claim that printed books will never die. The following are opinions from both sides. Read the excerpts carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should:
   1. summarize briefly the opinions from both sides:
   2. give your comment.
   Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
   Printed Book Lovers
   Wang Xi, a student of journalism of Tsinghua University: Of course you need an electronic device to read an e-book. But with printed books, you don’t need it at all. If you find yourself stuck in a place and want to read but you can’t download a new title through your device, you can just drop by the nearest bookstore and buy the book that interests you.
   Yang Yang of Peking University: I spent my childhood in the library and immersed myself not only in the stories but also in the smell of books. I still think there’s something thrilling about the scent of an old library book. It smells like the promise of secrets suddenly brought to light, something forgotten about to be rediscovered.
   Maia, a neuroscience scientist: The Internet has made information incredibly accessible, but what takes less time to obtain also takes less time to forget. I received a Kindle for my birthday and I immediately loaded it with detective stories by my favorite authors. But I soon found that I had difficulty recalling the names of the characters from chapter to chapter. At first, I attributed the lapses to a scary reality of getting older, but then I discovered that I didn’t have this problem when I read paperbacks.
   Proponents of E-books
   Li Lai, a student of Jilin University: If you own a lot of books, you tend to have limits on the number of books you want to store in your shelf. With e-books, you can read as many books as you can because there’s a lot of storage space on your device. You can even have a backup online in case something happens to your e-books unexpectedly. Furthermore, e-books are often cheaper compared with printed books because there are no printing and shopping fees. In fact, you can even find and read free e-books on the Internet.
   Bloomington College: We are ahead of other universities when it comes to saving money on textbooks this year. Hundreds of classes at Bloomington College will use new high-tech and lower-cost e-books. Actually, we figure a typical student’s book bill totals about $ 1,000. Thanks to e-books, their net textbook bill should go down a third to a half over time.
   Feng Xia, a frequent business traveler: E-books are convenient, particularly when I intend to finish one book while I am out and need to bring another book with me. E-books allow me to bring a whole library with me wherever I go. I can switch between titles with great ease and the weight is lighter than a standard paperback. What’s more, with an e-book, I can instantly change the darkness of the lettering or the size of the font. When my eyes feel strained after reading a paper book too long, I have little choice but to stop reading. With an e-book, I can just change the font size and keep going.
   Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
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答案 Will Printed Books Become a Thing of the Past? Nowadays, e-readers such as Kindles and iPads are readily accessible to readers, which has invited heated debate on whether printed books will become a thing of the past. Some suggest that printed books are a thing of the past. They claim that e-readers can let you carry a library around in your pocket and are ideal for people who are on a trip but don’t want the bulk of multiple books weighing them down. In addition, it’s easy to adjust the font size, type and background color of electronic books according to one’s own preference. What’s more, tons of e-books are offered free or at a much cheaper price online. However, printed book lovers see things quite differently. They argue that printed books are reliable, tangible and even contribute to memory. It’s true that e-books, in many respects, seem like better alternatives to paperbacks in terms of convenience, size and storage space. However, I do believe there will always be a demand for printed books despite the current decline. For one thing, online information doesn’t dig much further and lacks depth and accuracy, so people still tend to refer to printed books when they want to search a subject in depth. For another, no other medium can provide the ease and comfort that are unique to printed books. Last but not least, a majority of people just like the comforting smell of paper or the weight of a physical book. As far as printed book lovers are concerned, it is a pure pleasure for them to sense a pile of pages with their fingers. Besides, it is a sheer enjoyment to find out that all books they have read are stored in memory. From what has been discussed above, I boldly conclude that printed books have their own vivid advantages as well as reader groups. Therefore, printed books will survive the onslaught of e-readers forever.
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