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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 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 backup online if something happens to your books unexpectedly. Furthermore, e-books are often cheaper compared with printed books because there are no printing and shopping fees. In fact, you can find and read free e-books in 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 invite heated debate on whether the 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 the go but don’t want the bulk of multiple books weighing them down. What’s more, it’s easy to adjust the font size, type and background color of electronic books according to one’s own preferences. Last, 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 and tangible and they contribute to memory. It’s true that, e-books, on many levels, 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 of depth and accuracy, so people still tend to refer to 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 good book. As far as printed book lovers are concerned, it is a pure pleasure for them to sense with their fingers a pile of pages on the left growing and shrinking on the right. Besides, it is a sheer enjoyment to find out that all books they have read are filled with memories. 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.
解析     题目指出随着时代的发展，越来越多的人选择在阅读器上读书，这造成了纸质图书的销量大幅下降。本题要求讨论这一现象是否意味着纸质图书将会灭亡。在写作时，第一段简要总结纸质图书爱好者和电子图书支持者的观点；第二段重点阐述自己对这一话题的观点与看法：尽管对纸质书的需求量有所减少，但这种需求不会为零，原因有三点：第一，纸质书中的信息挖掘的更深入、更准确；第二，纸质书有其自身优点；第三，会有一部分群体只钟爱纸质书。第三段总结全文，重申观点。文章应力求做到观点清楚，例证充分，结构严谨，层次分明。
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