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发表于 2014-8-14 16:36:50
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Almost every people have heard these words: books are the ladder of human progress. Some people, however, think that television plays a more important role in society. Other people, including me, are against this idea, and I believe that people could find nothing to replace book in society, because people have easier access to book than to television, because book accompanies people longer time than does television, and because what is written in books is more valuable than what is on air in television.
People would have no hesitation in buying a book but might be uncertain of buying a television. This is because the price of a television is far exceeds that of a book. In my country, even a discounted television would cost people more than thousands dollars, whereas people could use only ten dollars to buy a book with advanced knowledge. Additionally, the popularity of electronic books reduces the price of book further. In the discount season, it is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how much an electronic book is sold. Books are priced at a few cents on the E-commerce websites, such as Amazon.com. Thus the relatively low price makes book more influential on society.
Compared with time people spent on television, that of book is much longer. From the beginning of literacy, people invest a lot of effort in reading, while television is regarded as a way of entertainment, and people only could watch it in spare time. From primary to university, students read textbooks to learn specialized knowledge. After class, they are required to read references, scientific magazines, and academic journals to complement their curricular knowledge. Even many of them are literature buff, spontaneously looking for books written by men of letters to relax. Hence, the influence of book began to be accumulated during people’s growth process, and the impact of television could never catch it up.
After novelty of the television faded, there is no comparison between book and television when people refer to value. The contents of books are carefully selected by publishing houses. As is so often pointed out, books are a great genius leaves to mankind’s heritage. By reading books, for instance, people could learn shipbuilding technology in ancient Rome, be familiar with etiquette of mediaeval palace and traditional customs all around world. However, among information broadcast on television, a large amount of massages are junk massages, such as exaggerated advertisements, which would do harm to people. Therefore, the knowledge stored in book allows book to make wider impact than that made by television.
Owing to the reasons I mentioned above, book, rather than television, has greater effect on society. It boosted the development of civilization progress in the past thousands years and would continue to function in the future.
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