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Newspapers, a Medium of the Past?-報(bào)紙、雜志過(guò)時(shí)了嗎?
Newspapers, a Medium of the Past?
It was on the morning of 12th, Sep. On hearing that an unbelievable catastrophe had happened in New York, I rushed to a news stand and anxiously asked for a copy of newspaper, only to be told that they had already been sold out. Though I knew the details of the disaster on TV later the day, I still bought a pile of newspapers and read them with gusto. At least to traditional readers like me, newspapers still hold an important position in our heart.
Some people regard newspapers as a medium of the past and predict that they will be replaced by TV and the Internet in the near future. They point out that the two new media have the advantage of promptness and vividness. Through live broadcast of news events, TV viewers can feel that they are on the spot, seeing what's actually happening with their own eyes. As far as I'm concerned, however, newspapers may provide the readers with factual reports as well as certain viewpoint. When people argue that with the development of the Internet, people now have an easier access to news media through PDAs, mobile phones and PCs. Wherever one wants to know what's happening in the world, he no longer needs to bother searching for a bookstore.Instead, he would surf online and find exactly what he wants on a website.
However, there are more people, me included, firmly hold the opinion that newspapers are still indispensable to our life.First of all, Newspapers gain us a deeper insights into the events. A well-written report, reasonable and forceful, probing into the core of the topic, provoke our thoughts on such issues as morality, justice, value and so on. While TV feasts our eyes with flash pictures, newspapers enrich our minds with sparkling wits. Secondly, though with great potential, the new media are not as popular as newspapers. A retired worker would rather buy an evening paper on his way home, instead of taking pains to learn how to operate a PC. A senior manager would prefer to skip through a Wall Street Daily rather than waste his precious time in front of a TV on the bus set. Last but not the least, people like to read newspapers just out of habit. They prefer the lovely smell of a newly printed newspaper to computer screen which makes their heads spin. They want to see words in black and white, and keep them after reading, if necessary.
Considering the fact that radios have not been driven out of the market by TV, and book sales not affected by the invention of e-book, I would draw the conclusion that despite the increasing popularity of new media, newspapers still play an important role in people's life.
簡(jiǎn) 評(píng)
學(xué)生常常感到寫(xiě)作最困難的莫過(guò)于開(kāi)頭。經(jīng)常是苦思冥想，抓耳撓腮，卻苦無(wú)始句。實(shí)際上，文章開(kāi)頭并沒(méi)有固定的格式。只需把主題引出，即把全文的論點(diǎn)引出，任何寫(xiě)法都可以。本文作者以自身的經(jīng)歷開(kāi)頭，親切平實(shí)，形象生動(dòng)，真實(shí)可信，很容易引起讀者的共鳴，從而鋪陳全文主旨。常用的開(kāi)篇方式還有很多，如引用名人名言，列舉一組令人震驚的數(shù)據(jù)，定義某個(gè)術(shù)語(yǔ)，引出辯論的正反觀點(diǎn)等等，也可以像本文這樣采用一段真人佚事或編纂一個(gè)故事。
另外，本篇文章有一定的篇幅，論述詳盡，分析比較了報(bào)紙與新生媒體形式如電視、網(wǎng)絡(luò)的各自優(yōu)勢(shì)。這是一篇比較類的文章。一般說(shuō)來(lái)，此類文章可采用獨(dú)立闡述對(duì)比事物或交替說(shuō)明對(duì)比事物兩種方式。本文采用了后者。作者穿插介紹了電視的形象生動(dòng)、如臨其境，網(wǎng)絡(luò)的快捷以及傳統(tǒng)報(bào)紙的休閑和導(dǎo)向性。
(點(diǎn)評(píng)教師：趙蓉)
Newspapers, a Medium of the Past?-報(bào)紙、雜志過(guò)時(shí)了嗎?