Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Twenty years from now, students will no longer use printed books.
20年后，学生是否还会有纸质书。不同的人持有不同的观点。
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Books have been with us for centuries, and they are the preferred material for most people to read and receive their information from. However, twenty years from now,
I think students will no longer be using printed books in their studies.
Computers have begun replacing printed material, and they will continue doing so in the future. Computers can hold much more information than books can, and this will contribute to the demise of books. I have read that some universities require all students to have laptop computers. The classrooms are wired for Internet usage, as is every building on campus. Professors use the Internet for teaching, and students submit all reports electronically. The future of education is electronic computers, not printed books.
Because of a concern for the environment, fewer books will be printed on paper in the future. Conserving Earth's natural resources, including trees, will continue to be the focus of many people. Publishing companies have already come out with e-books, which are available over the Internet. E-books use no paper and are often cheaper than printed materials. As their popularity continues to rise, fewer people will bother with buying printed books.
Many teacher training programs currently emphasize non-book learning methods, a trend which will surely increase. As the older generation of teachers retires, new teachers will use books less often. For instance, many teacher training programs have courses in computer-assisted learning methods. Also, many schools are moving towards online classrooms where students and teachers meet over the Internet. In the future, virtually everything, including classroom materials, will be done on the Internet.
It seems apparent to me that, twenty years from now, books and other printed materials will disappear thanks to the growing use of computers, concern for the environment, and an emphasis on nontraditiona丨 learning methods. In the future, students will no longer worry about carrying huge bags of books to and from school.
The increasing use of the Internet and other media is causing some people to believe that books will disappear soon. However, twenty years from now, printed books are still going to be an important part of students' educations.
While computers may seem ubiquitous in developed countries, this is hardly the case for the rest of the world. Developing countries will still be using books in the future as they will be unable to afford the cost of only using computers in their classrooms. Books, of course, are much cheaper than computers. Even in the most advanced countries, the number of classrooms where books have been eliminated is tiny. It is nonsense to believe that in twenty years, not only advanced but also third-world countries' students will be learning without the use of printed books.
People are also simply more comfortable sitting down and reading books than they are in reading from computer screens. Picking up and reading a book is and experience that most people will want to continue to enjoy. I personally love reading in bed, on the subway, and in just about any other place where I can sit down. I cannot imagine trying to read from my laptop while lying in bed or taking the subway. For me, nothing can replace the pleasure of turning the pages of a book. Scrolling down on a computer screen just is not the same pleasing experience.
Finally, computer screens are known to be harmful to people's eyes while books are not. Staring at a computer screen for hours at a time can cause problems for people.
I know many people who do not like looking at a computer screen since it causes their eyes to get tired. I sometimes get headaches when I have to sit in front of my computer a lot. I do not experience any problems with books, which leads me to believe that they will be around for a long, long time.
In conclusion, books are still going to be used by students twenty years from now thanks to their cheapness, comfort level, and lack of harm caused to people's eyes. While computers and other multimedia tools will be enormously important learning tools, the will not completely cause the disappearance of printed books from students' educations.
