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1、Never Will Tablets Replace the Printed BooksAs we set foot in the digital age,tablets have been applied ineducation,competing with the printed books.Some people may heraldtablets as a better teaching method,but personally,I am firmly convincedthat tablets will never replace the printed books.Living

2、in the modern society which has been being rocked by evolution,its inevitable that we will become more and more reliable on digitaldevices.Nevertheless,whenit comes to tablets,I wont subscribe to theirtaking the place of printed books.Indeed,tablets possesssome merits butdrawbacks too.Some people ma

3、y defend that there is much moreinformation stored here and how convenient they are!Nowadays,we areconfronted with much more competition and shouldering even moreburdens.Provided that we long to taste the final triumph,we are bound toimmerse ourselves fully in those which will contribute to oursucce

4、ss.Hence,convenience is a supreme priority for us and luckily tabletscan make it when we acquire knowledge.However,I want to ask a question,“Have you ever considered itsshortcomings?”When making a decisive option,we are supposed tobalance its strengths as well as its weakness and then we can make ad

5、ecision out of sensible consideration.Tabletsdo provide us with greatconvenience whereas they are more than costly simultaneously.Itsreported that only two tablets can cost $988 which is the averageexpenditure for textbooks and supplies in a school.Therefore,there is nodoubt that the cost of the pub

6、licity of tablets will be an enormous sum!Nowthat printed books are much cheaper compared with tablets,why dont wechoose the former ones when acquiring knowledge?Whats more,printed books are the traditional ways we acquireknowledge,which have been succeeded successfully by we Chinesedescendants for

7、thousands of decades.Though they are not as convenientas tablets,they owe their unique advantages.First and foremost,readingprinted books makes it possible for us to mark those highlights which areimpressive or meaningful to us.With them,there is no necessity for us to bebothered by where to take no

8、tes.Moreover,required to take all kinds ofexaminations,we can review the pivotal points easily with printedbooks,which is of great assistance for us to snap out of the anxiety aboutexams .Last but not least,we can relish the solitude and quiet with a printedbook under the sunshine,which is a perfect

9、 way to get away from the noiseof cities and to empty our negative moods.Emptying negative moods canmake us study and work more efficiently,thus printed books play anindispensable part in our life.Its apparent that tablets cant work as thisrole,which is another advantage of printed books over tablet

10、s.In a nutshell,never will tablets replace the printed books!While tabletsfurnish us with great convenience,they are too costly.Compared withtablets,printed books are much cheaper.Furthermore,it is printed books thatmake it possible for us to mark those pivotal points;it is printed books thatmake it

11、 convenient for us to review for various exams;it is printed books thatsupply precious breaks for us to relish the solitude which only belongs tous.Ultimately,I want to emphasize again that I am deeply convinced thattablets will never replace printed books.The Splendid Chinese Moon FestivalOn 15thAu

12、gust according to the lunar calendar in China,its the traditionalMoon festival,which has been being commemorated for thousands ofyears.It prevails all across China,from big cities to smallvillages.Surprisingly,it has been favored by more and more foreigners inrecent years.Its said that the Moon fest

13、ival derived in China from long time ago.Inancient times,the officials started to observe it luxuriously.Then,it prevailsamong the people gradually.A story goes like that all kinds ofthcrops and fruits ripe gradually till 15thAugust.In order to celebrate thegratifying harvest and express their happi

14、ness,people chose this day as afestival,which,of course,is the origin of it.Whats more,Moon festival isthalso famous for being named Mid-autumn Day in that 15this a middle day ofAugust and August is a middle month of autumn.Compared with other Chinese traditional festivals,there is no doubt thatMoon

15、 festival is unique for its specialties.The symbol of Spring festival isfireworks and red couplets;the Dragon festival is famous for dragon boatingand Zongzi;Moon festival is characterized by eating moon cakes andexperiencing the festival in a different atmosphere.People are able to play and enterta

16、in in a very indelible atmospherewhen the festival approaching.To begin with,nothing is more exhilaratingthan to have a scarce vacation after working nonstop for so long atime.Nowadays,so much pressure we are under that we dont have accessto some time for relaxing.Therefore,the vacation to us is wha

17、t water to adrying plant;its a pleasant bonus!In addition,it spares us sometime to pay avisit to some old friends and relatives,itsa precious opportunity to cementour relationships.On the way,we even can relish the alluring sceneryneglected by us in the past,which is a good way to get close tonature

18、,relaxing from the working pressure.Having worked to extremelyfatigued,surprisingly youll find what a beautiful world you are in and thenyou will become optimistic about the world,without anycomplaints!Moreover,when visiting friends and the old,taking packs ofmoon cakes signifies your respects to them.Last but not least,its a traditionto get together with family members to have a union dinner,share thepalatable moon cakes and enjoy the beautiful moon light.Having beenoccupied with wo