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News stories on TV and in newspapers are very often accompanied by pictures. Some people say that these pictures are more effective than words. What is your opinion about this?

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There are increasing numbers of news on TV and paper with images. Images are widely used, because the press believes that users will acquire the information easier. The photos are more vivid compared with plain words.
Although
 words are used more often than
pictures
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the pictures
, the pictures sometimes more beneficial to convey complex conception.
For example
, when I was
child
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a child
, I was not
at
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as
 good at math. Even simple multiplications, I always made mistakes.
However
, if there were images with apple or other fruit, I would do the calculation quickly and correctly.
Consequently
, I imagined fruits when I do some mathematics exercises without fruit. Even pictures of imagination can help me understand better.
Besides
, using images can decrease the
time
 we spend on learning. When I learn some complex ideas about computer programming, it is hard to get the precise definition about
differences
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the differences
 between reference and pointer. But the picture with
house
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the house
houses
 and people makes me grasp the idea instantly. Pictures are good for people to understand quickly, why the news and magazines don't use it very often? The reason is that a good and matched picture takes more
time
 and money than plain text. Journalists will spend more
time
 on
think
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thinking
 about
a
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an
 understandable
image
 which can express their ideas very well.
Moreover
, the images occupy more space in
paper
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the paper
, reporters have to add more pages or cut other contents.
Therefore
, one article with
image
 will cost more than one without
image
. To summarize, even the images increase the expense
on
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of
in
time
 and money, the
effectives
property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
effects
 of
image
is
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are
 so obvious and useful.
Therefore
, there are millions of news and TV use pictures to transfer their message.
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