Some people say that the age of books has passed; information can be accessed via videos, computers, television, films and so forth. Other people think books and written words will still be essential for information dissemination and education. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

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It is a sad fact that with the invention of television and computers a number of people who read books is continuously decreasing.
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some people think that the era of books already passed and books have been replaced by new informational devices, I myself cannot agree with
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opinion. Of course, nowadays we can take information from a huge range of sources,
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, the traditional books still play a very important role in our lives.
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of all, it is wrong to think that the classical literature has lost its actually today. We cannot refuse from a
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rich heritage collected for us during many centuries. While reading books, we are getting an access to a huge amount of wise information about our history, traditions and thoughts of our ancestors, their culture and life experience.
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, I consider traditional books as a piece of art. Usually books consist of not only the
literature stories
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literature, stories
, but
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some illustrations. We cannot enjoy
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part when we read books online via internet.
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, I myself, love a smell of books, it reminds me the similar feeling as
smell
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a smell
of childhood, fresh grounded coffee or a
favorite
something regarded with special favor or liking
favourite
perfume. In
conclusion I
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conclusion, I
would like to emphasis that literature can be placed on internet sites, so people can read it online, if they like so,
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, at the same time,
books
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the books
definitely cannot be replaced by computers and television. We still need to keep a tradition of editing the paper books because each book is a piece of art.

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