电视时代的读书已经不像以前那么重要了。人们通过看电视学到的和他们读书所能学到的一样多。
In my experience, it is true the importance of books is largely reduced by television, as well as other media methods. However, even we can watch many programs which contain what can be read in books, reading books is still a attracting way to obtain knowledge and entertainment, since it can provide a space to image, and the power of language is unpredictable.
Modern technology has brought us a lot of ways to see the world, this is especially true when we consider about televisions. By giving realistic images and sound, we can see many places where we can never go to, as well as watch scientific programs about diversified knowledge. The Discovery Channel, for instance, has presented many adventure programs, produced by experts and tourists who are able to go to fat places where we may never have change to reach, such as Antarctica, deserts and so forth. During the past we may need books with photos and illustration to know such places,but now we can experience the journey through televisions, like we are there ourselves. Moreover, some experiences that will never exist in real world can also be expressed by televisions, with the modern digital unreal world technology, including computer graphics and special movie photographing. Another scientific program produced by BBC, Walk With The Dinosaurs, has brought us into a period millions of years ago, showing us the extincted animals by computer technology. There has never been a book can give us such experience, but televisions have done.
Besides television, other media methods can also take roles, including internet, cyber books and movies, making our ways to learn much more direct and convenience. Consider how you can download a book on the internet, with both pictures and articles in it, saving much time and money, and how you can browse a website, where the information is much quicker than books can pass. In that sense, books are truly less important due to the modern technology.
Nevertheless, books are still indispensable, according to its separated charm. By reading a book, we can only obtain words and articles, leaving images to be built in our minds, which is totally diversified from televisions. The books can provide us a creative way to obtain knowledge and experience. Although modern movie technology has made the scientific fiction realistic, those books describe unreal future world are still very popular, since the audience may find the movies show them a not satisfying image, while they can have better senses in their minds.Moreover, another consideration making books still active and useful is the limit of resource. Producing a television program asks for many people, from actors to directors, as well as a huge cost. By contrast, writing a book just asks for intellect, and some pieces of paper. This is especially true when it comes to certain kinds of television programs, which contains large amount of computer graphics and hard to make. That is why many movies are based on existing novels, such as Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of Ring and so forth.
