Directions: In this question, you will be asked to give your opinion about a
familiar topic. After you hear the question, you will have 15 seconds to
prepare your response and 45 seconds to speak.
Some people think that books and other methods of print are slowly being
replaced by the Internet, TV, and other media. Others think that there will
always be a need for printed material. What do you think and why? Give
examples and details in your response.
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I think that books and other methods of print are slowly
being replaced by other media, but I don’t think they will
be replaced entirely. The Internet, TV, and other forms of
media are making it much easier to store data like reports
and books. It might be nice to have “hard copies” like paper
for some things, but paper is a limited resource that will
eventually be exhausted. When books were first printed
hundreds and hundreds of years ago, they were considered
extremely valuable because they were so rare. I think this
will eventually happen again as books are slowly, very
slowly replaced by digital media. Now, entire books can be
found and read on the Internet with no paper involved at
all. This method is more convenient and less costly—both
money wise and for the environment. No trees were killed in
the creation of an internet book or eBook.