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1、Travelingvs.ReadingTravelingismoreimportantthanreadingbooksinordertounderstandthepeopleandtheworld.Doyouagreeordisagreewiththestatement?Usespecificreasonstosupportyouranswer.Firstofall,itcan'tbedeniedthattravelingalwayscostfarmorethansimplybuyingabook.However,bybuyingabookinstea
2、d,anindividualwillspendmuchlessandmayreaditwheneverheorsheisfree.What’smore,knowledgegainedfrombookshasawiderrangethanthatgainedfromexperience.Actually,readingbookscouldenhanceyourpersonality,anditisalsohelpfultoyourreadingability.Inaddition,whatpeopleseeandhearduringthejourneyi
3、sprobablyincompleteandpartial,sometimesevenwrong.Finally,thedepthofthoughtsthatforminajourneydiffersastravelersvaryinintelligenceandeducationbackground,whichmeanstravelingwouldbenomorethananexperienceofsocalled“eyefeast”forsomepeople.Therearealwaystwomethodstocontactwithnewthing
4、s,theyarereadingbooksandtraveling.Thediscussiononwhethertravelingismoreimportantthanreadingbooksornottounderstandthepeopleandtheworldisalwaysseeninmediaandheardinpublic.Someagreewiththepointclaimingthattheknowledgewegetfromtravelingismorepracticalthanthatfrombooks.Reasonablethou
5、ghthisviewmaybe,Ipersonallydisagreewithit.Firstofall,Itcan'tbedeniedthattravelingalwayscostsfarmorethansimplybuyingabook.Forinstance,ifonewantstogettoknowaboutNewYork,onehastobookaflightticketwhichmaycosthundredsofdollarsorsototravelacrosstheoceaninordertogettothedestination,let
6、alonethecostoflivingthere.Forthosewhoarebusywiththeirwork,itisnotawisechoicetohaveajourney.However,bybuyingabookinstead,anindividualwillspendmuchless.Andifsomethingveryurgenthappenssuddenly,wecanputdownthebookforawhileandreaditwheneverwearefree.What’smore,knowledgegainedfrombook
7、shasawiderrangethanthatgainedfromexperience.Inlibararies,wecannearlylearneverythingonlyifwehavealeadyacquiredbasicreadingskills.Sittinginthelocallibrary,wevirtuallycantraveleverywherethroughaninterestinggeographicencyclopedia,andcertainlywithnearlynoexpensesatall.There'resomanyb
8、ookstochoosefrom,someofwhichareevenmasterpieces
