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Never Will Tablets Replace the Printed Books As we set foot in the digital age,tablets have been applied in education,competing with the printed books.Some people may herald tablets as a better teaching method,but personally,I am firmly convinced that tablets will never replace the printed books. Living in the modern society which has been being rocked by evolution,its inevitable that we will become more and more reliable on digital devices.Nevertheless,when it comes to tablets,I wont subscribe to their taking the place of printed books.Indeed,tablets possess some merits but drawbacks too.Some people may defend that there is much more information stored here and how convenient they are!Nowadays,we are confronted with much more competition and shouldering even more burdens.Provided that we long to taste the final triumph,we are bound to immerse ourselves fully in those which will contribute to our success.Hence,convenience is a supreme priority for us and luckily tablets can make it when we acquire knowledge. However,I want to ask a question,“Have you ever considered its shortcomings?”When making a decisive option,we are supposed to balance its strengths as well as its weakness and then we can make a decision out of sensible consideration.Tablets do provide us with great convenience whereas they are more than costly simultaneously.Its reported that only two tablets can cost $988 which is the average expenditure for textbooks and supplies in a school.Therefore,there is no doubt that the cost of the publicity of tablets will be an enormous sum!Now that printed books are much cheaper compared with tablets,why dont we choose the former ones when acquiring knowledge? Whats more,printed books are the traditional ways we acquire knowledge,which have been succeeded successfully by we Chinese descendants for thousands of decades.Though they are not as convenient as tablets,they owe their unique advantages.First and foremost,reading printed books makes it possible for us to mark those highlights which are impressive or meaningful to us.With them,there is no necessity for us to be bothered by where to take notes.Moreover,required to take all kinds of examinations,we can review the pivotal points easily with printed books,which is of great assistance for us to snap out of the anxiety about exams .Last but not least,we can relish the solitude and quiet with a printed book under the sunshine,which is a perfect way to get away from the noise of cities and to empty our negative moods.Emptying negative moods can make us study and work more efficiently,thus printed books play an indispensable part in our life.Its apparent that tablets cant work as this role,which is another advantage of printed books over tablets. In a nutshell,never will tablets replace the printed books!While tablets furnish us with great convenience,they are too costly.Compared with tablets,printed books are much cheaper.Furthermore,it is printed books that make it possible for us to mark those pivotal points;it is printed books that make it convenient for us to review for various exams;it is printed books that supply precious breaks for us to relish the solitude which only belongs to us.Ultimately,I want to emphasize again that I am deeply convinced that tablets will never replace printed books.The Splendid Chinese Moon Festival On 15th August according to the lunar calendar in China,its the traditional Moon festival,which has been being commemorated for thousands of years.It prevails all across China,from big cities to small villages.Surprisingly,it has been favored by more and more foreigners in recent years. Its said that the Moon festival derived in China from long time ago.In ancient times,the officials started to observe it luxuriously.Then,it prevails among the people gradually.A story goes like that all kinds of crops and fruits ripe gradually till 15th August.In order to celebrate the gratifying harvest and express their happiness,people chose this day as a festival,which,of course,is the origin of it.Whats more,Moon festival is also famous for being named Mid-autumn Day in that 15th is a middle day of August and August is a middle month of autumn. Compared with other Chinese traditional festivals,there is no doubt that Moon festival is unique for its specialties.The symbol of Spring festival is fireworks and red couplets;the Dragon festival is famous for dragon boating and Zongzi;Moon festival is characterized by eating moon cakes and experiencing the festival in a different atmosphere. People are able to play and entertain in a very indelible atmosphere when the festival approaching.To begin with,nothing is more exhilarating than to have a scarce vacation after working nonstop for so long a time.Nowadays,so much pressure we are under that we dont have access to some time for relaxing.Therefore,the vacation to us is what water to a drying plant;its a pleasant bonus!In addition,it spares us sometime to pay a visit to some old friends and relatives,its a precious opportunity to cement our relationships.On the way,we even can relish the alluring scenery neglected by us in the past,which is a good way to get close to nature,relaxing from the working pressure.Having worked to extremely fatigued,surprisingly youll find what a beautiful world you are in and then you will become optimistic about the world,without any complaints!Moreover,when visiting friends and the old,taking packs of moon cakes signifies your respects to them.Last but not least,its a tradition to get together with family members to have a union dinner,share the palatable moon cakes and enjoy the beautiful moon light.Having been occupied with w