2019年雅思写作模拟试题：媒体类纸媒和互联网的角逐

　　TASK 2

　　话题分类

　　双边讨论，媒体类

　　题目

　　Although more and more people read news on the Internet, newspapers will remain the most important source of news. Do you agree or disagree?

　　参考范文

　　For some people newspapers will remain the most important source of information while for others, it does not.

　　对一些人来说，报纸仍然是最重要的信息来源，而对另一些人来说，它不是。

　　Old people rely on newspapers. Firstly, old people like the actual print in newspapers better than the pulsating fonts on a screen. Easier to read, especially if you need to adjust the distance to your failing eyes. Secondly, old people like to read newspapers with a cup of coffee, not a keyboard, in hand. Old people also like to exchange sections with their husband/wife/lover and say, “Hey, Martha/Fred/Whoever, look at this.” Handing over a computer screen drains the freshly caffeinated moment of its magic. Thirdly, old people are a lot less interested in video and snappy graphics, online editions’ strong point, than youngsters with the attention span of gnats in heat. If old people want to viscerally experience a major news event, they turn on the TV.

　　老年人依赖报纸。首先，比起屏幕上跳动的字体，老年人更喜欢报纸上真实的字体。更容易阅读，特别是当你需要调整距离，以适应你的失败的眼睛。其次，老年人喜欢手里拿着一杯咖啡看报纸，而不是键盘。老年人也喜欢和他们的丈夫/妻子/爱人交换位置，并说:“嗨，玛莎/弗雷德/随便谁，看看这个。”交出电脑屏幕会让刚喝过咖啡的神奇瞬间瞬间消失殆尽。第三，老年人对视频和漂亮的图片(在线版的强项)的兴趣远不如那些注意力集中在热蚊蚋上的年轻人。如果老年人想发自内心地体验重大新闻事件，他们就会打开电视。

　　Young people feel differently. To them, speed matters. The truth is even the most frequently published papers are only distributed once per day. This simply means that papers cannot compete on speed, being first with a certain story. Even if one happens to get their hands on a story at the perfect time, a paper still have to be both printed, and distributed to people. This takes hours. What’s worse, morning newspapers brand themselves as dealing with “today’s news”, when in fact it’s the news from yesterday. This hasn’t been a problem before, since there was no faster way to get news. Now there is. If speed is important to one, one can easily subscribe to news via e-mail, Twitter or RSS, and be instantly updated. Let’s keep in mind, speed matters to young people a lot.

　　年轻人的感觉不一样。对他们来说，速度很重要。事实上，即使是最经常发表的论文每天也只分发一次。这仅仅意味着报纸无法在速度上与其他报纸竞争，因为它们首先拥有的是某个故事。即使一个人碰巧在一个完美的时间得到了一个故事，一份报纸仍然需要印刷，并分发给人们。这需要时间。更糟糕的是，早报标榜自己在处理“今天的新闻”，而实际上是昨天的新闻。这以前不是一个问题，因为没有更快的方式获取新闻。现在有。如果速度对一个人来说很重要，那么他可以很容易地通过电子邮件、Twitter或RSS订阅新闻，并立即得到更新。让我们记住，速度对年轻人来说很重要。

　　In conclusion, newspapers will play dominating role in old people’s sources of information. Young people tell a different story.

　　总之，报纸将在老年人的信息来源中发挥主导作用。年轻人讲述着不同的故事。