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Are you interested in reading newspapers? Many people say newspapers are at death's door.

Every year some newspapers go out of business. But why are things so bad for newspapers?

Newspapers have a long history. The first newspaper was born in the 1600s. Newspapers saw their most successful time in the early 20th century.

However, because of the birth of the radio and TV, newspapers began to fall. By the mid-20thcentury, people simply didn't have to depend on newspapers for news any more. Some breaking news could be reported much more quickly via broadcast media (广播媒体). As a result, afternoon newspapers were the first to die. People coming home from work turned on the TV instead of opening a newspaper. But newspapers still managed to survive. Although they couldn't compete with the television in terms of speed(速度), they could provide in-depth reports.

But newspapers had another heavier blow in the1990s. With the birth of the Internet, lots of information became free. Many newspaper readers preferred to read news online for free. In today's world, it is still the same.

So where will newspapers go in the future? Will they die? Maybe not. Now many newspapers are changing. They are trying to keep pace with the development of society by using digital（数字的)technology.

After all, people still want news. And many say that newspapers are still an important source of in-depth news and opinions. If newspapers disappear completely, there will be nothing to take their place.

As Francis Bacon put it, "Reading makes a full man. "I have read many good books and Educated is one of them.

Since 2018, Educated has been considered as one of the most popular books around the world. The writer of the book, Tara Westover, is an American living in the UK. She shared her story of growing up in the book. Tara used to live in a mountain village with her family in the northwestern US. It is a very isolated (隔绝的) area. Her family was very traditional. Her father was against public education(教育), so the children in her family including Tara herself had never been to school. As Tara grew up, she felt that she had to leave this terrible environment, so she left her village when she was 17.

However, life was not easy for her. From living habits to social（社交的)skills and schoolwork, Tara had a lot to learn while building her new life. But she made it in the end. First she taught herself some maths and grammar to enter Brigham Young University. Then she began to study history there. At last, her hard work ended in success. She got a doctor's degree in history at Cambridge University. Tara tells us how a young teenager changed her life on her own. And if she could, why can't you?

It's usual for teachers to tell students about good books to read. But what if 1 get to choose what their teachers read?

Recently, Shanghai Shinan Middle School2an activity called" Good books for the teacher". Students choose a book and say 3 their teachers should read it. Students 4 put together a list of more than 1, 000 books.

He Jinlin, 16, chose Totto-Chan : The Little Girl at the Window(《窗边的小豆豆》)by 5 writer Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (黑柳彻子). The book tells the story of Totto-Chan, a naughty Japanese girl who goes to 6special bus school.

In the school, there are no good students7bad students. Everybody is equal (平等的). The headmaster goes for outings with the students and tells8stories.

"If our school was like that, it9be great!" he said.

Chen Zhijie's choice is not surprising for a 10 fan. He chose a book called Who Is the NBA No. 1? The teachers don't understand.

"Nine out 11ten of my teachers are female(女性的), "said Chen." Sometimes they don't 12why we boys care so much about basketball. "

According to Chen, there are stories about many NBA13 in the book. "I hope that the book will give me and my teachers more to share."

But will the teachers read all the 14? According to Wang Weiqun, the teacher in charge(负责), the book list will go online. Students will vote(投票)for the top ten." We will buy the ten books and let the teachers15them, "said Wang.

Today we will introduce important persons from some countries, and we'll (讨论) why they are famous.

Confucius was a great teacher and (思想家)in ancient China. He lived over 2, 000 years ago and he was very (明智的). We are still (影响)by his ideas.

William Shakespeare was English and wrote plays and (诗歌). He is (著名的) in many countries. (虽) he died about 400 years ago, his plays are still seen and make a lot of (意义)to us now.

Mark Twain was an American writer. His (作品）are studied in schools. His stories are set in the south of the US over 100 years ago, and readers still enjoy them very much. I (认为) he is as famous as Confucius and Shakespeare.

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