topic5-reading&writing

I'm always on the lookout for a good look.我总是在寻找好书。
Affirmative

When you read a good book, you communicate with a great mind.
Reading English novels is an excellent way to boost your vocabulary.
Reading expands your thoughts开阔思路
Many coffee shops and restaurants offer free wi-fi now.
Children can improve their handwriting by imitating模仿nice examples of hand-writing online before developing their own style.
Email is much more convenient and much faster than regular mail.
And it's cost-efficient(=economical,cost-effective)
The information highway has put a wealth of information at your fingertips.
On the information highway,everything is just a click away from you.距离你只有点击一下鼠标的距离。


NEGATIVE
I can't stand motivational books励志书cuz essentially本质上，they're pretty much the same.
Some biographies传记are false.
I don't put pen to paper very often很少用笔写东西
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧.So kids should try not to type everything.
I hate writing letters coz,you know, my handwriting is pretty messy.
But letters convey our feelings more effectively.更有效地表达情感
But kids often get addicted to online games对网络游戏上瘾
Lake of computer skills is a handicap严重的缺陷 today.
精通电脑computer-savvy


Reading news papers helps us keep up with the world around us.
FOR
Newspapers get up updated on daily events.时事current events/current affairs
Local newspapers focus on the local happenings.   events=happenings=occurrences
International newspapers are more comprehensive, which means they deal with a wide range of issues.
AGAINST
Compared with newspapers,magazines tend to specialize in certain subject matters.
Local newspapers tend to be somewhat biased.有偏见的
报纸的头版the front page,头条the headline

As I see it,magazines make you more knowledgeable while newspapers make you more worldly精通世事的
FOR
The articles are well-written.
Some magazines are great towards an adult audience while others cater to the teenage readership.
AGAINST
But the layout排版is kind of messy.
When I feel bored, I just flip through some magazines.随便翻翻
一本书好看：It's a good read.
bookworm书虫
Bookworms spend most of their spare time reading and are interested in collecting books.
best-sellers畅销书，可以是任何种类的
literary classics文学经典
motivational books励志书
fiction books大致就等于中文里面的小说
suspense novels悬念小说
cookbooks菜谱，recipe指一个菜的做法
travel guides旅行指南

newspapers常见的栏目sections
business section贸易栏目
financial section金融栏目
international news国际新闻
national news/domestic news国内新闻
local news地方新闻
cultural section文化栏目
classified ads分类广告

除了音乐会的听众，报纸和杂志的读者群也可以叫audience，或者readership，报纸和杂志的销量circulation
The newspaper has a daily circulation of 60,000.

如果说某种媒体“面向”某种媒体，说道TV和advertising也经常用到：be geared towards=cater to=target

杂志的出版时间可以这样说
It comes out once a week.或者It's published monthly.

订阅杂志英语是subscribe to a magazine,失望地取消订阅是cancel the subscription或者unsubscribe to a magazine