 #2 (permalink) Wed Oct 25, 2006 19:05 pm TOEFL Essay: Knowledge gained from books vs Knowledge gained |
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People are learning and developing throughout their whole lives, they have gained knowledge not only from books but also from practice and experience. In my opinion, both basic knowledge from books and new discovery from experience are important. THE Following reasons could explain why.
On the one hand, books hold all knowledge gained by previous generations. Basically, people inherited this holder/COLLECTION of human(kind’s) experience. This source of knowledge usually cannot be changed, in particular history books that were written on/ABOUT real events and real people. For example, we can assess to/ACCESS information about 2nd World War just by THE use of books, not our experiences. Moreover, before makING new discoveries in certain scienceS people have to acquire fundamental knowledge about the previous achievements from books. Thus, we cannot create (the) Television without A basic knowledge on/OF Micro electricS.
On the other hand, I think that “the truth comes from practice and experience”. The knowledge from experience helps us as much as those/THAT from books. For instance, at old times/IN THE PAST people thought that THE Earth was flat, but it was concluded from observations and measurement that we are living on a global planet. There are a lot OF new inventions and new products which could not be found from textbooks. Our society and world are developed through continuous practices, those/THAT knowledge, IS never found in books, such asTHE internet, e-business etc. are/IT IS all developed through new practices.
In conclusion, I might say that people are continually assessing the creditability of the knowledge written in books and discovering new things by experiences. Both of these sources are important, and it is essential to know how to combine them. |
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