Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Do Libraries Become Useless at the Age of Information? You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 有些人认为信息时代不再需要传统图书馆了，因为……
2. 有些人认为信息时代传统图书馆仍然有重要作用，因为……
3. 你的看法……
参考范文：
There has been a heated discussion about libraries at the age of information among people. Some people, especially the younger generation, challenge the value of conventional libraries. When they need any information in their studies or work, they can turn to their computers for help. For this reason, they do not need to go to a library for borrowing or returning one or two books.
While others, including most old people as well as scholars, value libraries. They love libraries because they can enjoy peace and quietness in an isolated spiritual world. And they also have access to rare academic works needed for their studies in the libraries.
In my view, conventional libraries are still available though there is still much room for improving. At the Age of Information, as long as knowledge is respected and cherished, libraries won’t extinct from our lives. On the other hand, libraries should not refuse the latest information technology, which will enable them to regain those young readers.
参考译文：
有一场激烈的讨论在信息时代图书馆的.人之一。有些人,尤其是年轻的一代,挑战传统图书馆的价值。当他们在学业或工作需要任何信息,他们可以求助于他们的电脑。出于这个原因,他们不需要去图书馆借或返回一个或两本书。
而另一些人,包括大多数老年人以及学者、价值库。他们喜欢图书馆,因为他们可以享受和平和安静在一个孤立的精神世界。和他们也有罕见的学术著作学业所需的库。
在我看来,传统图书馆仍然可用虽然还有很大的改善空间。在信息时代,只要知识是尊重和珍视,图书馆不会灭绝我们的生活。另一方面,图书馆不应该拒绝最新的信息技术,这将使他们恢复这些年轻的读者。
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