DayAI'mnoliteraryluddite(反对新技术的人).IboughtaniPadwithmyfirstpaycheckfrommyfirstfulltimejobafterIgraduatedcollege.Butaftertwoyearsofreadingoccasionallyonthedevice,Igaveitawaytomybrother.Itjustwasn!ttherightreadingexperienceforme.Technologyloverschoosee-readersoverbooksbecauseereadersaremoreconvenient.They'reright.Itisobjectivelyeasiertocarryan7oz.tabletwiththousandsandthousandsofbooksatyourfingertipsthanitistocarryfivebooksinyourbag(whichisexactlywhatIdidonvacation).ButIdon'treadforconvenience.Ireadtolearnmoreabouttheworldandmyself.IhavemadefriendsbyseeingabookcoverinacafeandnoticingthatitwasthesametitlethatIwasreading.Icantracemylifebythebooksthathavebeenmycompanions.WhenIopenanoldbookandcomeacrossmypreviouslyscribblednotes一shakyoneswhenPvebeenreadingonthesubway,coveredinsandifIreaditatthebeach,nexttoatrainticketifIwastraveling一IamabletoaddanextralevelofpersonaldepthandexperiencetothestoryIamabouttore-read.It'sjustnotenoughtosimplyconsumingthestory,whichiswhate-readersaregreatfor.WhenIreadpaperbooks,Iholdontothemforlongperiodsoftime.Ijustpurchasedanewbookshelfspeciallyfbrmy“toberead"pile.Onceinawhile,Igothroughtheprocessofdecidingwhichbookstodonate,butusuallytheideaofpartingwithabookfeelslikegivingawayapartofmysoul.Physicalbooksmaynotbethemostefficientmedium,buttheyarethemostmeaningful.SokeepyourKindle,byallmeans.ButIllbehappyhoardingwithmylibrary.1.WhydidtheauthorgivehisiPadtohisbrother?(nomorethan10words)2.Whatisthesecondparagraphmainlyabout?(nomorethan6words)3.Whichwordcantaketheplaceoftheunderlinedwordinparagraph3?(1word)4.Whentheauthorhastogiveawaysomebooks,howdoeshefeelaboutit?(nomorethan15words)5.Doyoulikee-readersorphysicalbooks?Pleaseexplainyouropinion,(nomorethan25words)(open)BItwasmyfirstdaybackhomesincestartingcollege.Alothadchangedinthelastyear.Notwithmyhometownbutwithme.Ihadleftasa17-year-oldboyandhadnowreturnedasan18-year-oldman.Inthecity,Iwaslivingonmyown,hadapart-timejobandwasstudying.EventhegovernmentrecognizedIwasanadultIhadadriver'slicense.SohereIwas,onmysummervacation,walkingdownthemainstreetwithmyfather,desperateforhimtoacknowledgehowmatureIwas.Whenhisrecognitionfailedtoappear,Itookmattersintomyownhands."Dad」'Isaidcasually,"I'mthirsty.Let'sgoforabeer."ItwasthefirsttimeI'devermentionedbeerinfrontofmyfather,letaloneaskhimtodrinkonewithme.Heturnedtomewithacuriousexpressiononhisface."Abeer?WellIguessyou!reoldenoughnow.Let'sgotoSailors1Bar,It'swheremycousinTom,youruncle,usedtodrink.Yourememberhim,right?nIhadonlysomevaguerecollectionofmyuncle.Hewastheblacksheepofthefamily.Wedidn'ttalkabouthimmuch.nWhateverhappenedtoUncleTom,Dad?Ihaven'tseenhiminyears/Isaidaswecontinuedtowardsthebar."NeitherhaveI,unfortunately.Hewasagoodkidonce.Butthingschanged/myfathersaidmournfully.Asaboy,heexplained,therehadbeennobetter-behavedboythanTom.Butafterleavingschool,hemovedtothecityandfellinwithbadcompany.Hestartedgoingouteverynight,drinkinginnightclubsandplayingcards,Soonhelosteverythingandhadtobeghismumtopayhisdebts.Sheagreedontheconditionhereturnedhome.Mydadtookadeepbreathandcontinuedhistale."Thingssettleddownforawhile.Hemarriedalovelywoman,gaveuphisbadhabits.Butitdidn'tlast,Hewassoonbacktohisoldways.Hecouldn'tresist.HewasatSailors1Baralmosteverynight.Hispoormotherdiedofgriefandshame.Hiswifefollowedhersoonafter."Whatruinedhimwasalcohol.Hetoldmeonce,whenamanbeginsd...