Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
It seems as if every day another newspaper or magazine is going under. The news magazine Newsweek just released its final print edition, after 80 years in print. And it doesn’t end with periodicals. Ebooks are threatening the existence of traditional book publishing, too.
But if these publications are still available digitally, does it matter? Does it matter whether you get your content online or in a hard copy version? Are we truly nearing the end of print? Find out what Greta and Jeff think in this English lesson.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Greta: Jeff, did you read Newsweek magazine?
Jeff: No I didn’t, but I did just hear that it published its final print edition.
Greta: It’s sort of the end of an era I think. And you see it a lot with books, as well, that more and more publishers are going digital and not producing as many hard copies, tangible, actual hardbacks of books that they’re publishing.
Jeff: So I don’t know, do you think the end of print is near?
Greta: I kind of do. I think that things are going to go digital in a huge way. And I’m kind of sad about that.
Jeff: I feel like there’s still a market for, like you said, tangible, just the smell of the ink printed, the smell of the paper. There are all these details which are why people enjoy an actual book, an actual magazine. So I feel like maybe certain publications will become more specific, maybe a little more expensive.
Greta: It might be for the sentimental groups among us who like the hands-on experience of holding a book or a newspaper in their hand.
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Discussion
The last print edition of Newsweek has caused Jeff and Greta to start thinking about print publications. It feels to both of them that it might be the end of an era. Both books and magazines are appearing digitally more and more, and there are fewer and fewer hard copies being produced.
Both Jeff and Greta feel kind of sad about that. Jeff thinks there’s something valuable about really getting to hold a book or magazine in your hands and experience it with your five senses. He thinks that there are others who feel this way, too, and that these people will save print from disappearing completely. Books might get more expensive or rare, but they’ll still be around.
Do you think the end of print is near? Are you sad or sentimental about the fact that more publications are going digital? What do you think are the advantages of print vs. digital?
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