People can entertain themselves in multiple ways.They can read books, surf the Internet, listen
to music or watch TV. Many consider that the individuals who often read are better in language
skills and creative capabilities like imagination than those who prefer to watch TV. To a certain
extent, I am in favor of this argument.
Obviously, when one is reading, he can come across thousands of words and hundreds of grammar
points in a very short time. Then he will be required to comprehend the meaning of the words,
collocations and sentence structures. Sometimes when he is faced with some unknown words or has no
idea about what the paragraph is about, he will be forced to take a guess, which is necessary for
language learning and use. By contrast, when a person watches TV, what attracts him is just the
changing pictures presented on the screen and he is less likely to pay enough attention to the
subtitles or the background voices, as a consequence, he can hardly improve his language skills.
When he has something to say, he may feel the idea is just at the tip of his tongue, but he can
barely describe his mind in his own words.
In addition, those who read for pleasure often have to imagine in order to understand the world
the words create especially when there are no illustrations. Therefore, the more they read, the
better their imagination becomes and the sharper their mind gets. Those who sit in front of TV
all day, however, do not have to imagine as often as those who read for pleasure because the
pictures on the screen tell them everything they want to know.
In conclusion, TV can undoubtedly present knowledge in a much vivid way, but reading is more
beneficial. If you want to improve your language skills and imagination, doing more reading is
a much better choice.