Complete the table. When What About 2,000 years ago paper created During the Sui and Tang Dynasties Today Complete the passage with the words in the box. developments direction introduction powerful replace spread trade Books were expensive after paper was invented because they were made by hand, but (1)________________________ in printing made it cheaper and faster to make books. A(n) (2)________________________ in books resulted, and knowledge (3)______________________ more quickly than ever before. The (4)_________________________ of the Internet has changed the world in a similar way, and the Internet is much more (5)_____________________. With more and more people using the Internet, the (6)________________________ that traditional printing will take in the future is uncertain, and computers may (7)_________________ books one day. Writing Read the sentences and notice how we give reasons and results. Books were only produced one at a time by hand. As a result, there were not many books. Because there were not many books, few people learnt to read. These machines are smaller and lighter than books, so they are easy to carry. Now work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. Write full sentences with as a result, because or so. Why is it hard to imagine a world without printing? What was the result of few books being produced? What happened after the printing technology developed? What will happen to the books in the future? Why? Why is it hard to imagine a world without printing? It's hard to imagine a world without printing because we have so many printed things now. Write full sentences with the notes in Activity 3. About 2,000 years ago, paper was first created… Write a passage about traditional printing and its future. Use the sentences you have written in Activities 5 and 6 to help you.