E-mails and Traditional letters
E-mails and traditional letters are the most important two ways of communication.And compare these two ways,we can easily find that they are quite different from each other in some ways.
About speed,E-mails is the outcome of technology and the inevitable result of social development.Its appearance improves people’s communication speed rapidly.Now people can connect with other people within 1 second by e-mails.On contrast,traditional letters is much slower than e-mails.It usually takes several days or more for a letter to receive.
About distance.No matter how far between two people,they can communicate with each other quickly and needn’t take thought of distance.However,traditional letters is not a good choice for long-distance communication.It will take too long for the letter to be delivered.
About money(economy).It costs you hardly money for sending e-mails as long as you can surf the internet.But if you want to send a letter,you must buy an envelop and stamps first.And all of these will cost you at least 1 yuan.
About sentiment.Reading e-mails gives people a feeling of reading documents because the words are printed and you can’t find the emotion of the addresser .However,traditional letters are written by hand,you can not only feel the mood of the letter writer, but also apperceive the writer’s sincerity.
In a short,e-mails and traditional letters both have their own advantages and disadvantages.Communicating by E-mails is much more convenient,economical and faster while by traditional letters is more sentient.