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The reading passage and the article are both about the decrease of reading literature. Within this context, the author of the reading points out that young people read novels, plays, and poems far less than before that affects the culture in general, and provides three reasons for declining. The professor, in contrast, challenges all the author's reasons.

To begin with, the article avers that literature has many benefits for people, and it induces their imagination and expands their understanding. But by the decline of reading literature, the public misses these benefits. The spokeswoman, on the contrary, states that people's imagination and understanding can also be induced with other different subjects such as science, technology, and it is not necessary to rely only on novels.

Second, the essay declares that people nowadays, instead of reading literature, spend most of their time on television programs, watching movies. Surely, it will impact the culture in general. Conversely, the audio states, it is true they spend less time on literature, but they can get many valuable materials through movies, music. Additionally, people value culture, but the culture has changed differently.

Third, the writer of reading says that today's publishers far less invest in literature because the number of readers declined, and it is unfortunate for talented writers. The narrator, however, argues that sometimes it is not blamed on readers because the writing matters are difficult to understand for them. Furthermore, it is the author's fault for writing hard-to-know subjects.