Paper was created by Cai Lun about AD 105. Before the (发明) of paper, people wrote words on leaves, animal skins or rocks. In ancient China, people used bamboo strips(竹简) to (记录) important events but they were very heavy and took up a lot of space. Later. Chinese people created a kind of paper which was made of silk. This kind of paper was too expensive to be widely used. After years of hard work, Cai Lun (设法做成) to make paper by using pieces of old cloth, fishing nets and other materials. After he made it, paper started to(传播) from China to other places. With paper, people could write down more things and share ideas more easily. It made learning and teaching much (有影响力的).
Nowadays, with the rapid development of the Internet, many people think the Internet (取代) paper in the near future. That's because many people (主要地) get information from the Internet. However, paper is still very (有用的). We can write our (感觉) and thoughts on paper. So we should continue to take (自豪) in paper making.