Technology Is Changing Our Lives
Technology is one of the most important factors to promote our society to develop from one era to another. Whether you are aware of it or not, every day at every time technology is greatly influencing the way we live and work. Computers, new technology in the 21th century, are the best examples. As the greatest inventions of human beings, they are being used more and more extensively in the world today. Especially when their functions are amplified with the help of internet, computers may even make everything convenient and possible.
You can do shopping on the net. If your family wants to buy a TV, you can see a picture of the model and find the store with the best price through your computer. You need only to send a message to that store and the right amount of money will be taken out of your bank account and put into the store. Like this,you can buy anything you want without going out of the room.
You can work at home through computer. The internet, the main trading tool, makes SOHO (small office, home office) possible. This will make the workplace more comfortable and reduce
transportation time and hence potentially boost actual work hours.
You can learn a lot of knowledge from internet. Internet presents a vivid world in front of us. Sitting before your computer, only by clicking the mouse, you can acquire the up to the minute news, the latest development in politics and science and the most peculiar customs and cultures in the world. It is the access to the information super highway for traveling through cyber
Internet also shortens the distance between peoples. Owning a computer, you can communicate with your relatives or friends by sending e mails no matter how far they are from you.
In summary, we have benefited a lot from the invention of computers. However, all new technologies trigger confusion such as some technical, economic and legal problems. So when
we are enjoying the advantages new technology brings to us, we should also establish some new rules and laws to prevent the negative influence of technology.
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本文談技術進步對人類生活的影響。作者舉了電腦為例。他認為電腦作為“最偉大的發明”，結合最新的網際網路技術，深刻地改變了我們的生活。他用四個段落簡潔地表述了電腦的影響：一、網上購物;二、在家裏上班，做SOHO一族;三、從網上獲得知識;四、通過EMAIL等進行交流，縮短了人們之間的距離。當然，作者也沒有回避其負面影響，承認新技術引起了許多技術上、經濟上和法律上的問題，認為應該通過相關法律和規章製度來避免其消極影響。文章結構清晰，觀點明確。