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TOEFL Essay:Is Progress Always Good?
Created by Jeenn Lee Hsieh
謝振禮老師海外投稿
>Do you agree or disagree that progress is always good? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Of all the modern inventions, computers alone can prove that progress is not always good. Despite the many benefits that new technology has to deliver, a computer machine, and with it the Internet, may leave room for doubt. The over-dependence of computers as a sign of progress may be destroying physical health and mental creativity to certain degrees.
To begin with, addiction to computer use is damaging human body. Sitting in front of a computer screen for a long time is harmful to eyes and the physical posture. Computers distract people from doing regular physical exercise in daily life, alter users' sleeping patterns, and even affect their eating habits. So much so, there are reasons to be worried about the unwanted influence of technological progress on people, particularly children. While such progress has positively changed the way we live and the way we work, a computer, along with its sub-device like cell phone, is said to be capable of causing diseases. Some scientists have reportedly confirmed cases of brain cancer as being related to over-exposure to computer-screen.
Excessive reliance on the wonders of computers may lead to a possible decline in mental development. To be sure, computers are the most recent demonstrations of progress, being magnificent tools for the realization of our material dreams. But no machine can replace human spark of spirit, compassion, love and understanding. It is as if digital intelligence were to take the place of the quality of extraordinary human intelligence forever. However, although one machine can do the work of 50 persons or more, actually no machine can do the work of an extraordinary person. If technology, for that matter, means the beginning of the end of human creativity, then the price of progress is unbelievably high in terms of human beings' mental growth.
Finally, the progress made possible by new technology is not 100 percent welcome in view of the likely ill influence resulting from over-use of computers on human body and mind. It is beyond our imagination that progress has benefitted us in so numerous ways, being too good to be true, as if gifts from heaven. Nevertheless, among all symbols of progress, computers, like dangerous addictive drugs, might come from hell.
在歷年托福和雅思的寫作測驗真題中，不斷的出現(xiàn)關(guān)于電腦與互聯(lián)網(wǎng)之類的議論題。在此重列托福五題雅思五題。針對10題，謝振禮為考生網(wǎng)友試寫一篇，過分長，不值得模仿，那是幾個月前寫的。如果要考托?；蜓潘?，必須要寫的更短，方切實際。
TOEFL and IELTS
Writing Topics about computers and the Internet
Example writing
By Mr. Jeenn Lee Hsieh
It has become another world, a different world.
這是另外一個世界，不同的世界。
The arrival of the civilization's new-born kid, the Internet, has made history.
人類文明的新生嬌兒，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，已經(jīng)來改變歷史。
We have entered into an electronic information age from the era B.C. (before computers).
我們也因電腦而進(jìn)入電子資訊時期。
Looking back in the past only three decades ago, we feel like going back to the Iron Age
. 回顧30年前，就好像回到鐵器時代。
A mere century ago, it seems as if returning to the Stone Age.
一個世紀(jì)之前，仿佛回到石器時代。
The present time is a point of departure for a brave new world, inevitably influencing the way we work and our family and social lives.
當(dāng)今正是我們邁向勇敢新世界的轉(zhuǎn)變點，必將影響我們的工作方式，我們的家庭生活，還有我們的社會生活。
Just what changes this new century will bring may be everybody's guess.
到底這個新世紀(jì)，會為我們帶來什么改變，任人猜想。
For better or for worse?
是變好，還是變壞？
This new world has presented plenty of wonders.
這個新世界早已呈現(xiàn)許多奇妙的事。
The Internet has connected people at every corner on the planet and beyond, as never before, without limits.
互聯(lián)網(wǎng)把全世界個角落的人相互連接，在地球上和地球之外，無遠(yuǎn)佛至，毫無限制。
Its by-device, the cell phone, is playing an increasingly important role in people's professional and social lives.
電腦副產(chǎn)品如手機(jī)逐漸在人們的職業(yè)和社會生活中，扮演重要的角色。
Intelligent machines such as robots are widely applied to take the place of human beings.
智能機(jī)器也已經(jīng)被廣為使用，取代人類。
Such are, in part, the powers of computers.
這種種正是代表電腦一部分的威力。
There are good reasons why some people are being worried.
其實，有些人大有理由關(guān)切這種轉(zhuǎn)變。
To them computers have made life more complex and stressful.
對他們而言，電腦只是把他們的生活搞得更復(fù)雜而有壓力。
People who cannot work with computers will be disadvantaged.
不懂的使用電腦的人將來肯定會吃虧。
The traditional skills and ways of life are fading away.
傳統(tǒng)的技術(shù)與生活方式，正在慢慢消失。
At its best, easy access to so much information is doing as much harm as good.
頂多，容易取得資訊，對他們而言只是好壞參半。
The more time people use the Internet, the less time they spend with real human beings.
人們使用電腦越多，那么用在與真人接觸的時間就越少。
There is no disputing the danger of relying too much on computer screens rather than face-to-face contact.
毫無爭議的一點是過分依靠電腦銀幕，就是減少人們面對面的接觸。
And likely more potential problems are on the way.
很可能的，更多隱藏的問題也快來到。
No wonder that many seem no closer to feeling happy in various respects.
難怪有不少人在諸多方面，并不覺得更快樂。
It is the best of time; and it is the worst of time.
今日時代，說好則是最好，說壞則最壞。
To those who can fully enjoy the new benefits, there is no better time to be alive than now.
完全懂得享受電腦帶來的好處的人，活在今天可以說是再好不過了。
Increased material wealth and improved technology have brought about that kind of convenience and comfort and confidence that money can buy.
財富的增加和科技的精進(jìn)所帶來的那種便利和舒適和信心，都是錢買得到的。
But so what?
但，這又代表什么呢？
Instead of getting wiser, people are seeking knowledge, only to find themselves drowing in the sea of information. 人們并不因此變得更有智慧，事實上，人們追求知識，到頭來好像自己淹死在咨詢的大海里。
Although it seems that people have become more inventive, actually they have become less creative at the same time.
雖然好像人們變得更會發(fā)明，實際上也同時變得更缺乏創(chuàng)造力。
The Internet can provide many solutions, yet no computer is so capable as to judge right from wrong.
互聯(lián)網(wǎng)能提供答案，但是沒有電腦懂得辨別是非。
In the pursuit of happiness, we have begun to ask ourselves what on earth we are looking for.
在追求幸福的過程中，我們開始自問，我們在追求的到底是什么。
Doubts arise.
疑云重重。
One thing, however, is sure.
有一事倒是千真萬確。
There is no turning back.
絕對是沒有回頭路。
現(xiàn)代科技與網(wǎng)絡(luò)
IELTS Writing Topics
雅思Writing Task 2
a. Modern technology is transforming the way we work and is of benefit to our society. How far you think our social lives influenced by modern technology?
b.'Telecommuting' refers to workers doing their jobs from home for part of each week and communiating with their office using computer technology. Telecommuting is growing in many countries and is expected to be common for most office workers in the coming decades. How do you think society will be affected by the growth of telecommuting?
c. Technology is making communication easier in today's world, but at the expense of personal contact as many people choose to work at home in front of a computer screen. What dangers are there for a society which depends on computer screens rather than face-to-face contact for its main means of communication?
d. The Internet is becoming more central to our lives as it provides more information, acts as interactive entertainment and a means of voting. These functions have obvious benefits, but there are dangers involved in the control of the Internet over our lives. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
e. Advances in technology and the Internet have transformed the way we live as well as postponing the day we die. There is no better time to be alive than now. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
TOEFL TWE
托福Test of Written English
1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The invention of the Internet has had negative effects on your civilization. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
2. Some people say that computers have made life more complex and stressful. What is your oinion? Used specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Technology had made the world a better place to live. Use specific reasons and examples to support your oinion.
4. Some people say that the Internet provides people with a lot of valuable information. Others think that access to so much information creates problems. Which view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examles to support your opinion.
5. The 21st century has begun. What changes do you think this new century will bring? Use examples and details in your answer.