the fairytale of aladdin has always been my childhood favorite. i was mesmerized by how aladdin used his three magic wishes. as a small girl, i dreamed of having the magic wishes to go wherever i wanted to go and see whatever i wanted to see. as you can probably guess, i haven't found my genie in the lamp yet, however, i have found something just as exciting and it has made marvelous changes in not only my life, but the lives of all human-beings. it is called technology.
i still remember how my father told me about his childhood back in those days when china was not as open and developed as it is now. children would run for kilometers to school, make toys with wood by themselves, and the biggest dream of a child was holding two jars of sugar, one white, the other brown in each arm and having the choice of eating whichever he wanted. just look at what we have now. magnificent technological advancement has opened up a whole new world to us.
however, just as our lives become more convenient, problems arise from this new life style. we seem to be caged in the modern technology; we are thinking alike as a result of using the same search engine, we are getting lazy as most of our work can be done by machines, and we are alienating people around us for we are more comfortable talking on phones and typing in front of a computer.
if i was given the chance to make my magic wishes now, i would wish we could go back in time and live for three days without advanced technology. i wonder what we would do in those three days. here is what i imagine:
on the first day, people would be feeling so uncomfortable with the new situation that they would probably be confused and just not know what to do. the world would be in a mess for the whole day.
on the second day, as life goes on, people would have to find alternative ways to deal with their daily rituals: students would have to go to libraries for information they wanted instead of searching on google; boys would have to express their affection to girls in person instead of sending an annoying txt message; and the young people of today would have the chance to experience the childhood of their parents. on this particular day, we could recover all we had lost in the modern world.
then comes the third day. after the previous two days, we would gradually come to realize that we should have paid more attention to our studies and work as we actually have so much creativity and potential within ourselves. we would also realize that we should have spent more time with a friend, a parent or a child as we do love them, but we don't really understand them due to the lack of personal communication. we shouldn't have been so dependent on modern technology as it wasn't invented to confine us, but to inspire us. this last day would be spent in sparks of new ideas and sweet moments with our loved ones.
阿拉丁的童話一直是我童年最喜歡的。我被迷住了阿拉丁如何用他的三個(gè)愿望的魔法。作為一個(gè)小女孩，我夢想有一個(gè)神奇的愿望去哪里我想去看看我想看到的一切。正如你可能猜到的，我還沒有找到我的精靈在燈，但是，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些令人興奮的東西，它已經(jīng)取得了驚人的變化，不僅我的生活，但所有人的生命。這就是所謂的技術(shù)。 我還記得我父親在那些日子里，我的父親對(duì)我說他在童年的時(shí)候，我還記得當(dāng)時(shí)中國并沒有像現(xiàn)在這樣開放和發(fā)展。孩子們會(huì)跑上幾公里到學(xué)校，自己做玩具，一個(gè)孩子的夢想是抱著兩只罐子的糖，一個(gè)白色的，另一個(gè)棕色的在每個(gè)手臂和吃的選擇，他想要吃?？纯次覀儸F(xiàn)在擁有什么。宏偉的技術(shù)進(jìn)步為我們打開了一個(gè)全新的世界。 然而，正如我們的生活變得更加方便，問題出現(xiàn)了這種新的生活方式。我們似乎被關(guān)在現(xiàn)代技術(shù)；我們由于使用相同的搜索引擎一樣的思維，我們有我們的大部分工作都可以由機(jī)器來完成變懶了，和我們疏遠(yuǎn)了我們身邊的人我們更舒適的講電話，在電腦前打字。 如果我有機(jī)會(huì)讓我的魔術(shù)的愿望，我希望我們可以回到過去，并生活了三天沒有先進(jìn)的技術(shù)。我不知道在那三天里我們會(huì)做什么。這是我想象的： 在第一天，人們會(huì)感到非常不舒服的新形勢，他們可能會(huì)感到困惑，只是不知道該怎么辦。整個(gè)世界都會(huì)陷入一片混亂。 第二天，隨著時(shí)間的推移，人們會(huì)尋找替代的方法來處理他們的日常禮儀：學(xué)生會(huì)去圖書館為他們想要的信息而不是搜索，谷歌；男孩會(huì)來表達(dá)自己的感情，而不是發(fā)送一個(gè)惱人的txt消息的人和今天的年輕女孩；人們將有機(jī)會(huì)體驗(yàn)父母的童年。在這個(gè)特殊的日子里，我們可以找回失去的一切，在現(xiàn)代世界。 然后是第三天。在過去的2天之后，我們會(huì)逐漸意識(shí)到，我們應(yīng)該更加重視我們的學(xué)習(xí)和工作，因?yàn)槲覀儗?shí)際上有很多創(chuàng)造力和潛力。我們也會(huì)意識(shí)到，我們應(yīng)該花更多的時(shí)間與朋友，父母或孩子，因?yàn)槲覀儛鬯麄儯覀儾⒉徽嬲私馑麄冇捎谌狈€(gè)人通信。我們不應(yīng)該如此依賴于現(xiàn)代科技，因?yàn)樗皇前l(fā)明來限制我們，而是激勵(lì)我們。這最后一天會(huì)用在新思想和甜蜜時(shí)刻與我們所愛的人的火花中度過。
阿拉丁的童話一直是我童年最喜歡的。我被迷住了阿拉丁如何用他的三個(gè)愿望的魔法。作為一個(gè)小女孩，我夢想有一個(gè)神奇的愿望去哪里我想去看看我想看到的一切。正如你可能猜到的，我還沒有找到我的精靈在燈，但是，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些令人興奮的東西，它已經(jīng)取得了驚人的變化，不僅我的生活，但所有人的生命。這就是所謂的技術(shù)。 我還記得我父親在那些日子里，我的父親對(duì)我說他在童年的時(shí)候，我還記得當(dāng)時(shí)中國并沒有像現(xiàn)在這樣開放和發(fā)展。孩子們會(huì)跑上幾公里到學(xué)校，自己做玩具，一個(gè)孩子的夢想是抱著兩只罐子的糖，一個(gè)白色的，另一個(gè)棕色的在每個(gè)手臂和吃的選擇，他想要吃?？纯次覀儸F(xiàn)在擁有什么。宏偉的技術(shù)進(jìn)步為我們打開了一個(gè)全新的世界。 然而，正如我們的生活變得更加方便，問題出現(xiàn)了這種新的生活方式。我們似乎被關(guān)在現(xiàn)代技術(shù)；我們由于使用相同的搜索引擎一樣的思維，我們有我們的大部分工作都可以由機(jī)器來完成變懶了，和我們疏遠(yuǎn)了我們身邊的人我們更舒適的講電話，在電腦前打字。 如果我有機(jī)會(huì)讓我的魔術(shù)的愿望，我希望我們可以回到過去，并生活了三天沒有先進(jìn)的技術(shù)。我不知道在那三天里我們會(huì)做什么。這是我想象的： 在第一天，人們會(huì)感到非常不舒服的新形勢，他們可能會(huì)感到困惑，只是不知道該怎么辦。整個(gè)世界都會(huì)陷入一片混亂。 第二天，隨著時(shí)間的推移，人們會(huì)尋找替代的方法來處理他們的日常禮儀：學(xué)生會(huì)去圖書館為他們想要的信息而不是搜索，谷歌；男孩會(huì)來表達(dá)自己的感情，而不是發(fā)送一個(gè)惱人的txt消息的人和今天的年輕女孩；人們將有機(jī)會(huì)體驗(yàn)父母的童年。在這個(gè)特殊的日子里，我們可以找回失去的一切，在現(xiàn)代世界。 然后是第三天。在過去的2天之后，我們會(huì)逐漸意識(shí)到，我們應(yīng)該更加重視我們的學(xué)習(xí)和工作，因?yàn)槲覀儗?shí)際上有很多創(chuàng)造力和潛力。我們也會(huì)意識(shí)到，我們應(yīng)該花更多的時(shí)間與朋友，父母或孩子，因?yàn)槲覀儛鬯麄儯覀儾⒉徽嬲私馑麄冇捎谌狈€(gè)人通信。我們不應(yīng)該如此依賴于現(xiàn)代科技，因?yàn)樗皇前l(fā)明來限制我們，而是激勵(lì)我們。這最后一天會(huì)用在新思想和甜蜜時(shí)刻與我們所愛的人的火花中度過。