[寫作班] 托福第33週 Anthony
The twentieth century saw great change. In your opinion, what is ONE change
that should be remembered about the twentieth century?
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The wind of change is blowing. Thousands of new inventions emerge from every
corner of the world to improve people’s lives, which lead us to live in a
more convenient and comfortable way. From simple tools such as levers, hammers
and screwdrivers to advanced technology like genetic mapping, nuclear
engineering and space stations, no doubt about it, the development of science
and technology, to our great astonishment, indeed lift people’s living
standard up to a notch. So, among so many breathtaking and groundbreaking
inventions within twentieth century, which one should be remembered?
Personally I suggest the invention of internet should be the candidate for
the one major change to remember about twentieth century and the reasons are
listed in the following paragraphs.
First, the impact the invention of internet bring us is that we can easily
communicate with people from different areas through the internet. One can
communicate with friends or families who are thousand miles away through
e-mail, MSN or twitter. They can chat with each other or exchange information
so that they feel connected in spite of the long distance between them.
Internet also bridges the connection between strangers. One can make friends
or even find his lovers on the internet. People can enjoy talks on the topic
they have interest in, or share their viewpoints, stories and emotions on
their blogs. The invention of internet not only draws our friends and us nearer
but also offers more opportunities for us to meet new friends.
Another supporting statement to my assertion is that the invention of
internet makes the access to worldwide information possible. No matter when it
comes to map, weather, or currency exchange rates, they are all available on
the internet so that we can feel free to be a backpacker wandering in an
outlandish alley with ease and comfort. Also, we can explore some fields that
we are curious about through the help of internet. When people want to have a
quick look or general understanding on something, they can check it up on the
internet and enjoy the pleasure of discovery and exploration into an unknown
territory. Lots of information and knowledge on the internet and the door is
open to everyone, which greatly enhances the convenience for people to learn
or to check up information.
Also, there are something negative contributed by the invention of internet.
The problems raised inside the virtual world, somehow, are much more serious
in the real world. Some people just immerse themselves in the virtual world,
for instance, on-line games and fail to focus on their studies. Some people
tend to chat on-line yet feel shy and unease to talk face-to-face. Some even
utilize the internet to commit crimes in benefit of its convenience and
anonymous features. Those are bad things brought by the internet.
In conclusion, the invention of internet is unquestionably the milestone in
human history, and of course serves as the change to be remembered about
twentieth century. The internet not only lead people’ s lives to a more
convenient one, for example, the convenience for people to communicate with
each other and also access to diversified information with little effort, but
also bring something negative to us, such as feeling helpless about the real
world, indulging in the virtual world and internet crime. Those phenomenon
and supporting examples I mentioned above explain why I regard the invention
of internet as the major change to be noticed within the twentieth century.
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