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Essay by 谢振礼老师 Jeenn Lee Hsieh
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真题还原
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? "Although science
and technology will continue to improve, the most significant improvements for
the quality of people's lives have already taken place." Use specific reasons
and details to support your answer.
范文：
Science and technology are believed to continue advancing endlessly and are
expected to bring about more benefits for the quality of people's lives in
various aspects.Already history has witnessed a number of important changes,
particularly in the past 100 years, that have greatly improved people's
wellbeing, although not without a price.It is possible that the world is yet to
see more amazing scientific and technological innovations in the future.
In science and technology, change is constant whereas improvements are
without frontiers. For now, it is next to impossible to predict what innovations
are lying ahead, especially in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics and the
IT (Information Technology). What has taken place in our favor must include
magic medicines for health; motorized cars, ships and airplanes for travel;
movies, television and video games for entertainment; robots and machines for
work; telephones, cell phones and the Internet for communication; and what not--
you just name it. On the top of these, more breakthroughs are anticipated,
further upgrading the quality of people's lives. In all likelihood, what will
happen will keep on changing the world to an extent beyond our wildest
imagination. However, only one thing is sure: there is no turning back.
Doubts abound about the future developments of science and technology, for
better or for worse. On the positive side, for instance, people are living
longer now, but does it foretell that humans might eventually become immortals?
Further, it is a known fact that the sky is not the limit for traveling, but
does it mean that people would be able to immigrate in space ships to distant
planets? On the negative side, when the natural environment is losing ground,
would climate change as a result of human activities actually put human lives at
risk? Besides, would the improved warlike nuclear science and technology
foreshadow the beginning of the end of the entire civilization? All in all, are
there answers to these questions?
So far so good--science and technology in the past have made significant
improvements for the quality of people's lives. The bottom line is what will
become of the world for our children and our children's children and the
generations after, and at what price? Hoping for the best to come, human beings
are in for a brave new world rather than a "paradise lost". |
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发表于 2016-7-10 15:23:16