科技类真题

【Life was better when technology was simpler. To what extent do you agree or disagree?】

来自考官范文。。。

Pat老师评语：很难说是一个客观严密的结论，但只要论证过程充实就已经足够了。

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It is not even always true that modern technology is more complex to use than it was to perform household chores. Caring for a horse was a far more complicated and time-consuming matter than starting up a car and taking it to the petrol station for its 5,000-mile service. One has only to read novels from past times to realise the anxiety and frustration that resulted from transport systems limited to the speed of a horse. The examples I have given are just a few of the many that can illustrate the case that modern technology makes life more convenient. Probably what makes some people yearn for the good old simple days is the speed of modern technology forces us to speed up our pace of life. But sometimes this change can be resisted, when we set ourselves simple priorities and stick to them.
现代科技甚至也不一定总是比作家务事更复杂。照顾一匹马远远要比把一辆车开到加油站做一次5000英里的保养要更复杂和费时间。人们只要阅读过去的小说就可以意识到过去由于用马作为交通工具而导致速度上的限制给人们造成的焦虑和沮丧。 我上面给出的例子只是无数可以证明现代科技使我们的生活更便利的事例中的一小点。恐怕人们总是在怀念简单快乐的旧时光的原因就是高速便捷的现代科技使得我们的生活节奏也远远加快了。但是有时，我们也可以通过给自己设立一系列简单的目标并坚持遵从它们来抵御这种节奏的改变。