The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that they have more leisure time.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
五問:
(1)人類追求科技進步的主要目的真的就是讓人們擁有更多閑暇時光嗎?還有沒有別的目的?更深層次的目的?例如:豐富人們的物質(zhì)生活,保衛(wèi)自身安全,探索未知世界等。
(2)科技進步能帶來哪些好處?除了提高了人們的工作效率還有哪些?例如:使生活更加便捷,解放了部分勞動力,提高了醫(yī)療水平等。
(3)科技進步真的可以幫助人們擁有更多閑暇時光嗎?你能舉個反例嗎?例如:科技進步雖然提高了人們的工作效率,但隨著社會對人的要求越來越高,競爭壓力越來越大,工作更加忙碌,閑暇時光反而減少了。
(4)讓人們擁有更多閑暇時間就一定好嗎?什么樣的生活節(jié)奏才有利于人們的生活和人類的進步?
(5)科技能解決人類的一切問題嗎?有哪些問題是科技無法解決的?你能舉出具體的例子嗎?例如:文化沖突、恐怖主義、戰(zhàn)爭等問題。
翻譯練習:
我們現(xiàn)在所處的狀況相當令人困惑。近些年見證了無數(shù)工具的出現(xiàn),這些工具大大提高了我們生活和工作的效率(此處可用定語從句將兩個部分連接起來),而我們中的很多人卻幾乎找不到閑暇時間和家人吃一頓飯或和朋友來一次遠足。
參考答案:
The condition we are now in is quite confounding. Recent years have witnessed the springing up of numerous devices that have greatly improved the efficiency both in life and work, while many of us can hardly find any free time for a meal with the family or for an excursion with friends.