GRE寫作例子積累：技術(shù)影響之旅游

　　Because of television and worldwide computer connections, people can now become familiar with a great many places that they have never visited. As a result,tourism will soon become obsolete.

　　由于電視和全球范圍內(nèi)的計(jì)算機(jī)網(wǎng)絡(luò)，人們現(xiàn)在可以熟悉很多以前從未涉足過的地方。其結(jié)果就是使得旅游變得過時(shí)了。

　　正文：

　　Will the widespread television and computer connections dampen people’ enthusiasm for tourism? The speaker claim that the prospect would be that tourism will soon become obsolete, but I seriously doubt it. In my point of view, although television and computer connections provide people alternatives of viewing the world without stepping out of their homes, these modern conveniences kindle more people’s tourism lust.

　　Admittedly, television and computer connections do slow down some people’s interest in tourism. By viewing the vivid description of certain tourist attractions with detailed illustration provided by television and computers, it makes the once illusionary picture of staying at home and traveling around the world become a possible scenario that everybody can get accessed to. What is more, due to the fast-rhythm modern life,except during vacations, people can hardly afford time to travel around whenever they want. Thus, television problems and computer network become effective substitutes.But I by no means agree that tourism will become obsolete. Daily empirical evidences show us that instead of becoming out of date with all the programs focusing on places of interest, tourism is prospering unprecedented. According to statistical study, the global revenue brought out by tourism has amount to one third of the total and this trend tends to increase gradually and at the same time, traveling expenditure for individual household has account for the biggest spending next to food and accommodation. The main causes underlying this trend lies in two aspects.

　　For one thing, psychological research shows that human beings are sensible animals whose curiosity can only be satisfied with all the five sensation being obtained, such as touch, taste, hearing smelling and view. Although it is possible for human to view beautiful pictures, listen people’s voices, or understand the weird customs, when it comes to other sensations, televisions and computers can hardly fulfill their task comparing with people’s direct experience of being in that place. Consider, for example,food has constituted an important part of culture and how it is possible for us to have a bite of the tasty food of Peking duck, Italian noodles or Japanese sushi. Nothing would be more valuable than surfing in the sea, lying on the beach to enjoy the sunshine, smell the fragrant earth in the California coastline. The above examples best illustrate why with all the convenience of staying home and approach to several nations in a few hours still cannot satisfy peoples’ lust for traveling.