全新版大学英语第二册第四册unit 6(7)

Technology: Blessing Or Curse

We live in a technologically advanced world, where more and more electronic gadgets are going wireless. We have mobile phones, wireless computers and even mobile television. Is technological development more of a blessing or a curse to mankind?

It is obvious to know how much technology has helped us in our daily lives. Last time, people had to walk miles just to go to school or work. Thanks to the advancement of technology, people now can either take buses or drive cars to reach their destination.If you look around, technology is almost everywhere! We can send email to our friends rather than the old fashioned letters which take so long to reach the receivers. We can easily message to our parents to reassure them of our safety or search for information needed for our school projects with just a click on the button.

Despite the benefits, there are many problems caused by technology. People nowadays have relied on technology too much. Teenagers complain when they could not use a computer for a day. Parents complain when the computers crash and that they did not save the file they were working on.

In conclusion, technology is more of a blessing than a curse. It gives us choices which we do not have before and has improved the human living conditions. Technology may bring us harm but that should not deter us from improving it.

Proverbs and Quotations

1. The greater wealth is contentment with a little. 人生最大的财富是知足。

2. Too much curiosity lost paradise. 太多好奇心，逐出天堂门。

3. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great fire to burn us. 宁要小火烘烤，不要大火烧焦。/凡事过则比伤。

4. We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet

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