剑3, test 2, writing task 2
When a country develops its technology, the traditional skills and ways of life die out. It is pointless to try and keep them alive.
to what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion.
With the fast development of modern technology, the concerns over the fading-away of the traditional skills and life style have risen. More and more people argue that we should try the best to protect and keep them alive. However leaving the decision to the history may be a better choice.
It’s true that those conventional skills and old life style have been lasting for centuries. To some extent, they have become part of our culture and hard to abandon. Some of them, for example travelling by horse wagon, compared with the modern techniques, such as car, are more environment-friendly. In addition, some of the unique skills, like those in arts, are not replaceable by machine.
Despite of all the mentioned advantages, we cannot deny their negative effects. Traditional skills and way of life are usually slow. They’re time consuming and not cost –effective. That’s the key reason why they cannot beat the new technology in the competition. The history tells us that advanced technology drives away the elementary one is a natural process. Iron tools replaced the stone one; architecture made people move from the cave to house; with paper, we don’t need to write on leaves anymore; telephone facilitate the live talk with a person thousands miles away. The replacement is a fate and not avoidable. In another word, this is the civilization where only stronger survives.
To conclude the debate, I believe that history will make the right choice. Only those that stand the test of time can escape the fate of dying out.
[ 本帖最后由 phjet 于 1-6-2010 14:52 编辑 ] |
楼主: phjet
发表于 26-5-2010 18:09:27
楼主
发表于 27-5-2010 13:17:05
我说得很一般，但是说到自己比较熟悉的内容，所以有6分
）确实平时不太注意这些。
