Some people think that the earlier technology has changed our life more than the recent technology. Do you agree or disagree?
Nowadays, there is a trend that the development of technology has been rapidly. New inventions have been gradually growing. As a result, some people may say that the recent technology has changed our life more than the earlier one. Personally, I doubt whether the argument can hold water. I am in support of the opinion that the earlier technology has changed our life more than the recent one.
On the one hand, to the large amount of people, the earlier technology has brought huge influence. It is much more convenient for lots of people to use those earlier inventions, including but not limited the fridge and telephone, to operate their routine life. To put price and popularity into perspective, the price of the earlier technology tends to be cheaper, comparing to the new production of the recent technology. Consequently, the popularity is higher. That is to say, it is the lives of more people that have been changed by the earlier technology. Moreover, some recent technologies are not connected with host of people, for example, the invention of airplane, which be regarded as the recent technology, indeed only benefits some people, but not the large amounts of people.
On the other hand, the earlier technologies, from the utility of fire to the discovery of agriculture farming to the making tools with copper and other metal materials, make the huge progress of human being itself. The earlier technology is the base of most of the recent one. The aims of several recent technologies are to make the original even much faster, larger. From this point of view, their power of influence toward human being is less than the earlier technology, which is brand-new and revolutionary.
Taking into consideration what I have mentioned above, it can easier to come to the conclusion that it is the earlier technology, rather other the recent one, that contributes to our life.
I still have a question.向这种Do you agree or disagree? 的题型，我们不是一般可以写成I agree 或I do not agree吗？这样一定就是一边到了，不能脚踩两只船啊。我仔细体味您的指点，领悟到可以写两边都写好的只要在最后一段写明自己的观点即可。----心得可否正确？
By the way, I noticed it is you who have answered my questions several times.Again, many thanks for your time and help.
我也发现了我第一句的问题。我听说第一句有语法问题，平分是6分往下。能否进一步赐教关于on the one hand ,on the other hand的表达有误问题，我知道这种表达是臭了街的，俗不可耐，但好象在语法上还好了
bqiana：
On one hand, On the other hand
本身没有问题，多读写原版的文章就知道如何使用了
[ Last edited by bqiana on 2005-5-17 at 21:50 ]作者: julliar 时间: 2005-5-19 08:26:58
Haha! you post my essay here. That is fine. By the way, I register for this website just because I find you are here!
How about my another eaasy? By the way, my examination date is coming, 21st May.作者: julliar 时间: 2005-5-19 08:30:25
对了，我还发现我最后一句有中式英语倾向！改成：It is 21st May for me to take part in the IELTS exam.是不是好点？？？？？？作者: bqiana 时间: 2005-5-19 08:48:30
Welcome aboard!
'By the way, my examination date is coming, on May 21st.' is good enough.作者: julliar 时间: 2005-5-19 09:21:38