本帖最后由 shayh0917 于 2012-4-21 14:18 编辑
People today spend too much time on personal enjoyment-doing things they like to do-rather than doing things they should do
Nowadays, the heated debate on whether people today spend too much time on personal enjoyment has been much discussed. People who advocate argue that with the development of science and technology, a variety of ways of entertainment have shown up, which provides more opportunities for people to spend time in enjoying life. However, those who object to this statement point out that today, a majority of people's spare time is occupied with their work because of the pressure both from the fierce competition and family supporting. From my point of view, although many new kind of entertainment does spring out from time to time, my favor still goes to the latter one.
It is true that with the help of the development inscience and technology field, not only have people had better access to manyplaces where are inaccessible to human beings without special equipment, but people also get a lot of high-tech devices for entertainment. For example,people now may enjoy climbing to the top of Everest Mountain which is an impossible mission many years ago. What's more, many electronic instruments like Xbox, wii, ps2, ps3 do cause many teenagers to waste too much time on video games. However, these cases are not enough to support the idea that people put too much emphasize on personal enjoyment, since these peopleare just a minority of our society.
The main reason why I am in favor of the statement that people do not pay more attention to personal enjoyment is pressure. and many sources of pressure will be mentioned. First of all, work is the staple of our pressure. Today, the rate of unemployment is still increasing, so those who already get the job will work harder and often work overtime to keep their jobs, and, at the same time, those who are seeking the jobs will do whatever they can do to improve their ability. For example, some of them may use theirleisure time to learn a second language to qualify themselves for an international company. As a result, most of people either make use of their spare time to work overtime or improve their ability, so there is no doubt that they will not spend much time on personal enjoyment.
The second source of pressure is to support the family.Since the inflation today is becoming more and more serious, we have to earn more money than before to support our family. What's more, the cost of buying a house has been rising for many years. However, if you do not own a house, your girlfriend may probably not be willing to marry you. So, will you still spend mostof your free time on personal enjoyment at the risk of losing both your job and your mate? I think the answer is known to us all.
Clearly, all the analysis leads to an unshakable conclusion that people today spend more time on work and study than the time onpersonal enjoyment. |