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Computer technology VS other basic needs

Computer technology has, believe it or not, become the most essential foundation of science and other human technologies. In order to achieve further development, government should and need to spend sufficient money to support the industry of computer. Besides, when compared with other basic needs of people, I still consider computer-tech as prior one.

Computer technology has permeated into almost all aspect and area of human's life. For example, library use computer to establish database, by using which people can check and search books they need quickly and convenient. Without computer technology, we cannot forecast weather by gathering data from monitoring station and calculating the variation trend of rainfall (precipitation) and temperature. Under the help of computer technology, people can deal with complex processes, do various researches for kinds of subjects and launch space-crafts to explore universe and search for alternative energy and extra spaces. All of those activities are effective way to improve people's life quality and make a world a better place for human. Just because of this, computer technology is much more important than other issues.

On the other hand, other basic needs of people can be met by using and developing computer technology. For example, many areas and countries are facing food-shortage problem, which is the most basic and essential issue for government of those countries. To solve the problem, agriculture system need to be updated and new agriculture technology need to be introduced and applied. Advanced computer technology can make this process feasible and quickly. In addition, numerous new computer-related professions were generated alone with the development of computer technology. Those new jobs will significantly reduce the unemployment rate of society, which is another formidable issue for the government.

According to the examples above, we clearly see that put computer technology ahead of other issues is the best way to solve the essential problem human society are facing. Admittedly, sometimes government may unable to provide enough money on the computer technology field since some basic needs seem more intractable. However, just like what I said, computer technology can always promote the solution of other problem, and with an advanced computer system, the government can deal with other issue more effectively.

In conclusion, the benefits would far out weight loss if government give priority to develop computer technology. After all, as it becoming increasingly powerful, computer technology already has an irreplaceable status in human civilization.

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Do you agree or disagree with the statement: When making major purchase (for example, car or laptop), our decisions can be influenced by different sources of information. Explain how each of the following sources of information can influence your decision.

Because various sources of information can affect our decision, people are always hesitant when making a major purchase such as car or laptop. Based on my experience, there are at least three factors that can influence our judgment and make a shopping a hard test.

First, ads. Apparently, product's ads are the most influential power through which the mind of potential customers can be shaped. Ads can not only embellish the outlook or the quality of products, but even possible to encourage people to buy something they actually do not need. On the other hand, because ads are aimed to improve the sales of products, they usually intend to exaggerate the advantages of products and conceal or understate the disadvantages. In that way, ads can often change our decision by shifting our attention to product's merit and ignoring its defect. For instance, if you just watch one car’s ads without a chance to see and use the real car, you might be attracted by its gentle curve and beautiful color. However, if you drive the car personally, you may find that the interior of the car is much worse than its outlook and the power is not strong enough as you expected. Those defects were not shown in the ads, so customers are deceived to some extent.

Another important source to influence our decision is the opinion and comment from others, especially someone we familiar with, friends, for instance. In this occasion, we always apt to consider others point of view as valuable one because they after all have contacted with the product directly. I planned to buy an iphone6 since my old cell phone stopped working. However, I abandoned that thought after an inquiry with one of my friends who already brought one and was not satisfied with its new system, IOS8. Besides, he also warned me that the iphone6's battery was not as powerful as what Apple told customers. As the result, I changed my mind and brought a GalaxyS5 instead.

The third factor is the changing price of a product. It is a common situation people meet frequently: in the beginning, you think the price is not commensurate with product's true value when product's price is relatively high. However, you may change your mind after the price is reduced even if the quality of product is not improved at all. In this case, while neither the quality nor people's requirement changed, a reduced price is still the most powerful factor to affect customer's decision.

According to the discussion above, ads, opinion from others and a reduced price may potentially change people's decision when they get involved in a purchase. Those are part of reasons why we always hesitant when facing numerous products and need to extract valuable resources from so many information.  

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Because modern life is complex, it is essential for young people to have the ability to plan and organize.

As the rapid development of science and technology, our world is becoming increasingly complex and diversity. That's why I believe that the ability to plan and organize is really significant for young people who live in such a diverse society. Teenagers need to handle necessary skills, especially in the field of study and life.

When it comes to study, we should realize that the way of research and education has changed forever. Not like hundreds of years age or even decades of years ago, when people still lack of effective methods and equipment to develop their respective areas of science and technology, now day we already have numerous powerful tools to deal with our academic issues, that means we have a lot of ways to solve a specific problem. Thus, the ability to plan is necessary for young people who get involved in research. For instance, students are asked to gather and analyze data in a physics study. In order to finish the experiment, students need to plan and organize their research process in the beginning. Only through that way, plan and organize, can people find the most effective way to accomplish the research by using the most appropriate methods and equipment among a number of choices.

In the life aspect, on the other hand, the ability to plan and organize is also required for young people to live in a more comfortable way. In this modern society, we can choose different ways to spend our free time. For example, we can watch a movie, play video games with friends or even go to another country within several hours for a short vocation thanks to the development of transportation. When facing so many choices, if we cannot plan and organize our time well, our life would become a mass. My sister is a good example. Last week she had whole day's free time. There are several choices for her to spend the day: go to the park with her boyfriend, attend a party host by her friends or go to the library and study for her forthcoming examination. However, she had no idea about how to plan her time! Actually, she just slept and watched TV at home and done none of those three options.

According to my discussion above, we can clearly see that how the ability to plan and organize affect the study and life of young people. With better such skills, people can face and deal with complex problem well and make their own life much more comfortable. On the contrary, lacking that skill may follow the unexpected consequences.

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Do you agree or disagree: People buy products not because they actually need them, but because other people have them.

As the rapid development of our free-market economics, more and more kinds of products are becoming accessible to consumers. Meanwhile, people purchase diverse products for various reasons. That fact makes the assertion which said that people buy things because others have them instead of they need them unwarranted.

To beginning with, I disagree with that assertion because it implies that all people in the world buy products simply motivated by the fact that other people have them. I am sure of that because my father is a perfect contrary example. “Do I really need it?” That is the only question my father would ask himself before he do any purchase. He neither care nor know what other people have, because he considers himself as special-taste one and believes that any others' choices would not suit him. A few months ago, one of our neighbors bought a new car and attracted many people who live around us. Consider that prevailing car was in the sale and we just have ability to afford it, you might think my father would buy one as well since it is indeed a nice car. On the contrary, he just said that that car was not as good as people expected. And since our working place is not far from our house, a bicycle is enough. For my family, car is unnecessary.

According to the example of my father, we shall realize that there are at least some people who never care other's choices. In addition, another flaw of this assertion is that it assumes people have only two reasons to buy products: their own requirement and the fact that other people have one. However, in our real life, numerous factors would affect people when they buy things. For instance, ads will tremendously influence people's behavior regardless of people's real requirement and others' choices. Another factor is individual's special-taste just like what I mentioned in the case of my father. For example, my sister once brought a t-shirt in shopping. However, when we asked why she has chosen that one, even herself cannot figure out the reason and just said this t-shirt captivated her. Maybe the true reason was her special taste rather than any of two factors mentioned in the assertion.

Admittedly, part of people are do apt to depend on others’ action when do their own purchase, especially for kids and teenagers. They often beg their parents to buy toys or clothes because his/her classmate has one. However, as people grow up, individuals become increasingly rational and base more on their own requirement, their economic abilities and other factors than on others’ behaviors only when they purchase something.

In conclusion, the assertion is unreasonable because that not all people care about others’ behavior when do purchase and there are other reasons which might motivate people to buy products. Since individuals are different from each other, such arbitrary statement could not describe this diverse world comprehensively.