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ISSUE30 - "The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time."

Technological Advances on a Global Scale
Technological applications in such tech areas as RFID, GPS, biometrics, WAAS, robotics, information technology; as well as, wireless communications.

IF, Part 1 and IF, Part 2: Information Technology.
Information literacy is related to information technology skills, but has broader implications for the individual, the educational system, and for society. Information technology skills enable an individual to use computers, software applications, databases, and other technologies to achieve a wide variety of academic, work-related, and personal goals. Information literate individuals must necessarily develop certain technology skills for success in any tech endeavor.

Biometrics, Part One: Measuring physical characteristics for greater security and Identification.

GPS: Global Positioning Systems; a satellite-based navigation system made up of a network of 24 satellites placed into orbit around earth by the U.S. Department of Defense.

nanotechnology: The science of building devices at the molecular and atomic level; RFID applications will also be used in healthcare (for monitoring patients), construction (for managing projects and equipment), and even transportation (for monitoring baggage and passengers in airports) for example, a single data bit might be represented by only one atom some time in the future. Beyond being used in computers and communications devices, nanotechnology could be used to build devices, change the properties of materials, and extensively modify elements in biotechnology.

RFID: Radio Frequency IDentification; an identification technology that uses radio technology for transmitting signals. The technology is similar to bar code technology, but RFID can store more information and does not have the physical limitations of bar coding.

Robotics: Human-like machines that serve mankind.

WAAS: Wide Area Augmentation System; a system of satellites and ground stations that provide GPS signal corrections, providing even better position accuracy.

Wireless Communications: In modern usage, the term refers to communication without cables or cords, chiefly using radio frequency and infrared (IrDA) waves; for example, wireless networking of computers.


社会高速发展的今天，科技与生活是紧密相联，密不可分。在十多年前，我是无法想象现在能坐在家里买到想要的任何东西，也无法想象足不出户就可以旅游天下美景，更无法想象只要我输入我想知道的内容就能马上找到答案。这一切的一切，都归根于科技的发展。

     大家可能知道了，今天我要提到的是电脑科技的发展带给社会的影响。大事我不必去说，我就从我自身的亲身体会说起吧。记得1995年我选择了计算机读这个专业，当初报考时，我根本就不知道计算机到底是什么样的，只是想像着可能跟家里的电视机差不多，只不过它是坐在那儿动动手指头就行了吧。后来到了学校里学些最基本的编程语言，像basic,，pasic. 汇编啊,c++啊，能用这些编点小玩意儿已是很开心了。用的系统呢也是dos的。直到1997年，我们学校里终于有了windows系统，可哪有什么大的作用啊，对我们这样的人来说。于是在1998年，我们很快有了INTERNET，但上网的费用很高。那时一般的企业单位还没有上网，已上网的单位也没几个人会用。记得当时与我在网上聊天的都是一些网管之类的，有几位，现在这一行里都混得不错了，哪像今天，说不定与我聊天的是个小学生或是清洁工。

      可没过几年，internet以惊人的速度进入了千家万户，现在连一丁点大的孩子都知道计算机是什么样的，连我上幼儿园的儿子都会一点网页浏览了，知道他自己的主页如何打开，如何关闭。哪会像我当时连什么样都没见过。城市里的机算机普及率就更高了，差不多要达到家家户户都有了吧。现在哪个单位要是没上网，一听肯定就是小小穷家庭作坊了，君不见，连卖衣服的小店主都搞台电脑玩玩了，还到处发发最新货物的广告贴子。

      在今天，电脑的应用太大广了，可以说复盖了生活的角角落落。你看，发文件，传真，写东西需要电脑；付款收款要进行网上银行，找客户，做广告internet理不了；看新闻，游世界，足不出户样样通晓。现在只要有了一台电脑并上了网，你都可以找到你想要的一切，网上购物，让你在家就可以享受到你要的一切，而不必到处逛街；学习者，不但可以查找资料还可以网上学习，且不必挤公交怕雨淋了；好旅游者，可以不必支付大笔的费用，且免去旅途劳累就可以在网上欣赏到你要看的地方；爱好交友者，可以通过网络结识各行各业的人甚至跨跃国界，有缘者还能成就一段美丽的网络姻缘；商务出行者，可以通过网上订房订机票， 找到价格相对底廉的同等房子飞机等。

甚于对于航天技术、医疗技术、天文学、微机物等各种高科技领域的电脑应用就更广更深了，我就不作例子了，这是大家都有目共睹的。

当某一天，我家里停电了，或是我的电脑出故障了，我不知道在家里除了干体力活，我还能做些什么了。我不能玩游戏，不能聊天，不能看新闻，不能工作，不能写博，有了电脑之后，人似乎也中了病毒，没了它，就全崩溃了！

    电脑带给人们的影响是如此之大，它归根结底是在于科技的发展，科技的发展影响着社会的发展，社会发展了，人们的生活水平也就提高了。所以说科技发展与社会生活是紧密相联的，这也就是为什么当今社会的竞争，其实就是人才的竞争！

GRE英语作文6分点评

The speaker contends that technology's primary goal should be to increase our efficiency for the purpose of affording us more leisure time. I concede that technology has enhanced our efficiency as we go about our everyday lives. Productivity software helps us plan and coordinate projects; intranets, the Internet, and satellite technology make us more efficient messengers; and technology even helps us prepare our food and access entertainment more efficiently. Beyond this concession, however, I find the speaker's contention indefensible from both an empirical and a normative standpoint. 　　注意这种新结构：运用了大量的事实作出对原文观点的让步性同意，但是在最后还是有所创新的提出自己的读到见解。这种开头给人一种很爽的感觉——have forcibly posed your viewpoints.让我们记住：The speaker contends that……I concede that……Beyond this concession, however, I find the speaker's contention indefensible from both an empirical and a normative standpoint. The chief reason for my disagreement lies in the empirical proof: with technological advancement comes diminished leisure time. In 1960 the average U.S. family included only one breadwinner, who worked just over 40 hours per week. Since then the average work week has increased steadily to nearly 60 hours today; and in most families there are now two breadwinners. What explains this decline in leisure despite increasing efficiency that new technologies have brought about? I contend that technology itself is the culprit behind the decline. We use the additional free time that technology affords us not for leisure but rather for work. As computer technology enables greater and greater office productivity it also raises our employers' expectations——or demands——for production. Further technological advances breed still greater efficiency and, in turn, expectations. Our spiraling work load is only exacerbated by the competitive business environment in which nearly all of us work today. Moreover, every technological advance demands our time and attention insgroupsto learn how to use the new technology. Time devoted to keeping pace with technology depletes time for leisure activities. 　　精华：注意breed的含意：generate, bring in可以说，这就是自己的见解，这就是the power ofshavingsbeen thinking。作者一反常规，提出advanced technology在给人类带来这样那样的方便的同时，反而在蚕食人的time and energy。 I disagree with the speaker for another reason as well: the suggestion that technology's chief goal should be to facilitate leisure is simply wrongheaded. There are far more vital concerns that technology can and should address. Advances in bio-technology can help cure and prevent diseases; advances in medical technology can allow for safer, less invasive diagnosis and treatment; advances in genetics can help prevent birth defects; advances in engineering and chemistry can improve the structural integrity of our buildings, roads, bridges and vehicles; information technology enables education while communication technology facilitates global participation in the democratic process. In short, health, safety, education, and freedom——and not leisure——are the proper final objectives of technology. Admittedly, advances in these areas sometimes involve improved efficiency; yet efficiency is merely a means to these more important ends. 　　确实精彩！读者也会不得不承认technology has resulted in short, health, safety, education, and freedom——and not leisure, the final destination. In sum, I find indefensible the speaker's suggestion that technology's value lies chiefly in the efficiency and resulting leisure time it can afford us. The suggestion runs contrary to the overwhelming evidence that technology diminishes leisure time, and it wrongly places leisure ahead of goals such as health, safety, education, and freedom as technology's ultimate aims.

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