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2007.7.15第二次练习
Task 2
Some people believe that the use of animals for experimentation purposes is cruel. However, others think it is necessary for the development of science. Discuss both view and give your own opinion.
(2006.5.27)
Nowadays, there is a hot debate on whether to use animals for experimentation purposes. Opponents of animal research point that animal testing is cruel, while others hold the opinion that it would be necessary for the development of science depending on the advantages of animal testing. In some cases it would be somewhat inhumane to use animals for experimentation, but I think animal testing is needed only in the medical research for the reason that high-tech cannot help human being alternate methods of testing. It is much more cruel to test new drugs on human being.
First of all, animal testing in medical research benefits scientists even all mankind a lot. Scientists test new drugs only on these small animals such as rabbits, monkeys or fishes that are raised in laboratory for experimentation purposes rather than test these drugs on those endangered animals or wild ones. This testing allows them to have an idea about whether the new drugs produce effects or adverse effects so as to reduce the number of human death resulting from the use of unknown drugs. Even though opponents claim that animal testing is ineffective, they still benefits from these kinds of new drugs when they suffer from diseases. High-tech nowadays cannot help us change the way to test the new drugs. Thus, animal testing always plays an important role for the development of medicine.
Secondly, I think animal testing is not really cruel as opponents imagine. Scientists treat these experimented animals well. They recognize them as the family members of themselves. When scientists start with animal testing, they will pet animals in order to comfort them as well as carefully reduce their anxiety and stress. Using animals for medical research is not the same as animal cruelty. Small raised animals live well in the laboratory. The feather or fur of experimented animals is not used to make clothes. Scientists always keep them as their companions.
If animal testing is used in other fields such as military field, I am against this kind of experimentation. It is unacceptable to test chemical and biological weapon on animals. Human should prevent military cruelty of animals. Nuclear weapon is forbidden on human being. Why to test it on animals? Animal testing in this way is cruel for them.
As above mentioned, testing on animals is necessary just for the development of medical science. Taking their contribution in the medical research into consideration, we all appreciate what they’ve brought to us. However, I will vote against the experiments on animals in other fields.
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第一次练习
Task 2:
Earlier technological development brought to more benefits and changed the life of ordinary people than the recent technological development ever will. To what extent, do you Agree or Disagree?
(06.7.29 考试题目)
It’s no doubt that the earlier technological development brought us some benefits and changed the life of ordinary people indeed. If there was no technological development in earlier times, we would live in original tribes or some stone houses as our ancestors without modern facilities, such as the invention of light and telephone. However, the recent technological development still plays an important role in the promotion of flourishing modern civilization. As far as I am concerned, our human beings all benefit a lot from the earlier and recent technological development.
One of the most important things people need to consider is that without the development of technology in earlier times, nowadays our human beings have still been living in the primitive society where men till the land and women weave cloth by hand. Without the earlier technological development there would be no ear known as the period of industrial revolution. It is true that ordinary people’s lives had been changed by the earlier technological development and it helped the whole world turn over a new leaf. Earlier technology brought us benefits, for example, industrial automation helped people work efficiently, the invention of light and telephone brought us the new lighting equipment and communication tool, and automobiles & airplanes developed the traffic transport industry. Moreover, recently the products of electronic and information age are related to the invention of former ages.
The other thing still shouldn’t be ignored is that the recent technological development offers us conveniences. It’s easy to think out that with the help of recent high-tech most of the impossible things become possible. We can predict precisely with the help of computer when the earthquake will happen so that the government and local people are able to take measures avoiding disaster, while by the satellite communications we can know what the people living in the other side of earth are doing. From now on complex calculation is simple, business online is flourishing, and even whether criminals lie or not can be detected by the lie detector. Our living environment is better now owning to the development of recent technology.
To sum up the above mentioned, I do believe that the earlier technology promoted the industrial development while the recent technology still plays the key role in people’s lives helping us live better and better. It is untrue to think a lot in which period we benefit more. Each period of technological development plays the same important part in society.
[ 本帖最后由 jessie_deng 于 2007-7-23 14:36 编辑 ] |
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