2012年8月9日雅思写作考试
Task1
关于home smokery的流程图，考了烟熏食品炉的结构和做法。
Task2
Mobile (cell) phones and the Internet play an important role in the way in which people relate to one another socially. Is this a positive or negative development? What is your opinion?Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
有关手机和互联网成为人们越来越重要的社会工具的利弊。
写作思路：
第一段：介绍背景，电讯技术取代了面对面的交流方式
第二段：人们的联系增加；独立性增加
第三段：关系的质量下降；亲情交流被手机干扰太多
第四段：科技的好坏取决于我们如何用它
Since the invention of the internet and mobile phones, face-to-face communication no longer holds the dominant role in human interaction it once had. Undoubtedly these technical advances have facilitated more convenient and greater amount of communication between people.
Obviously the unprecedentedly increased communication connects people more easily. No one can easily manage our various relationships unless we register the Facebook or any other social networking site. Thanks to cell phones, people can contact one another in real time and this significantly boosts working efficiency. Telecommunication also empowers modern people with more independence. For example, children equipped with a mobile phone can be allowed to go further because the parents would feel safe to be able to get in touch with their children at any time. Some school children are even sent abroad for travel or education, and the family tie is partly maintained by such video chatting tools as MSN or Skype.
While we enjoy an instant connection with one another, our relationships are actually getting fragile. Messaging or talking on phone eliminates all non-verbal expressions. However, researchers suggest that body and facial expressions are crucial to relationship as they carry the most significant part of conversation. Therefore, over-relying on the internet and cell phone to interact with others can easily cause misunderstanding, thereby undermining trustworthy relation. Another negative aspect of telecommunication is that people’s personal relationship is interfered in real life. It is typical that people are ready to receive any call any time even when they are at a family get-together dinner table.
To sum up, a new invention does not necessarily mean a good thing or bad. It is neutral in nature. The important thing is that how we utilize it. The Internet and cell phones can definitely be put into good use as long as we do not take for granted that it can totally substitute for traditional way of relating to others.
词汇拓展：
hold the dominant role 起主要作用
boost working efficiency 促进工作效率
unprecedentedly 从未有过的
register 注册
social networking site 社交网站
facilitate 使…便利
family tie 家庭纽带
fragile 脆弱
non-verbal expressions 非语言表达
facial expressions 面部表情
substitute for 替代
undermine 消弱
interfere 干扰
neutral 中性的
utilize 使用
take for granted 想当然
参考范文：
Now that you are benefitting from the use of the mobile phone and the Internet as social media as well as social interaction, could you imagine what your daily lives would be like without these inventions ? Living in this age of information technology may be a blessing, but there seems an undesirable feeling under disguise. For that matter, probably what you like would be social connectivity and what you dislike might be personal anxiety.
It is a positive development that people have found it so easy to relate to one another electronically and share instantly in the social context. As technology has advanced, so has the need to remain contact with friends, family and loved ones. Through digital networking, the cell phone and the Internet have opened doors to the current generation's lives, as previously unheard of. While it goes without saying the many benefits that the Internet has to offer, the latest hand phones are well-equipped with high-end features catering to a variety of communication needs from voice calls to text messaging. Apart from being able to help connect people anywhere and anytime, new handsets of innovative technology boast cutting-edge functions designed to upgrade work performance and provide fun factors, all at your fingertips. Besides, what do you have to say about Facebook, Twitter and Google+ that are out there on your computer screens or on your smartphones?
Nevertheless, the heavy use in social networking of the mobile phone and the Internet causes anxiety, not to mention the negative effects produced by possible radiation. Chances are that these gadgets are getting you on nerves. It is not so much because of such networking devices keeping you on alert 24/7 as because of the thought of being without them sometimes. So, there are feelings of increased anxiety during the absence of social mobility, as if when you were psychologically alone in the middle of nowhere. And yet, once people being connected, it appears to be no end of interactive communication, particularly when driving, for instance. In this case, the epidemic of people using cell phones to talk and to send text messages via the Internet behind the wheel could give rise to more of a hazard than drunk driving.
As long as social interaction is concerned, it may be said that the hi-tech mobility is like a useful gift from heaven rather than a psychological disease from hell. The benefits of social interaction through the cellular and the Wi-fi seem indeed too good to be blamed. Whatever, there is no turning back to the age of B.C. (Before Computer).
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