雅思大作文专项突破：快节奏的生活

雅思大作文专项突破：快节奏的生活

本文收集整理了雅思大作文专项突破：快节奏的生活。这是目前常见的、高频的雅思写作话题，同学们在备考时可以边写边学，积累写作素材，以便在考试中更胸有成竹。

Topic 14: It is said that the fast pace of our everyday life, as a direct result of the rapid development of telecommunications technology and travel industry, has negative effects on individuals, nations and the globe. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

解析:移动电话、因特网和现代交通工具使人们的生活节奏加快，其主要原因是人们交流更加方便，而且旅行也变得更加便利、频繁。值得注意的是，很多考生可能会去考虑电讯科技和交通行业的发展对人类产生的影响，而事实上，本题考查的是生活快节奏对人们产生的影响。

负面影响：

?快节奏的生活使人与人之间的相互交流减少(personal interaction reduces),人们很难保持和改善与朋友亲人的关系(hard to maintain and improve relations with friends and family members)，这对社会和家庭都是有害的(detrimental to family life or social relations within or outside of work);

? 快节奏的生活会引起疾病(lifestyle diseases , such as obesity, stroke, diabetes, heart diseases )

正面影响：

? 提高了效率和生产力，促进了信息交流和贸易往来(promote trade activity across the border);

? 效率的提高使人们有更多的娱乐时间，生活更加丰富(leisure lives have been enriched) 。

范文

Not surprisingly, many aspects of people's daily lives have undergone considerable changes because of the recent development in technology. It is a particular concern that the pace of everyday life is becoming faster, resulting from the development in cars, air travel, telecommunications technology and the Internet 。As well as benefits, this trend is to bring problems.

On the positive side, the fast rhythm of life requires people to enhance efficiency when working and then allows them to enjoy longer leisure time. With the advance in telecommuncations people can make inquires by phone, instead of travelling long distances, Internet access

makes it possible (for one to perform various tasks without leaving their offices. Even though people have to travel every now and then, for meeting business partners, visiting clients in other cities or other purposes, modem transport networks reduce the amount of time they spend on commutes.

The acceleration of the pace of life also implies the expansion of people's social circle. In the past, social relationships were limited by physical factors such as geographical distance and low mobility, but nowadays, one can travel further and get acquainted with more people with those technological advances, such as the railroad, the automobile and the telephone. For instance, the rapid penetration of telecommunications technology has made the mobile phone a key social tool and people rely on their mobile phone address book to keep in touch with their friends.

On the negative side, the fast-paced lifestyle is responsible for the upsurge in lifestyle-related problems. Jobs become demanding and require workers' full commitment, resulting in their depression and pressure. Underneath the facade of continued contraction of official working hours, employees are actually working longer, primarily because fax, e-mail or other communication devices have made them accessible