technology 上课笔记

Some people believe the range of technology available to individuals today is increasing the gap between poor people and rich people. Others think it is having an opposite effect. Discuss these points of view. What is your opinion?
View 1:
1. Greater comfort and ease
Rich people= people with good financial status
Well-off families
Wealthy people can afford the life with greater comfort and ease. Convience
1.1 high-tech household appliances
1.2 user-friendly/multi-functional gadgets/electronics 1.3 speedy vehicles/ private cars/ spend time waiting for bus/ stay in the bus packed with people/ enjoy travelling out even on rainy, sowny days
1.4 automatical household items curtain
2.Training/education
Cutting-edged/ state-of-the-art technology is not accessible for the poor people.
2.1 access to the education/training
2.2 technology is considered as an intellectual capital
In modern society, cutting-edged technology is the key to a big success. The key to a fortune
2.3 upgrade the equipment/ hardware/facilities
3.People who are less computer literate or carry on manual work would probably be laid off.
3.1 traditional skills/technique
Struggle on the brink of extinction
Small-scale
With limited market share
View 2
Close/bridge the gap between the rich and the poor
1.Technology boosts/intensifies the competition among different manufacturers, and thus making the price of commodities lower/more acceptable
Making daily necessities affordable.
______________, which ____________
______________, and thus doing ________________. Electronics --- mobile phones --- affordable
2.Long-distance travel --- prevalent/ubiquitous
3.Beyong the reach of common/ordinary
people=civilians
1.Biodiversity
2.Farmland is heavily occupied as factories
3.Natural habitats are taken up
4.Flora and fauna species go extinct/die out
5.Food web/chain is broken
6.Air pollution--- wider use of private cars --- exhaust fume/gas --- poisonous/toxic gas --- global warming -- acid rain
7.Air conditioning/fridge ---- ozone layer
8.Weapons of mass destruction
9.WebMD: self-research own symptoms
10.Everyone has the access to the internet.
11.Green energy/renewable energy
12.Solar energy/wind/tide energy
13.Biochemical energy
14.Sewage --- filter ---- recycle
15.Eco-friendly/recycled materials
16.Energy-saving and less-polluted products
17.Non-biodegradable rubbish
2009/08/08
1.Technology changes the way people interact with others.
2.Face-to-face communication/letter-writing/ telegram/
3.Social networks --- mobile phone/ a phone call/text message/SMS/ emails/ twitter/facebook/skype/ qq/ MSN/
4.Get in touch and keep in touch
5.Without the limit of time and space
6.Enlarge the circle of friends
To begin with, technology facilitates people’s communication. For one thing, a call on the phone, a message as well as an email could help people deliver their ideas to whoever concerned. People could also connect with others regardless of time and space. Even an international negosiation could be carried on within several minutes. For another, people are no longer limited in where they are living and working. With the help of social networking, people could enlarge the circle of friends.
Nowadays, it is evident for us to notice that technolgy changes the way that people interact with others. About 50 years ago, face to face communication or letter writing was the most popular way between people, and thus wasting a lot of time. At present, we are albe to use many available and convenient ways to commnicate with people, like mobile phone, a phone call, a textmessage or interacting with others in society networks. Without the limit of time and space, it is possible for us to make more friends who are not accessible for us to meet and understand or live in another country and enjoy another different culture. Because of that, the circle of friends would be enlarged.
Make friends with different complexions/different people coming from alien cultures.。