computer in our life 电脑与我们的生活

Computer in Our Life

According to one recent survey conducted by China Consumer Association, the computer penetration rate in urban area of China has already reached 40.6%, and this rate continues to rise. Computers, known as one of the greatest inventions in the 20th century, have vast influence on every aspect of human life. The original purpose of computers was for military in World War II; today computers have been brought in schools, corporations and ordinary families, and become an essential tool of social development. We can’t image what might happen without computers in our daily life. In a word, computers affect our life on such aspects: study, business, and entertainment.

Computer becomes an aid to students’study. Just take our English major students for example. Computer is an important component of our English learning. First of all, we can visit some western websites to scan the latest local news; we do not have to buy English newspapers or magazines anymore. Secondly, some homework our teachers assigned needs the use of information collection and selection. We all know it wastes a lot of time and energy to search for materials and documents in the library or to fulfill questionnaires that our paper requires. But with the assistance of computers, we can find more reliable and accurate information in a short time. What’s more, if we are only restricted to our textbooks and pay less attention to other relating information hidden between the sentences, we will lose valuable opportunities to broaden our horizons and the chances to think about problems from different angles. We can see the consequence and convenience computers bring us.

Now that we have known how computers impact students’ study, let’s move on to discuss its assistance in business field. One important knack of the corporation development is to adjust the production and distribution channel based on customers’ needs. More and more customers choose to give advice and suggestions on the websites, and there comes out some specialized bulletin board systems for discussing complaints and satisfactions about the products and services. The smart entrepreneurs are good at using their computers to generalize and analyze these opinions and make some appropriate adjustments. By using computers, the leaders of companies can also realize the newest trends of the same trade timely. Then they will make a decision whether to cooperate or to compete with other companies. The computer can also be linked to a camera, which makes it possible to have meetings with investors or stockholders in different countries when they are busy. These three advantages of the computer make companies be more successful and lucrative.

Besides giving assistance to study and business fields, computers affect our life by enriching our daily entertainment. Because of computers, we need not spend lots of money on our favorite albums, or wait for interesting program in front of a TV. In addition, we can play computer games in our free time to relax some nervous or unhappy emotions. By using some chatting software, we can keep in close touch with our old friends and get connections with new friends. Obviously, computers make our life more colorful and enjoyable.

To summarize, computers enable students to be more excellent in their study, help entrepreneurs to be more successful in their business, and help us to live more meaningful in daily life. It is really not surprising when hearing someone says “I can’t live without a computer.” The computer has changed our world in every aspect. Companied and aided by it, our life become more and more convenient, efficient, and fantastic.