1) In a recent issue of China Daily, I read a story about American high school students who can't do simple addition. It says that when the computerized cash register in a fast-food restaurant broke down, the girl who did a part-time job there had to stop work because she could not figure out how much change is owned back from a $10 bill.(通过报纸上登载的消息引出社会现象:高中生不会做简单的算术)
2) Many readers deplore the fact. It is true as science and technology develop, many old technologies are being lost. The end of mental calculations is only one example. Stop writing letters is another. But this is not necessary a bad thing. Must modern youth learn how to use an abacus and how to handle dial telephone? (尽管许多读者对此表示担忧,而作者认为这不一定是坏事)
3) I think the end of mental calculations and the abacus is an indication of social progress. This is no tragedy.They are vanishing because they can't satisfy the demands of modern people. Why should we use abacuses when we have electronic calculators and computers, a much faster tool? Why should we write letters each other when we have telephones and E-mail, a more efficient substitute?(阐明看法:这是社会进步的标志)
4) Furthermore, the development of science must be at the cost of obsolete technologies. For example, we will have no room to build comfortable modern buildings or convenient highways if old, traditional buildings are not demolished. Again, how would we develop the automobile industry if everyone insisted on riding bicycles? (继续谈论,认为社会进步必然要以淘汰旧的技术为代价)
5) With the progress of society and advance of science, it is unavoidable for some old technologies to be made obsolete and extinct. It is a natural law. In this light, the American girl is not to blame. (结论:回到文章开头,认为不会算术不应受指责)
闪光点:
1. 用报纸上一则消息引出文章的主题,使文章开头具有新意。
2. 首尾呼应:文章结束仍回到开头提到的报纸上的消息。
3. 修辞设问:Why should we use abacuses when we have electronic calculators and computers, a much faster tool? Why should we write letters each other when we have telephones and E-mail, a more efficient substitute? How would we develop the automobile industry if everyone insisted on riding bicycles?
4. 用词变化:old technology--obsolete technology, the development of science-the advance of science, faster tool--more efficient substitute
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