Submitted by Julia Angás
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Task
Task
Essay on
computers: friends or foes?
Computers changed the world
we live in a long time ago. But was the change for good? The two texts contrast
different views on computers and discuss what we have gained and lost because
of them.
The first
extract argues that an enormous amount of information is now at our fingertips.
Anytime, anywhere now, a person can, within a few seconds, find out what the
biggest fish in the Amazon river is called, or
which the highest tree is in his home country. Anything can be researched and
found out straight away. Not only are we now able to access tons of
information, but we can also contact people who might be on the other side of
the planet.
The author of
the second passage puts forward the negative aspects of our computer-based
society. For example, that many people nowadays seem to be too absorbed by
their computer to notice the people around them or even to get up from their
chair. One current phenomenon is online shopping; people no longer need to go
to the shop to buy anything, since it will be brought to them with a few clicks
of the mouse. The writer suggests that soon we won't even have to think at all,
as every answer will be there on the screen, for the taking.
All things
considered, I am of the opinion that computers have the power to make our lives
marvelously easy. We just need to be careful not to let ourselves be absorbed
by them. At the end of the day, they represent progress, and a tool that we can
use to help us shape a better future.
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