computerize（Computerized Tomography）

过去人们的生活是否比现在要更幸福？

过去的人们没有电脑没有网络，是枯燥无聊还是单纯快乐？

你的观点是什么呢？

更享受现在休闲娱乐多元化的世界还是怀念过去简单的小幸福？

题目及解析

1.Do you agree that parents put more pressure on students in school than ever before?

Agree:

Parents have to do so in order to make their children survive the fierce competition in the future.父母为了孩子能在激烈的竞争中生存下来不得不这么做。

It is the requirements of the school and teachers that enforce the parents to do so.学校与老师的高要求让父母只能这么做。

Disagree:

Students nowadays have got a great variety of choices in entertaining themselves.现在的学生们有很多娱乐放松自己的选择。

Parents have provided their children with more options in and outside school.家长给学生提供了很多课外的选择。

2.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement that technology has made people’s life a lot easier than before?

Simply：

Comparing with the life several years ago, our life is more comfortable and convenient.与早些年相比，我们的生活更方便舒适了。

The student can easily capture more knowledge than the past they use the paper printed book. 和过去看纸质书相比，学生们能获得更多知识。

We can meet the people they want by using the software such as face-time at any place and any time. 我们能随时通过软件与想见的人会面。

3.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The world is changing quickly? People are less happy than before.

Agree:

the dissatisfaction comes from comparing with others.不快乐来源于与他人的比较。

The pollution of air and environment becomes more serious.空气和环境污染更严重。

Feel more stressful from study and work.人们学习和工作的压力更大了。

4.是否现代年轻人了解世界比父母年轻时了解得多?

Agree:

With the development of the technology, the computer is more and more important to our daily life. 随着科技的发展，电脑在我们日常生活中越来越重要。

The young people know much about it while the old face difficulty dealing with the computer.年轻人在面对电脑问题时比长辈们更懂。

The young people are basically well educated, so they are more knowledgeable than the olds. 现在的年轻人基本都接受了教育，所以他们比长辈们懂得多。

必备词汇

开阔视野 widen one's horizon

父母的引导 guidance of parents

辍学 drop out

有见识的 knowledgeable

贫困 poverty

社会保障 social security

不平等 inequality

受良好的教育 well-informed

文化生活 cultural life

没有受过教育的，无知的 uneducated

落后的 backward

接受新思想 embrace new ideas

受过良好教育的人民 a well-educated population

教育节目 education show

人工智能 artificial intelligence

用计算机处理，使计算机化computerize

人工智能 artificial intelligence

科学知识 scientific knowledge

文明的，开明的 enlightened

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