In some countries the wide spread use of Internet has given people more freedom to work or study at home instead of travelling to work or college. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

 

似曾相识燕归来！

 

现在有一种观点，有了网络，我们简直无所不能，其他什么都不需要了：

 

不需要去商店了，不需要博物馆了，不需要旅游了，不需要坐车去上班了，不需要去学校读书了，不需要老师了......

 

这些观点在雅思考试作文中都出现过，先带大家看看：

2017.3.25

In the past, the main role of the teacher was to provide information. Today, however, students can get access to a wide range of information. Therefore, some people think there is no role for the teacher in the modern education. To what extent do you agree or disagree?【不需要老师了】

 

2016.8.4

Some people think it's necessary to travel abroad to learn about other countries. However, other people think that it is not necessary to travel abroad because all the information can be seen at TV and the Internet.Discuss both opinions and give your own opinion. 【不需要旅游了】

 

2014.10.18

It is not necessary to travel to other places to learn about other cultures. We can learn from books, films and internet. To what extent do you agree or disagree?【不需要旅游了】

 

2014.4.26

People can work and study on the Internet without going to school or the company. Do the advantages outweigh its disadvantages? 

【不需要去上学，不需要去上班了】

 

2013.7.18

In modern society, it is possible to go shopping, work and communicate via the Internet without face-to-face contact with one another. To what extent do you think this is a positive or negative development? 

【不需要去购物，去上班，面对面交流了】

 

2012.1.12

Some people think government should build public libraries in every town. Others believe it is a waste of money because we can get information via internet at home. Discuss both views. 【不需要图书馆了】

 

2010.12.4

Museums are getting less important, when people can have access to information on the Internet. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 【不需要博物馆了】 

 

2010.5.15

Some people think that computers and the Internet are more important to a child's education than going to school. However, others believe that schools and teachers are essential for children to learn effectively. Discuss both views and give your own opinion. 【不需要学校和老师了】

不难看出，这些题目有一个共同思维模式：有了网络（书、电视），我们就可以获取各种知识和信息，因此传统的那些知识和信息传播方式都可以抛弃了。

 

那么，就这类题目，我们应该看到双面性：

 

一方面，现代信息科技的确丰富了我们信息获取的路径，让信息获取变得更加便捷容易，但是信息科技并不能取代学校、图书馆、博物馆，乃至旅游、购物，原因有三：

 

 

（1）网络信息庞杂，来源不明，以讹传讹很多，因此不是很可靠(unreliable)；

（2）网络信息零碎（fragmented)，流于肤浅（superficial)，因此不是很系统(systematic)；

（3）网络毕竟是冷冰冰的技术，缺乏人与人交流的温度（warmth），而实地旅游、购物、上学、上班、去博物馆、图书馆会带来一种人际体验(interpersonal contact)，而人际体验是我们人生的重要组成部分(interpersonal contact is an important part of our life’s experience)。

 

老师笔记

 

01

 

Internet is so powerful that many people would say that our life today has been completely transformed by it. Indeed, Internet has made it possible that we work and study at home without having to travel to work or to school. However, while we can save our commuting time by working and studying at home, we also risk losing some other essential things.

 

互联网如此强大，很多人会说，我们今天的生活已经完全被它改变了。事实上，互联网已经使我们可以在家里工作和学习而没必要去上班或上学。然而，虽然我们在家工作和学习可以节省通勤时间，但我们也有失去其他非常重要的东西的风险。

 

解析

 

（1） 本段为引入段：因特网的强大-我们没有必要去上班或上学-这样做有风险。

（2） transform 改变

（3） commuting time 通勤时间

（4） risk doing... 冒险做......

（5） essential 重要的

 

 

02

 

To start with, our efficiency may be reduced if we choose to work and study at home though we are allowed more freedom in doing so. It is no longer necessary for us to get to work at 9 in the morning or leave school at 9 in the evening because the last metro is due at that hour. Yet this greater schedule flexibility may actually work against us, for it is the pressure that all of us need, without which we can never have our work done on time. Our workplace and the school are able to provide this type of pressure by setting various kinds of deadlines for us to meet while home is never such a place.

 

首先，如果选择在家工作和学习，我们的效率可能会降低，虽然这样做我们有更多的自由。我们不再需要在早上9点去上班，或在因为最后一班地铁到点的原因而必须在晚上9点离开学校。然而，这种更大的安排灵活性实际上可能对我们不利，因为我们所有人都需要压力，没有压力，我们根本就无法按时完成工作。工作场所和学校设定了各种需要我们完成的期限，从而能够提供这种压力，而家却绝不是这样一个地方。

 

解析

 

(1)本段论述在家工作学习可能降低我们的效率，因为我们需要压力，而上班和学校才能给我们这种压力。

(2) efficiency 效率

(3) flexibility 灵活性

(4) deadline 期限

 

 

03

 

Furthermore, the home-based work and study mode is not satisfactory because work and study are activities that require cooperation and communication. Through Internet we can of course cooperate and communicate, yet it is different from the face-to-face interaction because it lacks the personal touch that is key to all human activities. Sometimes a facial expression or a body gesture can carry muchmore messages than meet the eye. The complete reliance on the Internet for cooperation and communication, therefore, is neither reliable nor effective.

 

此外，基于家庭的工作和学习模式不令人满意，因为工作和学习是需要合作和交流的活动。通过互联网我们当然可以合作和交流，但它不同于面对面的互动，因为它缺乏个人感觉，而个人感觉是人类所有活动的关键所在。有时一个面部表情或身体姿势可以携带的信息比我们看见的要多得多。因此，完全依赖互联网的合作与交流，既不可靠，也不有效。

 

解析

 

(1)本段论述家庭模式的另一问题：它不利于工作和学习交流。交流需要个人感觉，而互联网不能提供这种感觉。

(2) home-based 基于家庭的

(3) interaction 互动

(4) personal touch 个人感觉

(5) more than meet(s) the eye 比眼睛看到的更多

(6) reliable 可靠的

 

 

04

 

To conclude, the Internet does give us a lot of freedom and flexibility in our work and study, but we should not entirely depend on it because it may make our work and study less efficient and effective. 

 

总之，互联网确实给了我们的工作和学习带来了很多自由度和灵活性，但是我们不应该完全依赖它，因为它可能降低我们工作和学习的效率和效度。