Some people think that social networking sites have a huge negative impact on both individual and society. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

17年最后一场雅思是的大作文是关于社交网络对个人和社会是否有负面影响的问题。

那么社交网络到底有什么负面影响呢？很多同学可能已经感受到，社交网络在方便我们交流的同时，已经对我们造成了一些影响，比如社交网络使人沉迷，占据了许多时间；社交网络还会带来网络安全问题，我们的隐私也会随之泄露等。但是，我们是否要因为社交网络带来的负面影响而杜绝它呢？

本文认为，我们不应该因噎废食，反之在接触社交网络时，要合理安排时间，保护好自己的隐私，让它为我们服务，而不是为之所困。

老师笔记

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Some people believe that social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and Weibo, have exerted a huge negative impact on individuals as well as the society. For me, I partly agree with this opinion. 

有些人认为，社交网站，如脸书、推特和微博，对个人和社会都产生了巨大的负面影响。对我来说，我部分同意这个观点。

解析

（1） 本段为引入段，直接进入话题，但在转述题目观点时对题目中的social networking sites进行了具体举例描写，这是题目改写的一种策略。

（2）  exert 产生

（3）  partly 部分地

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There is no denying that social network has brought us such a great convenience that we are able to contact others anytime and anywhere. Sharing personal feelings with their friends or strangers through words, photos or videos provides social websites users with great satisfaction so that they feel they are accepted by acommunity to which they belong.

不可否认，社交网络给我们带来了极大的便利，我们可以随时随地与他人联系。通过文字、照片或视频与朋友们或陌生人分享个人的感受，给社交网站的用户带来了极大的满足感，让他们觉得在所属社区中有归属感。

解析

（1）本段先讲社交网站给我们带来的好处。

（2）satisfaction 满足

（3）community 社区

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However, those benefits are accompanied by a lot of potential negative influence. For one thing, individuals tend to be addicted to the Internet. Therefore, time and energy supposed to be spent in studying and working is wasted in renewing and browsing websites. For another, the issue of web security has already been a great concern for the whole society. For example, some people, especially teenagers and elder people, fail to realize that not only our friends but also strangers have access to the personal information in the social websites. They post their real names, photos or family addresses on their public homepages and allow them to be viewed by others. Consequently, the rate of Internet fraud gradually rises since criminalswill make use of the leaked personal information for illegal purposes.

然而，这些好处伴随着许多潜在的负面影响。一方面，个人往往沉迷于互联网。因此，本应花在学习和工作上的时间和精力就浪费在更新和浏览网站上了。另一方面，网络安全问题已经成为全社会关注的焦点。例如，有些人，特别是青少年和老年人，没有意识到，能够看到我们在社交网站上个人信息的不仅有我们的朋友，还有陌生人，他们在公共主页上发布真实姓名、照片或家庭住址，而且让他人浏览。因此，互联网犯罪率逐渐上升，因为犯罪分子将利用泄露的个人信息做非法用途。

解析

（1）本段论证社交网站给个人和社会带来的潜在风险。

（2）accompany 伴随

（3）potential 潜在的

（4）be addicted to 沉迷于......

（5）have access to 可以使用，可以进入

（6）criminal 罪犯（的）

04

From the above discussion, it is clear that social networking sites can bring conveniences as well as dangers to our life. As social websites constitute such a significant part of our life that we now cannot do without them, we have to learn to use them properly so as to maximize their benefits and minimize their potential risks. 

从上面的讨论中，可以清楚地看到社交网站可以给我们的生活带来便利和危险。由于社交网站是我们生活中非常重要的组成部分，现在我们没有社交网站寸步难行，因此我们必须学会正确地使用它们，使其益处化，并限度地减少其潜在风险。

解析

（1）本段为结论段。

（2）constitute 是，构成

（3）cannot do without... 没有......不行

（4）maximize 使......化

（5）minimize 使......最小化

完整范文

Some people believe that social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and Weibo, have exerted a huge negative impact on individuals as well as the society. For me, I partly agree with this opinion.

There is no denying that social network has brought us such a great convenience that we are able to contact others anytime and anywhere. Sharing personal feelings with their friends or strangers through words, photos or videos provides social websites users with great satisfaction so that they feel they are accepted by a community to which they belong.

However, those benefits are accompanied by a lot of potential negative influence. For one thing, individuals tend to be addicted to the Internet. Therefore, time and energy supposed to be spent in studying and working is wasted in renewing and browsing websites. For another, the issue of web security has already been a great concern for the whole society. For example, some people, especially teenagers and elder people, fail to realize that not only our friends but also strangers have access to the personal information in the social websites. They post their real names, photos or family addresses on their public homepages and allow them to be viewed by others. Therefore, the rate of Internet fraud gradually rises since criminals will make use of the leaked personal information for illegal purposes.

From the above discussion, it is clear that social networking sites can bring conveniences as well as dangers to our life. As social websites constitute such a significant part of our life that we now cannot do without them, we have to learn to use them properly so as to maximize their benefits and minimize their potential risks.