第四次課對(duì)立雙方素材

1、People think that a hundred years ago, the human race was steadily improving in every area of life. Nowadays, there is no certainty of this case. In which areas do you think we have made important progress nowadays? In which area do you think we still need to make progress?科技提高了效率 2. 溝通技術(shù)交通使得我們更多了解世

2、界。1. 溝通技術(shù)創(chuàng)造了更多交流機(jī)會(huì) 現(xiàn)代人冷漠，孤獨(dú) 1. 忙碌，工作量太大 1. 環(huán)境惡化了（這個(gè)素材）（更多了解世界）一：科技提高了效率，機(jī)器取代了。（沙發(fā)，喝著茶）（再也不用書信）（）二：溝通技術(shù)使得人們孤獨(dú)。三：現(xiàn)代人更加忙碌了。四： 壞境破壞了（素材）The human race has experienced drastic changes in the past one hundred years. In some fields the human race has made progresses while there are also areas that require

3、our efforts to make improvement. 第二段：People are to some extent justified in stating that _我們?nèi)〉昧撕艽蟮倪M(jìn)步_. 交通的改善使得我們能夠去任何想去的地方。一個(gè)早飯?jiān)趥惗爻缘娜丝梢栽谕砩闲蕾p巴黎的夜色。然而，在過(guò)去人們被困在自己出生的地方。年輕人尤其因?yàn)榻煌ǖ母纳偏@益，他們對(duì)世界充滿好奇，同更多的各行各業(yè)的人接觸幫助他們獲得成功所需的技能和經(jīng)驗(yàn)。（參考之前的素材）第三段：機(jī)器大大提高了人們工作的效率，緩解了人們physical burden. 現(xiàn)在的員工一天之內(nèi)能夠完成過(guò)去一個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)一周才能完成的工作。So

4、wing machines 取代了plows, 現(xiàn)在農(nóng)民再也不用再烈日下辛勤工作。Machines have greatly improved efficiency and relieved people of physical burden. An employee can finish in a day a task that used to take a team a week to complete. Farmers do not have to toil under the scorching sunlight (環(huán)境重要并且遭受了破壞) 很重要，如果要高分。但是伴隨進(jìn)步而來(lái)的是對(duì)環(huán)

5、境的前所未有的破壞。環(huán)境是國(guó)家能夠長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)發(fā)展的基礎(chǔ)。環(huán)境不好的國(guó)家是沒有太多的未來(lái)的。for example，一些國(guó)家，政府最大化利潤(rùn)的愿望使得他們不在意sustainable development. 他們過(guò)度開采natural resources，剝奪了子孫后代chances for further development.這樣的社會(huì)遠(yuǎn)不是一個(gè)完美的社會(huì)。 Coupled with A is B. coupled with improved technology is the unprecedented damage to nature. With A comes BWith improve

6、d technology is the unprecedented damage to natureEnvironment is the basis of long-term development for a countryCoupled with A is B. damage to nature the unprecedented damage to natureEnvironment is the basis on which a country can enjoy long term development.the basis on which sb. do sth. good pro

7、fessional skills are the basis on which a student can find a good job.However, coupled with the progress is the unprecedented damage to the environment, which is the basis for the long term development of a country. A country without good environment is deprived of a promising future. In some countr

8、ies, the desire of the government to maximize profits has made it indifferent to sustainable development. They have excessively/unduly exploited natural resources and deprived their children of the chances for further development. (deprive sb. of sth.) . A country without good environment is deprive

9、d of a promising future. A country without . is denied a promising futureIn conclusion, improved transport has allowed us to know more about the world, and machines have greatly improved our efficiency. However, the price we have paid is the damage to nature.Media report negative news to the public.

10、 Do you think it is Positive or negative?滿足人們的知情權(quán)。 2. 增強(qiáng)人們面對(duì)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的防范意識(shí) （this allows people to realize the potential dangers that they may face）小題大做 (the public might overreact to the negative reports)2.喪失信心積極：1. 滿足大眾知情權(quán) 消極：1. 可能使得滿足大眾知情權(quán) 2. 讓市民加以防范對(duì)社會(huì)喪失信心，使得大眾消極 個(gè)人作為社會(huì)的成員有知情權(quán)，這些新聞可以讓人們了解在哪些方面他們的權(quán)利受到了侵犯

11、，比如環(huán)境破壞問(wèn)題，比如腐敗，等社會(huì)不平等現(xiàn)象。因?yàn)?，這些事情同公眾的利益息息相關(guān)。 besides, 這些負(fù)面現(xiàn)象讓公眾更有防范意識(shí)。 （這些負(fù)面新聞讓我們更加意識(shí)到可能碰到的危險(xiǎn).(擴(kuò)展)Individuals, as the member of the public, have the right to know the important events. These pieces of negative news allow us to know whether our rights have been infringed on, for instance, whether the e

12、nvironment has degraded because of human activities or whether there are cases of corruption. （these events are closely related to the interests of the public）.For example, in China there is a province where people are satisfied with the government. One of the reasons is that media serve as the chan

13、nel by which the government asks the public for advices on how to solve the existing problems that the government is facing.The channel by which sb. do sth. 某人做某事的渠道 However, to say there are advantages does not necessarily mean that there is no drawback_. (過(guò)多的負(fù)面現(xiàn)象使得人們對(duì)社會(huì)懷有悲觀的看法。)人們對(duì)與社會(huì)的認(rèn)識(shí)主要來(lái)自于媒體。過(guò)多

14、的負(fù)面的消息會(huì)使得我們忽視它在一些方面的進(jìn)步，對(duì)于社會(huì)產(chǎn)生偏見對(duì)社會(huì)喪失信心。生活在世界上福利制度最好的國(guó)家的人可能會(huì)質(zhì)疑政府做出的努力，如果出現(xiàn)了一起公共腐敗事件。 (stick to )。 make us ignorant of the progress that the government has made in some areasMake sb. pessimistic about the society/ harbor pessimistic views against the society/懷有 hold 經(jīng)常用harbor prejudice against sb. har

15、bor grudge against sb.However, to say there are advantages does not necessarily mean that there is no drawback_. People may have/harbor pessimistic views of the society because of the negative news .Our understanding of the society comes mainly from media. Too much negative news makes us ignore the progress that the government has made in some fields. It is also likely that the public might lose confidence in their government. People living in a society with the best welfare system may still doubt the efforts of the government, if there is a si