Ever since the industrial revolution, our lives have become increasingly dominated by technology. We live in a world which is dependent on labour saving devices and in which we all seem to crave the latest 'must-have' gadgets. Some people believe that technology has simplified our life, but I have my doubts about this. In many ways, our lives are now more complicated than before as a consequence of technology.

One example of how technology has made life complicated is the influence of TV and computer games. Many young people enjoy these, but have they ever thought about the problems that may arise as a result of watching TV or playing computer games too much? Many TV programmes and computer games contain obscene and inappropriate contents such as sex and violence, which may distort young people's values and lead to them developing unhealthy attitudes. Also, teenagers will often turn on the computer almost as soon as they come home from school. As a result, they may have very little face-to-face contact with other people and end up lacking normal social skills.

Another example of technology's potential to complicate our lives is in the field of telecommunications and the Internet. E-mail, MSN messenger, ICQ and mobile telephones are very popular nowadays. Although they are very convenient, people lose the opportunity to simply communicate face to face and become isolated. People also have to learn how to use this technology before they start using it; if they forgot even one simple step or do not click the right button, all their work can be destroyed. We spend so long learning how to use computer programs, and it seems that as soon as we have mastered one IT skill, a new program or an upgrade comes out, forcing us to start all over again. Technology which was supposed to help us to work more efficiently is instead eating into our free time.

An increasing number of crimes and misdemeanors are being committed online these days, too. Crimes such as downloading music or even forging credit cards are easy to commit if you have the technical know-how. Many girls go to chatrooms online where they are cheated or even seduced by men that they have never met who use false identities. We need to be aware of these risks and protect ourselves, and thus the opportunities offered by the Internet are accompanied with dangers and complications.

Also, technology makes us lazy. With the help of technology such as cars, we are able to travel from one place to another easily and so we don't have adequate physical exercise. This is bad for our health.

In all of these ways technology has made our lives more complicated and dangerous.

第二篇：雅思范文

v105 some people claim that the disadvantages of the car are more than the advantages, do you agree or disagree?

Private cars vs Public traffic

As traffic problems become more and more serious in many cities of developed and developing countries, their governments have to try hard and loads of money and energy have been spent to deal with them.

Firstly, it is not efficient for the commuters to use their private cars to and back from their workplaces. Occasionally we can see they have to sit on the wheels wasting time and fuel in a heavy traffic jam. At the same time, through burning the fossil fuels, green house gas CO2, CO1, acid rain gas SO2, fumes and dusts are being released into the atmosphere, all of which heavily overload the environment. Thirdly, with the increase of private cars, the road traffic accidents are also rise dramatically. For example, in a city with 5000 cars, there will be at least 250 accidents happening everyday, which also burden the public healthy services.

On the contrary, expected public traffic may be an ideal solution to these problems. For example city buses and railways are widely used or being constructed by many cities. People can take buses easily, which can be found every 10 minutes or less in the peak time. Actually, Nottingham Transport Company is building its own light railway in the city, which is announced by the speak man of the company, “It will be completed in the next year, the tickets will be very competitive and at the same time the travel will be very safe and comfortable.”

On the other hand, public traffic had its own disadvantages. Usually it cannot provide door-to-door service. It is inconvenient to go shopping by public vehicles. Sometimes you must wait a long time for the train. And quite a lot of people prefer to enjoy driving.

In conclusion, developing the public traffic is a useful approach to deal with these difficulties. One possible way, if not the best, is to taxi private cars heavily and use these revenues to provide citizens cheaper public traffic services

范文3 With the development of science and technology, the cars have already become the important component in our daily life gradually. Cars make our life convenient and swift. However, too many cars have caused very serious social problems. Some people claim that the disadvantages of car are more than the advantages. I doubt whether the argument can bear much analysis.

Since one century [ago], the auto industry has [been] developed at full speed worldwide, and has brought the enormous progresses to our life. For example, the car is the most convenient tool of transportation. We can [be] on and off duty by car every day, we can go to travel by car on the vacation, we can utilize the cars to deal with some emergency too. The car [is] playing an important role in our daily life. They make our rhythm of life faster and faster, make our business become more and more efficient.

On the other hand, the development of the automobile has brought a lot of infant industry to people, Give people countless employment opportunities too. Such as, manufacturing industry, repairing industry and maintaining industry. We are enjoying the convenience that the cars bring to us; at the same time we can utilize the auto industry

to support ourselves.However, we can not ignore that too many cars cause enormous social problems, for example, traffic jam, air pollution, traffic accident, to which we have to find a solution.

In a word, the cars have brought enormous change to our life; the advantages are far more than the disadvantages. We should recognize the merit of the cars, and do our best to solve the problems. If so, our life will be bright