Chủ Nhật, 1 tháng 9, 2013

Computers are smaller than humans

ĐỀ THI 29/8/2013

Scientists  increasingly  believe  that  computers  are  smarter  than humans.  Some  people believe that there are some advantages of  this development while some people believe that it is detrimental. Discuss and give your opinion.
 

Agree
- save money and time in word
- humans become multi-tasking
- enjoy rich entertainment life

Disagree
-  become passive and dependent
-  not all computers can do tasks well
-  affect learning of children and relationship


Computers are prevalent these days. Some people think that they are even more  intelligent than humans and help them with a variety of
tasks while others claim that their appearance causes troubles as well. My essay will discuss both sides of the issue for the following reasons.

On  one  hand,  the  existence  of  smarter  computers  is  believed  to streamline people's lives greatly. When it comes to work, by using this little machine, we  are  emancipated  from  laborious  hand-writing, letter-sending, compiling papers to saving files. No sooner do we finish our assiduous days at work than we can also bask ourselves in the world of music and games available on computers. Amazingly, certain devices connected with computers function as multi-tasking robots to do housework and take care of the elderly in emergency cases. To those who are avid readers, by surfing the net on computers, they are about to discover the endless source of novels  and stories.  In other words, computers flatten people's lives to an astonishing extent.

Nevertheless, along with their great gains are pains. Spending hours in front  of  computer  screen,  people  are likely  to  suffer  a  series  of threatening  diseases  like  migraine,  insomnia, obesity and poor eyesight. Surveys have shown that the number of people experiencing overweight  increases  ceaselessly  these  years  as  a  result  of  computer syndrome. In addition, it is argued that as a consequence of depending on computers for various tasks, people grow passive in thinking and dependent instead of nurturing their critical ability. For children who are addicts to computers' games, their study and future are definitely put in danger. Such unremitting flows of uncontrollable and unfiltered information on the Internet drive people crazy and mislead them. Also, since  the  dawn of computers, people  rarely spare  time together and bury  themselves  in  the  virtual  world,  which  possibly  puts  their socializing  world  at  risk.  Furthermore,  despite  the  belief  that computers  can  replace  teachers  in  classrooms,  it  is  undeniable  that were it for the role of mentors, students would hardly feel inspired to learn  and  foster numerous  important  living  skills  from  team-work, communication  and  self-study.  Computers  are  of  certain  use,  but hardly become substitutes for our brains after all.

In  conclusion,  computers  bring  double-edged  benefits.  The  most important is that we learn to master computers instead of letting them dominate our lives overwhelmingly.


- Detrimental (adj) : có hại, bất lợi = adverse
- Streamline (n) dòng nước, luồng không khí (v) sắp xếp hợp lý hóa, tổ chức cho có hiệu quả hơn
To streamline people’s lives greatly : sắp xếp cuộc sống con người tốt hơn
- Emancipate /i’mensi,peit/ (v) giải phóng = liberate / release / free (v)
-  Compile / kəm´pail/ (v) biên soạn, sưu tập
- assiduous (adj) : siêng năng, chuyên cần = hard working/ laborious/ diligent / industrious/ painstaking/sedulous
                    (n) sự chuyên cần : assiduity/ assiduousness/
laboriousness/ diligence                / industriousness/ sedulousness
- bask (v) : phơi nắng, tắm nắng
 To bask  ourselves  in  the world of music
- Avid  /´ævid/ (adj) khao khát = emulous (adj)
(v) yearn + for sth/ to do sth = desire  = desiderate = aspire + to/after/at  = hanker +  after sth
(n) sự khao khát : desire = appetite /
ˈæpɪˌtaɪt/ = hankering = yearning +after/for
- astonishing (adj) kinh ngạc = surprising = amazing
- migraine / ‘maigrein / (n) : (y học) chứng đau nửa đầu
- insomnia (n) ( y học ) chứng mất ngủ
- ceaseless / ‘si:slis / (adj) : không ngừng       - increase ceaselessly
- syndrome (n) (y học) hội chứng       - computer syndrome
- unremitting (adj) : liên tục, không giảm, không ngừng bao giờ
- bury oneself in /beri/ (v) : vùi đầu vào ...
bury themselves in  the virtual world : vùi đầu trong thế giới ảo
- socialize world (v) hòa nhập , thích nghi với xã hội
- mentor (n) người thày thông thái, dày kinh nghiệm
- foster (v) thúc đẩy, khích lệ = encourage = promote = inspirit = incite
- substitute (v) (adj) (n) người/ vật thay thế = replace (v) / replacement (n) = instead of  (giới từ)
- double-edged (adj) 2 lưỡi (dao)                         - double-edged benefits
- dominate (v) chi phối, thống trị  = (adj) directive

- overwhelming (adj) áp đảo

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