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1.科技的影响(工作、学习、生活)

2. & 科技(太空探索，理论研究)

3.现代媒介 vs传统媒介

4.传媒的作用

必备表达

科技的利弊

Pros

Cutting edge technology 技术

Technological innovations/inventions/advances/progressions 技术创新和进步

1.提高工作效率

Augment/enhance/boost efficiency/productivity

Liberate accountants from repetitive and complex calculations that are

Time-consuming and exhausting

2.方便信息检索

Information regarding(concerning/pertaining to) any area can be immediately

accessible

Easily obtain/attain/access information

3.促进交流

Facilitate communication /transcend geographical barrier

Communicate on a global scale/across the globe

4.方便生活

Facilitate people’s daily commuting

Multiple household appliances (air-conditioners---enjoy comfortable lives

without worrying about whether it is hot,cold or rainy outside; refrigerators

preserve food for longer ; vacuum cleaners--energy-saving & time-saving)

5.丰富生活

Spice up/enrich people’s life

Leisure time

Listening to music, surfing the internet or watching digital movies

6.医疗科技

CT-scans and B-type ultrasound scans aid doctors in diagnosing illness for

patients

With the invention of certain targeted vaccines, people finally put an end

to rampant epidemics/eliminate deadly diseases.

Cons

1.污染

Abuse of industrial chemicals has caused irreversible consequences

Increasing automobiles bring about air pollution

2.伦理问题

Ethnic problems caused by cloning human beings

3.侵犯隐私

Violate/intrude on/infringe on one’s privacy

Infected by viruses & attacked by hackers

4.阻碍交流

Overexposure to...

Socially isolated

Impede/hinder communication

利弊权衡

Double-edged sword 双刃剑

Advantage/merit/strength/benefit 优点

Disadvantage/demerit/weakness/defect/drawback/shortcoming 缺点

(Far) outweigh/overshadow/outshine 大于

投资科技的优点

Inspire/stimulate/nurture/attract scientific minds

Turn out to be fruitful much later

Exert far-reaching/profound effect/impact

社交传媒的利弊

Pros

Disseminate information

Keep in touch with/reconnect with old friends

Bridge previously insurmountable physical distances

Promote public participation and civic engagement

Objective, unbiased and truthful reporting

Inform people with updated news

Cons

The validity of this information cannot always be verified

Misleading, misrepresented, distorted news