Is the Internet a Blessing or a Curse?-互聯(lián)網(wǎng)是福是禍?,Is th

　　Is the Internet a Blessing or a Curse?-互聯(lián)網(wǎng)是福是禍?

　　Is the Internet a Blessing or a Curse?

　　Internet is an octopus whose feelers are avariciously stretching out and touching almost every field of our daily life as well as geographically every corner in the world. The current wisdom asserts that in times of information, internet serves primarily to quicken the pace of technical innovation. But I wonder what internet has, in reality, brought to the mankind in our practical day-to-day life.

　　Internet makes us a fool to whom those big companies dump their trashy goods. One may joyfully say that shopping online shows him/her the ease of life in a modern life. But it is actually not that easy. It suffices to say that the choice of goods online is very limited and the quality is totally unworthy of the high prices.

　　What's more, internet rapaciously plunders the resources of our spirit. For that matter, it is not just a cultural wasteland,but a vacuum, which sucks the very soul of civilization and art out of the user.

　　One needs to look no further than teenagers to observe how they gradually turn into mouse potatoes and had it not for the in ternet, they would have employed those precious time to develop a meaningful hobby which will, by contrast, last for a life time.

　　Let me quote another example. Last week, Sharon, one of my roommates, came back from the school library, complaining that she spent two hours of staring at the material to decide how to find a small cut to begin with her paper and found it did not help. Then she turned to the internet for help. She just switched on the computer, hit those "lovely" keys, moved the "flexible" mouse, and then control C plus control V, and it was done! Everything was O. K. within one hour. It conspicuously implied that the excessive exploitation of internet drives people lazy. And the so called "net culture" provides us nothing but a vulgar world where nonstandard language is flowing while sex and violence are sweeping over.

　　Last but not least, internet overturns our traditional way of interpersonal communication. Someone came out and claimed that only on internet did people open their heart and tell the very truth of their own. However, in my point of view, if a person dares not speak frankly face to face, which means he is supposed to bear the responsibility of what he said, how could you expect him to interact from the bottom his heart online? Thus, communication online only promotes an opportunity for those idlers to fulfill curiosity.

　　In conclusion, internet is a curse to us rather than a blessing. It accelerates our pace of life but does no good to improve the quality of our life. I have often reflected upon the new vistas that internet has opened us, only to find that its demerits out weighs its merits. The only thing I can say now is that let us cast out nets forward.

　　簡 評

　　本文有兩大特點(diǎn)頗為值得注意。

　　第一，文章立意新穎，與眾不同。作者沒有盲從主流觀點(diǎn)而對網(wǎng)絡(luò)大唱贊歌，更沒有簡單地克隆或復(fù)制這些表面的、大眾化的見解。作者對網(wǎng)絡(luò)本質(zhì)的批評是對所有高科技的要害的批判。作者的批判超出了已經(jīng)引起大眾關(guān)注并認(rèn)可的黑客、病毒及網(wǎng)絡(luò)犯罪等具體的技術(shù)弊端，而是站在更高的人文關(guān)懷的角度對網(wǎng)絡(luò)這一新生事物加以深入的思考，并一語中的地點(diǎn)出對網(wǎng)絡(luò)的依賴會導(dǎo)致人類最寶貴的原創(chuàng)力的喪失或弱化。

　　第二，較強(qiáng)的語言駕御能力。本文除了主旨立意高出一般文章之外，作者對語言的駕輕就熟也可見一斑。文章的引言段開篇十分有趣。作者借助比喻的修辭手段勾勒出網(wǎng)絡(luò)無孔不入的擴(kuò)張性，隱含著其可怕的摧毀力。因為在西方文化中，章魚是一種邪惡勢力的象征，是制造社會及思想混亂的猛獸。更耐人尋味的是作者在文章結(jié)尾處呼應(yīng)開篇的比喻，“讓我們?nèi)鲩_彌天大網(wǎng)”，表明作者對人類戰(zhàn)勝邪惡勢力的信心。公正地說，本文具備相當(dāng)?shù)奈膶W(xué)價值。

　　(點(diǎn)評教師：趙蓉)

　　Is the Internet a Blessing or a Curse?-互聯(lián)網(wǎng)是福是禍?