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第一组 1、As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate. 当人们越来越依赖技术去解决问题，人类独立思考能力却退化。 Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. 诚然，在某些方面，过度的依赖技术确实会降低人类独立思考的能力。比如现在的学生更依赖于网络查询资料，而不经过自己独立的思考（students are more reliable on the Internet to search studying materials than before, while they do not consider the problems by themselves.）（科技的发展使得人们不再有必要去培养很多方面的思考能力。并且科技发展也给人类社会带来了很多负面的影响，如环境污染，更加残酷的战争，以及愈发扭曲的人性，等等。飞速的信息常常会打乱人们独立的思考从而可能会阻碍或减慢独立心思想的形成。） 但是，这些技术不仅给人类提供了许多便利和好处，而且在大多数的情况下，增长了人类的思考能力。比如，这些技术提高了人们的衣食住行、受教育水平、平均寿命、医疗保障、应对自然灾害等的能力。（ex. 1. In preindustrial times, deaths at young and middle age were common, and lifespans over 70 years were comparatively rare. Due to the development of medical insurance, the present male life expectancy in the UK is 77 years for males and 81 for females. 2. In order to explore the sky, Wright brothers invented and built the world’s first successfully airplane in 1900s. The first manned spacecraft was Vostok 1, which carried Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into space in 1961, and completed a full Earth orbit.） (有了更高的生活水平（健康水平）和普及教育后，人类有了更多对某个问题进行独立深入思考的机会，从而在宏观上体考了人类平均的思想力) 在一些领域，技术促进了人类的思考。比如天文望远镜（telescope）使得人类加深了对外太空的思考。(先的科技带动新的发现,从而引领人们进行新一轮的思考，形成一个良性循环，并不断刺激着人类的求知欲，激励人类去探索自然，去了解自己。) 比如新闻技术的提供，人们加速了对整个世界的思考。（媒体的飞速发展也是的世界进一步一体化公开化，使得人们的思想受到外来思想的影响而不会闭塞）（the development of media helps people learn our world better and deeper. We can learn the situation in Libya and Gaddafi through newspaper and Internet easily and think deeply about the peace of the world. Various of scandals are exposure to the public by the media investigation, and we have the chance to consider more a