观点类大作文，科技类话题
Many people think modern communication technology is having some negative effects on social relationships. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
题目来源：2017年2月16日大陆雅思大作文
题目大意：
很多人认为现代通讯科技对社会关系造成了很多负面影响。是否同意？
思路解析：
这是一道观点类大作文，讨论的是现代通讯技术的利弊问题，难度不高，审题时注意要围绕着“modern communication technology”来进行，由于“现代通讯技术”我们日常都有在使用，诸如微信、QQ、facebook等，因此非常容易联想到，我们建议从反对角度切入更好写，下面就和大家一起来具体看下观点。
现代通讯技术造成的负面影响主要有两方面。一是人们相比以往更加依赖通过软件进行交流而不是面对面，在这过程中，文字所能传达的情感和信息量会远低于面对面沟通，进而可能造成双方关系的疏远甚至误解。二是人们通过社交软件可以更容易认识大量网友，因此有的人花费大量时间在这上面，但是却忽视现实中和身边人的沟通和交流，使得现实中人际关系变得糟糕甚至更加孤独。但是通讯科技不断发展过程中会逐渐修正一些弊端，比如上面提到问题，现在的通讯技术发展，已经能够使得人们通过视频来进行线上沟通，这将极大的改善双方信息沟通和情感得表达。而通讯技术作为一种科技技术，决定如何使用的依旧是人类本身。对于许多人来说，通过现代通讯技术能够起到改善或维系其社交关系的作用。那些在现实中有社交障碍的人，躲在屏幕后面进行沟通无疑让他们更加自在，也能认识更多人。远离父母在外工作或者生活的人，也能通过现代技术随时随地与亲人保持联系，加深互相之间的了解，而不用像以前定期才能见面沟通。而那些忽略现实中人际关系的人，更应该挖掘他们自身的原因并加以改善，而不是简单怪罪于现代通讯技术。
范文示例：
Technology has revolutionized the way people communicate in both personal and professional lives, linking humans in a real-time network across the globe. However, some worries that technology has also changed communication in many ways, and some of them are not for the better. From an objective perspective, I believe the truth is to be found somewhere in-between.
Technology is an easy target to be blamed for having undermined people’s social abilities. As people increasingly rely on typed words and stickers, their emotional sensitivity is decreasing. Non-verbal expression of feelings cannot be learned behind the screen in the way from face-to-face communication. However, for people who already suffer from social anxiety, the Internet is a safe barrier for them to function normally. Behind that barrier, they are inclined to feel more comfortable saying what they want without the risk of embarrassment. For them, it makes it easier to look at the screen than to look at someone in the eye.
Another point in dispute is that technology has affected the quality of communication with both positive and negative outcomes. It is also true that while technology is creating elaborate social networks online, it still unexpectedly is causing social isolation. In some cases, in-person contact is being replaced by online communication, which means strong social connections will be inevitably replaced with a larger number of much shallower connections, leading to situations where people may have large numbers of friends but few actual real-world companions. This can lead to depression and feelings of loneliness.
In conclusion, technology is neither good nor bad. It depends on how we use it. The problem is certainly not technology but the direction we have finally given to it. I strongly believe that it is time for us to understand that the responsibility belongs exclusively to humans who have to acquire a social conscience, to keep the balance.
相关词汇和语法结构：
undermine 破坏、逐渐削弱
sticker 贴纸
Non-verbal 非语言的
inevitably 不可避免的、必然的
embarrassment 尴尬、窘迫
exclusively 唯一的
conscience 良心、愧疚
