GRE英語(yǔ)作文點(diǎn)評(píng)：又一篇6分大作

　　Issue 17

　　"The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time."

　　The speaker contends that technology's primary goal should be to increase our efficiency for the purpose of affording us more leisure time. I concede that technology has enhanced our efficiency as we go about our everyday lives. Productivity software helps us plan and coordinate projects; intranets, the Internet, and satellite technology make us more efficient messengers; and technology even helps us prepare our food and access entertainment more efficiently. Beyond this concession, however, I find the speaker's contention indefensible from both an empirical and a normative standpoint.

　　注意這種新結(jié)構(gòu)：運(yùn)用了大量的事實(shí)作出對(duì)原文觀點(diǎn)的讓步性同意，但是在最后還是有所創(chuàng)新的提出自己的讀到見解。這種開頭給人一種很爽的感覺——have forcibly posed your viewpoints.讓我們記住：The speaker contends that...I concede that...Beyond this concession, however, I find the speaker's contention indefensible from both an empirical and a normative standpoint.

　　The chief reason for my disagreement lies in the empirical proof: with technological advancement comes diminished leisure time. In 1960 the average U.S. family included only one breadwinner, who worked just over 40 hours per week. Since then the average work week has increased steadily to nearly 60 hours today; and in most families there are now two breadwinners. What explains this decline in leisure despite increasing efficiency that new technologies have brought about? I contend that technology itself is the culprit behind the decline. We use the additional free time that technology affords us not for leisure but rather for work. As computer technology enables greater and greater office productivity it also raises our employers' expectations--or demands--for production. Further te

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