"Following the several-year development, no longer is the Octopus restricted to apply in the MTR service only. Its wider uses bring more advantages to users."
Write an essay showing how much evidence there is to support the above statement.
In recent years, not only has the Octopus card been confined to apply in MTR service but also in other areas such as cinemas, vending machines, supermarkets, and anywhere that you may list. In addition, it acts as a security pass in private housing estates, offices and school campuses. The rapid development of this technology benefits us in terms of shopping convenience and working efficiency as well as effectiveness.
With an Octopus card, we now can go anywhere in the city without carrying so much cash. We merely wave our cards over the card readers. Every beep the card makes implies a successful deal, making transaction procedure simpler. This saves customers’ queuing time meanwhile cashless transactions also reduce sellers' burden of safeguarding cash. In minimizing tedious administrative tasks, the Octopus helps save time.
Octopus can be adopted as a security pass in private housing estates and commercial offices. Users no longer have to memorize the passwords and the management office does not have to change passwords regularly. Along with the security ground, the involving parties have no loss in their timeliness. How convenient it is!
In addition, students can use Octopus to buy snacks school payments. Parents would not worry their children bringing too much cash. For the schools’ benefits, their efficiency will be raised and administrative work will be reduced.in tuck shops and it can be also used for miscellaneous school payments. Parents would not worry their children bringing too much cash. For the schools’ benefits, their efficiency will be raised and administrative work will be reduced.
The payment mode via the Octopus enhances our quality life. Even though you inadvertently misplace the Octopus, the loss is small fry as you rarely store too much amount in the card. All in all, the benefits of using Octopus far outweigh its drawbacks.
2010年2月16日星期二
2010年2月15日星期一
[Technology] Mobile Phones
'Along with the technological progress, mobile phones have more diverse designs and embrace more functions, contributable a lot more to our modern life than it used to.'
Write an essay showing how much evidence there is to support or disprove the above statement.
Wouldn’t you have thought of mobile phone not simply bringing people together in its early development? No matter how brief the time this social technology has been around, not only has mobile phone now acted as a fashion item, but it also becomes one of key personal belongings with which young people define themselves. The extra features found on mobile phones allow us to accomplish as many amazing tasks as possible with them. However, technology advance bolsters convenience; meanwhile your privacy is easier to invade. Upon a mobile phone in your hand, it seems as though you griped a two-edged sword.
Mobile phones, like cars and clothes, are fashion items: people generally replace them, long before they actually wear out. We may have more than one and switch between different phones. Turning over a magazine, you find new model promotion accounts for almost one-fourth of advertisements. How well new models get are the focus of some fashion columns and the chatting topics among friends. Without a certain interest and knowledge on mobile phones, you surely trail behind your peer group.
People use mobile phone to present their lifestyles. What sort you have, how you handle it and how you customize it say a great deal about you. The handsets, bewildering as they are in shapes and sizes, is to cater for users’ diverse and peculiar characters: a sportier model for energetic youngsters, a streamlined phone profile for decent ladies and a prominent handset appearance for businessmen. Mobile phone is not for communication merely, it gives a feel of users’ distinct tastes.
The functions of modern phones, such as cameras, mobile television and storage space for hundreds of musicm tracks, are so common in use that we are tied up with them every minute: sending SMS, playing java games, surfing the net, listening to music tracks and etc. In fact, the texting function via SMS makes pager service obsolete. You seldom hear the beeper sound on the street any more. Instead, you see people send messages diligently on their phone. The functional progress of mobile phone revolutionizes our living mode.
Yet the convenience afforded by mobile phones also carries some hidden problems. We are annoyingly bombarded by unsolicited direct-marketing calls, leaving little room for our private liberty. In addition, with more personal particulars contained in the phone, such as text records, photos and short videos, your living is fully projected inside it. Losing your phone means raising the chance of exposing your personal safety to risk.
Under the acutely competitive business environment, manufacturers are keen to add extra features to mobile phone. The trend is: the smaller the handset, the more advanced the function. For more convenience and security, we would expect to see that the mobile phone, like a molecule, is eventually implanted in our arm, making our living as in a scientific fiction.
Write an essay showing how much evidence there is to support or disprove the above statement.
Wouldn’t you have thought of mobile phone not simply bringing people together in its early development? No matter how brief the time this social technology has been around, not only has mobile phone now acted as a fashion item, but it also becomes one of key personal belongings with which young people define themselves. The extra features found on mobile phones allow us to accomplish as many amazing tasks as possible with them. However, technology advance bolsters convenience; meanwhile your privacy is easier to invade. Upon a mobile phone in your hand, it seems as though you griped a two-edged sword.
Mobile phones, like cars and clothes, are fashion items: people generally replace them, long before they actually wear out. We may have more than one and switch between different phones. Turning over a magazine, you find new model promotion accounts for almost one-fourth of advertisements. How well new models get are the focus of some fashion columns and the chatting topics among friends. Without a certain interest and knowledge on mobile phones, you surely trail behind your peer group.
People use mobile phone to present their lifestyles. What sort you have, how you handle it and how you customize it say a great deal about you. The handsets, bewildering as they are in shapes and sizes, is to cater for users’ diverse and peculiar characters: a sportier model for energetic youngsters, a streamlined phone profile for decent ladies and a prominent handset appearance for businessmen. Mobile phone is not for communication merely, it gives a feel of users’ distinct tastes.
The functions of modern phones, such as cameras, mobile television and storage space for hundreds of musicm tracks, are so common in use that we are tied up with them every minute: sending SMS, playing java games, surfing the net, listening to music tracks and etc. In fact, the texting function via SMS makes pager service obsolete. You seldom hear the beeper sound on the street any more. Instead, you see people send messages diligently on their phone. The functional progress of mobile phone revolutionizes our living mode.
Yet the convenience afforded by mobile phones also carries some hidden problems. We are annoyingly bombarded by unsolicited direct-marketing calls, leaving little room for our private liberty. In addition, with more personal particulars contained in the phone, such as text records, photos and short videos, your living is fully projected inside it. Losing your phone means raising the chance of exposing your personal safety to risk.
Under the acutely competitive business environment, manufacturers are keen to add extra features to mobile phone. The trend is: the smaller the handset, the more advanced the function. For more convenience and security, we would expect to see that the mobile phone, like a molecule, is eventually implanted in our arm, making our living as in a scientific fiction.
2010年2月14日星期日
[Technology] Mobile Phones
"Along with the technological progress, mobile phones embrace more functions, causing many problems to our modern life."
Write an article based on your observations, showing evidence to support the above statement.
Haven’t you seen people in public transports often keep themselves in doing something with their mobile phones? The progress of this social technology bolsters our convenience. However, our privacy is easier to invade. Upon holding a mobile phone in hand, it seems as though you griped a two-edged sword.
Mobile phones, like cars and clothes, are fashion items: Youngsters often wastefully replace them, long before they actually wear out. For the worse, they may have more than one and switch between different phones. This costs so much their pocket money, adding financial burden to parents.
It is not uncommon that we are harassed by unsolicited direct-marketing calls. Annoyingly, the cameras in the mobiles provoke indecent behavior. It could be seen in the newspaper that many ladies are snapshot especially when they are wearing miniskirts and are on the escalators. In fact, with more personal particulars contained in the phone, losing your phone means raising the chances of exposing your personal safety to risk.
The radiation emitted from the mobile phone poses threat to human’s health. It interferes our brains. To a certain extent, it greatly affects peoples' reproductive mechanism if the phones are hanged around the necks.
Technological advancement improves the quality of our life. However, it also has side-effects. It is crucial that we should take advantage of mobile phone's convenience but account of its possible negative effects.
Write an article based on your observations, showing evidence to support the above statement.
Haven’t you seen people in public transports often keep themselves in doing something with their mobile phones? The progress of this social technology bolsters our convenience. However, our privacy is easier to invade. Upon holding a mobile phone in hand, it seems as though you griped a two-edged sword.
Mobile phones, like cars and clothes, are fashion items: Youngsters often wastefully replace them, long before they actually wear out. For the worse, they may have more than one and switch between different phones. This costs so much their pocket money, adding financial burden to parents.
It is not uncommon that we are harassed by unsolicited direct-marketing calls. Annoyingly, the cameras in the mobiles provoke indecent behavior. It could be seen in the newspaper that many ladies are snapshot especially when they are wearing miniskirts and are on the escalators. In fact, with more personal particulars contained in the phone, losing your phone means raising the chances of exposing your personal safety to risk.
The radiation emitted from the mobile phone poses threat to human’s health. It interferes our brains. To a certain extent, it greatly affects peoples' reproductive mechanism if the phones are hanged around the necks.
Technological advancement improves the quality of our life. However, it also has side-effects. It is crucial that we should take advantage of mobile phone's convenience but account of its possible negative effects.
2010年2月13日星期六
[Technology] Mobile Phones
“Along with the technological progress, mobile phones embrace more functions, contributable a lot more to our modern life than it used to.”
Write an article based on your observations, showing evidence to support the above statement.
No matter how brief the time mobile phones has been around, this social technology now has not only acted as a fashion item, but also become one of dominant personal belongings with which young people define themselves. Likewise, the extra features found on mobile phones allow us to accomplish as many amazing tasks as possible with them.
Mobile phones, like cars and clothes, are fashion items: people generally replace them, long before they actually wear out. We even have more than one and switch between different phones. Turning over a magazine, you find new model promotion accounts for almost one-fourth of advertisements. It reveals that cellphones are so welcome to youngsters.
People use mobile phone to present their lifestyles. What sort you have, how you handle it and how you customize it say a great deal about you. It is their boast to have a mobile with prominent appearance and functions. They regard it as a symbol of their identity and status.
The multi-functions of mobile phone let us do various tasks such as sending SMS, playing java games, surfing the net, and listening to music tracks. The functional progress of mobile phone revolutionizes our lifestyles.
Under the acutely competitive business environment, manufacturers are keen to add extra features to mobile phone. We would expect to see that in the near future, the mobile phone, like a molecule, is eventually implanted in our arm, making our living as in a scientific fiction.
Write an article based on your observations, showing evidence to support the above statement.
No matter how brief the time mobile phones has been around, this social technology now has not only acted as a fashion item, but also become one of dominant personal belongings with which young people define themselves. Likewise, the extra features found on mobile phones allow us to accomplish as many amazing tasks as possible with them.
Mobile phones, like cars and clothes, are fashion items: people generally replace them, long before they actually wear out. We even have more than one and switch between different phones. Turning over a magazine, you find new model promotion accounts for almost one-fourth of advertisements. It reveals that cellphones are so welcome to youngsters.
People use mobile phone to present their lifestyles. What sort you have, how you handle it and how you customize it say a great deal about you. It is their boast to have a mobile with prominent appearance and functions. They regard it as a symbol of their identity and status.
The multi-functions of mobile phone let us do various tasks such as sending SMS, playing java games, surfing the net, and listening to music tracks. The functional progress of mobile phone revolutionizes our lifestyles.
Under the acutely competitive business environment, manufacturers are keen to add extra features to mobile phone. We would expect to see that in the near future, the mobile phone, like a molecule, is eventually implanted in our arm, making our living as in a scientific fiction.
2010年2月12日星期五
[Technology] Misusing and Overusing of Technology
'The rapid development of technology enhances our quality life. However, the misuse and overuse of technology could present risks to us.'
Write an article based on your observations, showing evidence to support and disprove the above statement.
Many activities that we do every day are assisted by technology. Technology helps to save time, raise the effectiveness of our daily routine and improve our quality of life. The Internet, mobile phones and Octopus cards are only a minority. Needless to say, they are of paramount importance to us. However, the price paid for the advancement of technology, its hidden crisis behind, is substantial.
The Internet enhances our convenience through different means. Improved communication, easy information access and exchange, enriched entertainment and efficient business transactions are virtues brought by the Internet. Blog, xanga and msn for communication, search engines such as Yahoo and Google for information access, forums for information exchange, online games for entertainment and official websites for online shopping are now very common. Meanwhile, computer crimes, such as hacking and frauds, easily arise. Hackers are likely to hack into others’ computer systems when users are surfing the net, causing destructions. Young ladies who are rustlers in chatrooms are easily deceived by their so called netfriends. It is not uncommon that quite a number of ladies who went dating with their netfriends were harassed or even raped. Consumers’ privacy is easy to invade when they pay through the net as their particulars may be misused by others.
Mobile phones are essential to all walks of life. This is proved by the recurrent advertisements of new models appearing in various media. Mobile phones especially cater to the needs of people who frequently contact with others from time to time regardless of location problem. Not only can this social technology now function as an ordinary phone in the past, they allow users to browse the net, face-to-face conversation, playing java games…Yet it somehow carries hidden problems. As the modern features such as cameras, videos and text records allow users to capture their everyday living in the phones, this, however, raises the chances of exposing their personal safety to risk in case of losing the phones.
Octopus cards are now multifunctional. Apart from being used in public transports, they could be used in private housing estates for security systems, school campuses for administrative systems and other shops as a means of payment. As consumers, we no longer have to bring lots of cash when hanging out. As householders, we can simply wave our cards over the card readers when entering the buildings. Just holding a card is enough for various payments. How convenient it is! Octopus seems to be user-friendly; however, no one could guarantee that there are no evil uses of our personal information if our cards fall into the wrong hands.
Technology revolutionizes our living mode and thus raising our quality of life. On the other hand, the more advance it is, the higher the risks accruing to people. It is wise for us not to over-rely on the assistance of technology. Otherwise, we have to bear the ruthless consequence.
Write an article based on your observations, showing evidence to support and disprove the above statement.
Many activities that we do every day are assisted by technology. Technology helps to save time, raise the effectiveness of our daily routine and improve our quality of life. The Internet, mobile phones and Octopus cards are only a minority. Needless to say, they are of paramount importance to us. However, the price paid for the advancement of technology, its hidden crisis behind, is substantial.
The Internet enhances our convenience through different means. Improved communication, easy information access and exchange, enriched entertainment and efficient business transactions are virtues brought by the Internet. Blog, xanga and msn for communication, search engines such as Yahoo and Google for information access, forums for information exchange, online games for entertainment and official websites for online shopping are now very common. Meanwhile, computer crimes, such as hacking and frauds, easily arise. Hackers are likely to hack into others’ computer systems when users are surfing the net, causing destructions. Young ladies who are rustlers in chatrooms are easily deceived by their so called netfriends. It is not uncommon that quite a number of ladies who went dating with their netfriends were harassed or even raped. Consumers’ privacy is easy to invade when they pay through the net as their particulars may be misused by others.
Mobile phones are essential to all walks of life. This is proved by the recurrent advertisements of new models appearing in various media. Mobile phones especially cater to the needs of people who frequently contact with others from time to time regardless of location problem. Not only can this social technology now function as an ordinary phone in the past, they allow users to browse the net, face-to-face conversation, playing java games…Yet it somehow carries hidden problems. As the modern features such as cameras, videos and text records allow users to capture their everyday living in the phones, this, however, raises the chances of exposing their personal safety to risk in case of losing the phones.
Octopus cards are now multifunctional. Apart from being used in public transports, they could be used in private housing estates for security systems, school campuses for administrative systems and other shops as a means of payment. As consumers, we no longer have to bring lots of cash when hanging out. As householders, we can simply wave our cards over the card readers when entering the buildings. Just holding a card is enough for various payments. How convenient it is! Octopus seems to be user-friendly; however, no one could guarantee that there are no evil uses of our personal information if our cards fall into the wrong hands.
Technology revolutionizes our living mode and thus raising our quality of life. On the other hand, the more advance it is, the higher the risks accruing to people. It is wise for us not to over-rely on the assistance of technology. Otherwise, we have to bear the ruthless consequence.
2010年2月11日星期四
[Technology] Misusing and Overusing of Technology
"The rapid development of technology enhances our quality life. However, the misuse and overuse of technology could present risks to us."
Write an article based on your observations, showing evidence to support and disprove the above statement.
In this modern society nowadays, technology does enhance our living standard. The Internet, mobile phones, Octopus cards are the major items that cannot be separated from our daily life as they are essential for everyone. The social technology on one hand brings us convenience but on the other hand carries potential problems.
The Internet fosters communication via online chatrooms, messengers, blogs…People could communicate with each other without time and location constraints. Apart from that, it is also a tool for seeking information and exchange information. Yahoo and Google are the dominant search engines which help us to find relevant information within a second. Blogs and online diaries allow users to share their life experiences and feelings. Official websites of business corporations help to promote their products and some even let consumers purchase products through their websites. It is observed that the Internet can generate revenue. However, computer crimes likely arise. Hacking which destroys people's computer systems, computer frauds which make users' privacy easy to invade and indecent behavior regarding online dating commonly occur.
From adolescents to adults, almost everyone has got a mobile phone. Mobile phones become necessities in this decade. In public areas, whether on the street, in public transports, in shopping malls and in restaurants, there are always people who are playing with or talking on the phones. In fact, handy phone is another tool which shortens distances among people. We can talk to anyone we want at any time and any place. With the advancement of technology, no longer can we merely listen to the voice of the person we are talking to but also see his or her face as well. On the contrary, the features of the multifunctional phones allow us to capture our everyday living in them which would increase the risk of exposing our personal particulars if our phones fall into the wrong hands.
We can use Octopus cards to make payments in many places now. They could also be used to differentiate our identities in private estates and school campuses as well. These smart ID cards help people save time and avoid bringing loads of coins. But similar to mobile phones, they store a lot of personal details which may easily be misused by others if they are lost.
It is better for us to strike a balance between the convenience brought by the advancement of technology and its possible problems, which means we should not over-rely on it.
Write an article based on your observations, showing evidence to support and disprove the above statement.
In this modern society nowadays, technology does enhance our living standard. The Internet, mobile phones, Octopus cards are the major items that cannot be separated from our daily life as they are essential for everyone. The social technology on one hand brings us convenience but on the other hand carries potential problems.
The Internet fosters communication via online chatrooms, messengers, blogs…People could communicate with each other without time and location constraints. Apart from that, it is also a tool for seeking information and exchange information. Yahoo and Google are the dominant search engines which help us to find relevant information within a second. Blogs and online diaries allow users to share their life experiences and feelings. Official websites of business corporations help to promote their products and some even let consumers purchase products through their websites. It is observed that the Internet can generate revenue. However, computer crimes likely arise. Hacking which destroys people's computer systems, computer frauds which make users' privacy easy to invade and indecent behavior regarding online dating commonly occur.
From adolescents to adults, almost everyone has got a mobile phone. Mobile phones become necessities in this decade. In public areas, whether on the street, in public transports, in shopping malls and in restaurants, there are always people who are playing with or talking on the phones. In fact, handy phone is another tool which shortens distances among people. We can talk to anyone we want at any time and any place. With the advancement of technology, no longer can we merely listen to the voice of the person we are talking to but also see his or her face as well. On the contrary, the features of the multifunctional phones allow us to capture our everyday living in them which would increase the risk of exposing our personal particulars if our phones fall into the wrong hands.
We can use Octopus cards to make payments in many places now. They could also be used to differentiate our identities in private estates and school campuses as well. These smart ID cards help people save time and avoid bringing loads of coins. But similar to mobile phones, they store a lot of personal details which may easily be misused by others if they are lost.
It is better for us to strike a balance between the convenience brought by the advancement of technology and its possible problems, which means we should not over-rely on it.
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