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（12）Nowadays，distance-learningprogramshavegainedinpopularity（thoseteachingprogrammesthatinvolvetheuseofwrittenmaterials,video,televisionandtheInternet）,butsomepeoplearguethatcoursescanneverbetakenasgoodasthosebyattendingacollegeoruniversityinperson.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?

@#@Theadventoftheinternethasalreadychangedthewaysinwhichpeopleworkandleadtheirlives.Agrowingnumberofpeopleareconsideringdistanteducation,whichallowsthemtocompleteadegreeathome.Eventhoughdistanteducationisdifferentfromtraditionalcollegeeducation,distanteducationhasmanydistinctadvantages.Incontrastwithtraditionaleducation,distanteducationisflexible,therebymakingitpossibleforpeopletoovercomebarrierstoeducation.Onlinelearningissuitableforthosewhoarealreadyintheworkforce,parentswhohavechildcareresponsibilitiesandthosewhoarefinanciallystressed.StudentscanattendclasseswherevertheyhaveInternetaccess.Itisalsoworthemphasisingthatvirtualclassesareavailable24hoursaday,sevendaysaweek,sotheyareidealforthosewithabusylifestyle.Studentscanreviewalecturewhenitisconvenienttothem,reflectoncoursematerialsanddecidewhethertoproceedaftergrabbingkeyinformation.Thisisparticularlythecasewhentheuniversitythatisofinteresttostudentsislocatedinanothercity.Onemaindrawbackofdistancelearningisthatlecturershavenointeractionwithstudents,leadingtoafeelingofisolationinsomecases.Studentsarenotlikelytoreceivethesameinformationastheydointhetraditionalclassroomsetting.（sbdoesthesamethingassbdoes）Thisisthereasonwhythequalityofdistancelearningisquestionable,andawidelyheldnotionisthatitisnotintendedformainstreamstudents.Studentsarealsorequiredtoplantheirtimebythemselves,sotheyshouldbewell-motivatedandself-disciplined.Therefore,distancelearningisnotappropriateforthosestudentswhocannotstudywithoutteacherssupervision.Tosummarise,distantlearninghasmadeuniversityeducationmoreaccessible,becauseofitsflexibility.However,ithassomedrawbacks,suchasthelackofinteraction,soitisnotabletoachievethesamelearningoutcomesastraditionalcollegeeducation.（13）Peoplecanperformeverydaytasks,suchasshoppingandbankingaswellasbusinesstransactions,withoutmeetingwitheachotherface-to-face,Whataretheeffectsonanindividualandthesociety?

@#@Perhapsnothinghasbeenabletoexertagreaterimpactonourdailylivesthantelecommunicationstechnology（includingtheInternet）.Byusingcomputers,faxmachines,telephonesandotherdevicesforcommunication,peoplecanhandledifferentmattersathome.Theoveralleffectofthechangeispositive,althoughthediminishingface-to-facecommunicationmanybringaboutsomeproblems.Firstofall,thewidespreadapplicationofthesetechnologiescanimproveefficiency,allowingpeopletoexchangeinformationanddocumentsregardlessoftimeandgeographicallimitations.Manyworkingpeoplebenefitfromthistechnologiesinnovation,ashomeofficesreplacecommutes.Thedirectorsofmultinationalenterprisescancoordinatedifferentsubsidiaries（whicharenormallylocatedindifferentcountries）withouthavingtovisitthesesubsidiariesindividually.Itisalsoworthrememberingthatpollutioncanbemitigatedifpeoplestayhomeandlessenrelianceonvariousformsoftransport.Somepeopledonothavetotraveltoandfromwork,sotheenvironmentalimpactofcommutingcanbereduced.Theurbantrafficcongestionwillberelievedandthegovernmentdoesnothavetospendenormousmoneytotheroadnetwork.Althoughthesetechnologiesareadvantageous,whatworriespeopleisthatthedecreaseincommunicationmayprovokeasenseofalienation.Itisnotsurprisingthatmanypeoplewhoworkindifferentcitiesorcountrieskeepincontactwiththeirfamilyviaemailandbymakingphonecalls.Withthepassageoftime,theiremotionalbondwillbeunderminedandthisisharmful/detrimentaltosocialcohesion.Tosummarize,technologyenablesustoimproveefficiencyandminimisetheenvironmentalimpactofouractivity.However,wemayhavetoaccepttheincreasinglyvulnerableandshort-livedsocialrelationships.（14）Somepeoplesupportthedevelopmentsinagriculturesuchasfactoryfarmingandthecreationofnewtypesoffruitsandvegetables,whileothersopposethisview.Discussbothviewsandgiveyouropinion.Theextensiveuseofmodernfarmingtechnologyiswidelyrecognizedasapositivedevelopment,butthepromotionoffarmingtechniquesisnotwithoutitscriticism.Ithinkthateverytechnologyhasitsdrawbacks,butthepriorityistomakeimprovementsandtakefulladvantageofit.Farmingtechnologiesattractcriticismforvariousreasons.Themainproblemassociatedwiththesetechnologiesisthatthenutritionalvalueoffoodcanbeunderm