电脑时代-TheComputer
The Computer（电脑时代）
【要求】
在一次主题为“电脑时代”的学校征文活动中，你计划以“The Computer”为题写一篇文章参加评选，你的辅导老师帮助你制订了一个写作纲要，如下：
计算机正广泛被用于各行各业。
在过去的五十年中，计算机得到了迅猛的发展。
计算机最终还是由人来设计和控制。
【范文】
The Computer
The computer is widely used in all phases of society. In industry, business, education, medicine, nearly all walks of life, computers have made their appearance, providing great speed and accuracy for our work. Computers have been used in the home, offices, laboratories and research institutions, functioning as the most efficient and versatile instruments for calculating, sorting, filing, recording and distributing. Computers are indispensable to modern civilization. Without computers, our life and our society will undoubtedly suffer a big regression.
During the past five decades the computer has been rapidly advanced. Ever since the computer came into being, it has experienced the development of several generations, which are based respectively on vacuum tube, transistor and integrated circuit. Early computers were of great size, and had no match for the latest electronic computers in speed and accuracy. The Latter is capable of processing the most complicated information and reaching solution to problems in a fraction of time. At present, efforts are being made not only to bring the hardware to perfection, but also to improve the quality of the software.
作文的内容千变万化，这就要求我们丰富自己的知识，特别是各行业的最新动态。只有这样，才能自如地处理各种题材和内容。
Computers must be instructed and programmed by people. In spite of the remarkable skill of the computer, men can never become its slave. Computers are not creative. They work according to men＇s instructions. So the development of computers and their use will depend upon the ingenuity of men. Although there are times when computers seem to operate like a mechanical “brain”,their achievements are not comparable to what the minds of men are able to do.
【评语】
全文按照题目所给主题共分三段，以说明为主，第三段具有议论性质。本文层次清楚，表达准确，句与句之间联系紧密。该文题材涉及当今热门话题，许多与电脑有关的词汇和表达法对同学们有参考价值。