tailieunhanh - Sat - MC Grawhill part 51

Tham khảo tài liệu 'sat - mc grawhill part 51', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 490 McGRAW-HILL S SAT Sample Essays Practice Essay 4 Consider carefully the issue discussed in the following passage then write an essay that answers the question posed in the assignment. Communicating technology was supposed to turn the world into a global village enhancing our relationships with others and our understanding of other cultures. Yet I fear it has rendered us more polarized and less articulate. Instant communication allows us to proclaim what is on our minds before we ve analyzed it substantiated it or rendered it coherent let alone eloquent. Assignment Do modern means of communication make our society better or worse Write an essay in which you answer this question and explain your point of view on this issue. Support your position logically with examples from your reading current events or your experience or observation. Sample 6 points out of 6 Communication technology has made the world a global village enhancing our understanding of other cultures as never before. Technology has made this possible by granting instant access to a variety of international popular cultures. The internet has allowed people worldwide to sample music read literature and peruse news items from other cultures exposing them to artistic ideas and perspectives previously too obscure to find by chance. Before such advances in technology cross-cultural understanding was more difficult to achieve. As recently as the early 1990s a college student might need to spend days in the library or take an expensive trip to begin to understand another culture. Not everyone had access to these resources and as such the gap was often too vast to bridge. Although technology has not made multi-national enlightenment universal it has allowed millions to take a more active role in the world around them. MP3s have played a pivotal part in this transition from ignorance to semi-enlightenment. By exposing listeners to artists such as Ireland s Damien Rice the Internet took control out of the .