Part B

　　52. 圖畫是一張蜘蛛網上有很多人上網。圖畫中的中文提示詞為：互聯網的“遠與近”

　　In your essay, you should

　　1) describe the drawing briefly,

　　2) explain its intended meaning, and then

　　3) give your comments.

　　You should write neatly on Answer Sheet 2. (20 points)

　　As is unfolded in the picture above, we can see that many people，old and young, men and women, in front of computers and using the internet. The caption in the drawing reads: “the internet:near or far ”.

　　正如上圖所示，我們能看到很多人，老的少的，男人女人，都坐在電腦前用上互聯網。圖中的文字說明是：“互聯網的遠與近”

　　The purpose of the drawing is to show us that the internet has it advantages and disadvantages as a commnication tool. On the one hand, many people hold a view that internet makes us closer than ever before. With the development of science and technology, computers and internet are playing an increasingly important role in our daily lives. We can achieve an immediate commuication via E-mail, QQ, MSN or ICQ. Accoriding to a recent survey conducted by Li Ming, a sociologist in Peiking University, approximately 400,000,000 people use internet in China in 2008. On the other hand, others aruge that internet makes relationship of people weak. We can often read many stories about children spending too much time on online games. Some parents even complain that they have less and less time chatting with their children.

　　這幅圖片的目的是向我們表明作為溝通工具的互聯網有其優缺點。一方面，很多人認為互聯網讓我們比以往更親密。隨著科學和技術的發展，計算機和互聯網在我們的日常生活中正起到了越來越重要的作用。我們能用電郵，QQ，MSN，或者ICQ等軟件實現實時溝通。(根據最近北京大學社會學家李明做的最近調查表明，2008年中國大約有4億人用互聯網。)另一方面，其他人認為互聯網讓人們關系變得弱化了。我們經常讀到一些故事說小孩子花了太多時間在玩網上游戲。一些家長甚至在抱怨他們和孩子談話的時間越來越少了。

　　How to use modern communicating tools such as internet properly has becomes a hot issue among many people in recent years. For one thing, we should realize that internet is a big development of science and techonology and we should make full use of it. For another, we need to spend much time commnicating with each other face to face. Only in this way can we live in a more harmonious soceity. (249 words)

　　如何使用諸如互聯網這樣的現代溝通工具已經成為近年來人們關注的熱門話題。一方面，我們應該意識到互聯網是科技的巨大進步，我們應該充分加以利用。另一方面，我們也要多花點時間來面對面的溝通。只有這樣我們才能生活在一個更加和諧的社會。