【正文】 r. We have devised machines that perform numbercrunching and other rote cerebral tasks with greater accuracy and speed than human minds ever could. In fact, it is because we can devise machines that are superior in these respects that we devise themas our toolsto begin with. However, if one defines superiority not in terms of petence in performing rote tasks but rather in other ways, human minds are superior. Machines have no capacity for independent thought, for making judgments based on normative considerations, or for developing emotional responses to intellectual problems. Up until now, the notion of humanmade machines that develop the ability to think on their own, and to develop socalled emotional intelligence, has been pure fiction. Besides, even in fiction we humans ultimately prevail over such machinesas in the cases of Frankenstein39。 ]5 k$ \。 W. n z2 amp。 {7 J。說明 里面的 issue 題目是新 G 中與老 G 題庫重復(fù)的部分 分類依照太傻中有人總結(jié)的新 G 分類 列出了題目在新庫里的序列號，老庫里的序列號，作文素材那本書中的頁數(shù)，以及北美范文書中的例文。 c2 R Note: All responses are reproduced exactly as written, including errors, misspellings, etc., if any.amp。 L H. [ The statement linking technology negatively with free thinking plays on recent human experience over the past century. Surely there has been no time in history where the lived lives of people have changed more dramatically. A quick reflection on a typical day reveals how technology has revolutionized the world. Most people mute to work in an automobile that runs on an internal bustion engine. During the workday, chances are high that the employee will interact with a puter that processes information on silicon bridges that are .09 microns wide. Upon leaving home, family members will be reached through wireless works that utilize satellites orbiting the earth. Each of these mon occurrences could have been inconceivable at the turn of the 19th century. 0 g9 E8 i% h, d$ E( X \amp。 R( U This last example provides the most hope in how technology actually provides hope to the future of humanity. By increasing our reliance on technology, impossible goals can now be achieved. Consider how the late 20th century witnessed the plete elimination of smallpox. This disease had ravaged the human race since prehistorical days, and yet with the technology of vaccines, free thinking humans dared to imagine a world free of smallpox. Using technology, battle plans were drawn out, and smallpox was systematically targeted and eradicated.: H, Q i) v/ S8 [ Technology will always mark the human experience, from the discovery of fire to the implementation of nanotechnology. Given the history of the human race, there will be no limit to the number of problems, both new and old, for us to tackle. There is no need to retreat to a Luddite attitude to new things, but rather embrace a hopeful posture to the possibilities that technology provides for new avenues of human imagination. 43The increasingly rapid pace of life today causes more problems than it Solves（ 58） p125 64The human mind will always be superior to machines because machines are only tools of human minds.：（ 159） p250 有范文 ： The human mind will always be superior to machines because machines are only tools of human minds. This statement actually consists of a series of three related claims: (1) machines are tools of human minds。s monster and Hal, the puter in 2020: A Space Odyssey. Yet it seems presumptuous to assert with confidence that humans will always maintain their superior status over their machines. Recent advances in biotechnology, particularly in the area of human genome research, suggest that within the 21st Century we39。s assertion places too little value on the ways in which these innovations can facilitate the learning process. In several respects, I find the statement pelling. First of all, in my observation and experience, puters and videos are misused most often for education when teachers rely on them as surrogates, or babysitters. Teachers must use the time during which students are watching videos or are at their puter stations productivelyhelping other students, preparing lesson plans, and so forth. Otherwise, these tools can indeed impede the learning process. Secondly, passive viewing of videos or of Web pages is no indication that any significant learning is taking place. Thus teachers must carefully select Inter resources that provide a true interactive learning experience, or are highly informative otherwise. And, in selecting videos teachers must be sure to follow up with lively class discussions. Otherwise, the paratively passive nature of these media can render them ineffectual in the learning process. Thirdly, some types of learning occur best during facetoface encounters between teacher and student, and between students. Only by way of a live encounter can a language teacher recognize and immediately correct subtle problems in pronunciauon and inflection. And, there is no suitable substitute for a live encounter when it es to teaching techniques in painting, 2 社會或城市化 Issue 5 Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive, because it is primarily in cities that a nation39。 and (3) cultural traditions are preserved and generated primarily in our large cities. I strongly disagree with all three claims. First of all, subsidizing cultural traditions is not a proper role of govemment. Admittedly, certain objectives, such as public health and safety, are so essential to the survival of large dries and of nations that government has a duty to ensure that they are met. However, these objectives should not extend tenuously to preserving cultural traditions. Moreover, government cannot possibly play an evenhanded role as cultural patron. Inadequate resources call