thehospitalorthecommunitytocarrythecost.Infact,itcouldalso bearguedthat
thosewhosmokein publicshould be
askedto payextrabecauseoftheillness
causedto passivesmokers.
Inconclusion,Ifeelthatsmokersshould paymoreincasesrelatedtosmoking, butfor
any otherillnesstheyshould paythesameasanyoneelse.
Sample 153
Wearebecomingincreasinglydependentoncomputers.They areusedin
businesses,hospitals,crimedetection andeventoflyplanes.
Whatthingswilltheybeusedforinthefuture?Isthisdependenceoncomputers a
goodthing orshouldwehemore auspiciousoftheirbenefits?
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutes onthistask.modelanswer:
Computersarearelatively newinvention.Thefirstcomputerswerebuiltfifty yearsago
anditisonlyinthelastthirty orso yearsthattheirinfluencehasaffected oureveryday
life.Personalcomputerswereintroducedasrecentlyastheearly
eighties.Inthisshorttimethey havemadeatremendousimpacton ourlives.Weare
nowso dependentoncomputersthatitis hardtoimaginewhatthingswould belike
todaywithoutthem.You haveonly gotto gointoabankwhentheirmaincomputer
isbrokentoappreciatethechaosthat
would occurifcomputersweresuddenlyremovedworld-wide.
Inthefuturecomputerswillbeusedtocreatebiggerandevenmoresophisticated
computers.Theprospectsforthisarequitealarming.Theywillbesocomplexthatno
individualcould hopeto understand howtheywork.Theywillbringalotofbenefits but
theywillalsoincreasethepotentialfor unimaginablechaos.Theywill,forexample, be
abletofly planesandthey
willbeabletoco ordinatethemovements ofseveralplanesinthevicinity ofanairport.
Providingallthecomputersareworkingcorrectly nothingcan gowrong.If onesmall
programfailsdisaster.
Thereisacertaininevitabilitythattechnologywillprogressand become
increasinglycomplex.Weshould, however,ensurethatwearestillin a
positionwhereweareabletocontroltechnology.Itwillbealltooeasytosuddenly
discoverthattechnologyiscontrolling us.BythenitmightbetoolateIbelievethatitis
veryimportantto besuspiciousofthebenefitsthatcomputerswillbringandtomake
surethatwenever becometotally dependentonacompletelytechnologicalworld.