Many believe that modern technology has brought people together, but others say that it has driven us apart. Discuss both viewpoints and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.

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It is a common view that modern
technology
has
bridge
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the gap between
people
while
others argue that it has
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the relationship
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relationship
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relationships
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between
people
become worse.
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writer holds the
believe
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that the relationship of
human
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humans
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become worse
is
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as
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the
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a
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resulted
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of today's
technology
. On the
one
hand,
technology
bring
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many benefits
for
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to
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human
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humans
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and
the
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society,
one
of them is that
people
can call and talk to their relatives, families and friends around the world
in
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anytime, anywhere, whenever they want without any barrier.
This
will help
making
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people
have a better relationship and keep in touch with each other when they are apart. On the
one
hand,
people
nowadays are becoming more and more addicted to
technology
device
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like
smartphone
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smartphones
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and social media and refuse to stop
depend
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on them. Nowadays,
instead
of going out with families,
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or hang
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hang
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out with friends and siblings we tend to stay at home talking through the screen, and
this
will accidentally push
we
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us
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apart when we do not notice. The screens will become an invisible barrier in
people
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relationships and slowly widen the gaps between humans
due to
the fact that
human
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humans
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need to meet
in
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face
to
face
when
communicate
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to
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with
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each other and we
also
use body language and
action
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actions
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to communicate. Talking through the screens will make
people
become shallow on
thought
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thoughts
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and emotions and
feeling
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isolated for being alone
this
can make
people
feel lonely or
sometime
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become fear to communicate
face
to
face
.
To conclude
,
although
technology
help
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helps
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people
to contact
with
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apply
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one
another immediately
in
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at
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anytime
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any time
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,
this
is a huge convenience for many
people
, but
i
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believe that
this
is
also
the major reason that
make
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makes
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people
gradually
becoming
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become
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distant.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • connectivity
  • communicate
  • social media
  • virtual meetings
  • global community
  • isolation
  • distract
  • face-to-face interaction
  • personal connections
  • dependency
  • technology addiction
  • digital divide
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