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发表于 2012-12-17 21:16:57
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16 December Independent Writing: Agree or disagree? The car (automobile) has had greater effect on society than the airplane.
Nowadays, along with the development of technology, more and more big airplanes with the optimized design, such as A380 have been built and service for travelers all over the world. Therefore, someone claims that airplane has more effect on our life than automobile does. However, weighing both the pros and cons, I disagree with it and believe cars have a more profound influence on our lives both in the pro and con. Now I would like to illustrate my reasons as follow.
To begin with, since the first time Ford used the assembly line system of car production in 1913, the price of Ford Model T dropped dramatically, which means cars became a popular thing for the general public. After that the cars, one of the most important inventions in human civilization, have been changing our lifestyles. For instance, to enjoy pleasure, parents would drive a sedan car like Volkswagen Golf with their lovely kids to meet grandma living in the faraway countryside. To save time and money, works would choose to go to workplace by bus. To be more efficient, the police would patrol within a patrol wagon. Such examples that automobile bring us a convenience and economical life are countless. No matter a graduate student or a businessman, they all need and can find a proper kind of car. However, the airplane wasn’t regarded as a common vehicle until the 1970s. Especially stepping into the 21st century, the threat of terrorism and the slow economy has battered the commercial aviation industry. Even now, usually the high price of air travel keeps many people away. So in term of customer number, we can say that the airplane has a less limited influence on the majority of people.
Secondly, as a car enthusiast, I am glad to recommend some new improvements in automobile these years. Due to the developing of engineering and computer science, a series of fascinating technologies have been applied into auto industry, such as GPS, more powerful engine, anti-skid brake system (ABS), parking sensor, man-machine interactive system and the list goes on. All these applications are available to us and take us into a new level of safe and efficient life. Although I admit that the most advanced technologies as the top secrets usually are into the airplane, especially into the fighter plane, these improvements don’t make sense to the populace. Therefore, considering such benefits of availability and convenience, the cars promote our lives more than jet planes do.
Additionally, except the positive effects, automobile brings us a lot of problems, which also are parts of our lives. I bet many people will agree that the most annoying thing in a metropolis is the traffic jam. With rocketed number of private cars, our index of happiness decreases. For example in Beijing, once I got stuck in traffic, I didn’t move a step within one hour, while I had an important meet. Most time we have to get up earlier and go to work in advance in case of traffic jam. Furthermore, the vehicle exhaust is also a main source of air pollution in cities, which not only does harm to our healthy, but also makes a negative impact on the global climate.
To sum up, according to what we discussed above, such as convenience, availability and the huge amount of consumers, pollution and global climate, I definitely hold a positive view towards the statement that the automobile has had greater effect on society than the airplane.
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