Topic:
Some people think that the use of computers should be restricted. Do you agree or disagree?
英语范文
In this IT age, computer literacy has become a skill required of workers in practically every field. In some countries, computers have even been introduced into the classrooms of primary schools.However, some people advocate limiting the use of computers in such classes, arguing that they might retard children's ability to read, write and calculate. In my opinion, such restriction is totally unnecessary.
Two or three decades ago, when pocket calculators were popular, some people were concerned that their use by primary school children might hamper their ability to calculate. But this was not the case, and it was the children who learned to use pocket calculators at that time who grew up to design personal computers (PC). As a result, the PC-based Internet has increasingly become an integrated part of the world, and people can no longer afford to be computer-illiterate.
Therefore, it is clear that the more skillful you are at computer use, the more competent and efficient you will be. It is imperative to arm young people with computer knowledge as early as possible. To limit the use of computers by pupils in primary schools is to limit their access to a powerful tool. This will put these children in an unfavorable position in the future job market when they compete with others who had been given free access to computers earlier.
It is foolish to insist on using shields and spears when you have guns and tanks, due to the mere concern that soldiers will be physically less strong. You can still use your mind to think when you have a computer, and the use of computers and training in writing and calculating are not mutually exclusive.
We have always worried about the potential harmful impact on people, especially children, posed by the introduction of new technologies. But time after time, such worries have proved to be unfounded.
题目：
一些人认为应该限制使用电脑。对此你是否同意呢？
译文：
在这个IT时代，电脑知识已经成为各领域里员工必备的一门技能。在有些国家里，电脑已被引入小学课堂。然而，有些人主张应该限制电脑在课程上的使用，因为他们认为电脑可能会阻碍儿童读写和计算能力。在我看来，这种限制是完全没必要的。
二、三十年前，袖珍计算器非常流行。有些人担心小学生使用袖珍计算器可能会妨碍他们的计算能力。但情况并非如此，这些学会了如何使用袖珍计算器的孩子们在他们长大的时候设计出了个人电脑（ PC机）。因此，基于PC的互联网已日益成为整个世界的一部分，人们再也不能成为计算机文盲了。
因此，很明显可以看出你对电脑的使用越熟练，你的能力和效率就会越突出。当务之急是尽早武装青年人的电脑知识。在小学，被限制使用电脑的小学生也会被限制获得一个功能强大的工具。这会使他们在未来的职场竞争中，与其他在很小就能自由使用电脑的人相比，明显处于不利地位。
这看似是很愚蠢的事情，当你拥有枪和坦克的时候，你却坚持使用盾牌和长矛，因为你担心士兵会因此身体虚弱。当你有一台电脑，你仍然可以运用你的大脑去思考，电脑的使用和读写的训练是并不相互排斥的。
我们一直担心，新技术的引进会对人们有潜在的负面影响，特别是对那些儿童。但是，一次次的事实证明这种担心是毫无根据的。
范文点评：
这是典型的辩论型题目，范文一共写了5段，采用的是一边倒结构。开头段先写了限制使用电脑的一些理由，然后提出自己反对的看法引导下文。中间三个段落是理由段，第二段以计算器为例子类比了电脑，第三段从社会竞争力的角度来说明电脑的使用是不应被限制的，第四段以兵器为比喻引出观点。结尾段点题，重申自己的看法。全文的结构合理，论据丰富多样，语言上运用流畅自如，句式变换丰富，运用的模板句型很少，是一篇优秀的作文。