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Jun 13th 2012 00:01 technology
These days, more and more times you walk down the street and all you see are people, head down, staring at their smartphones with one hundred percent concentration to text, surf, and post wherever they go and whenever it is. Such kind of scene seems so perfectly normal and common that we do not feel something special about it, much less give an extra attention to it. Undoubtedly, smartphone has become an important part of our life. We use it to check local weather condition before we go for work, search for information to solve our random curiosity, share everything interesting by connecting with any social network and so forth. It is so indispensable that we even cannot imagine what our life would look like without it. However, are smartphones really smart enough to make our life easier? Or the opposite?
Since its appearance, smartphones have received numerous compliments and positive reviews from all around the world. Supporters consider it as a private assistant; say how it saves all this time. Nevertheless, have you ever wondered where the saved time goes to? Usually, it is turned into another busy work. Think: When you use your smartphone to accelerate the speed of processing the workload, the way your boss rewards you is to assign you more work because he/she thinks you are available and excellently efficient. In another case, while the smartphone is your friend at work, which helps you get things done more quickly, it turns against you when you are off duty by its ability to connect with everything about work. You no longer belong to yourself even after work; nor does the excuse that you were not in the office exist to reject any bother from work. In other words, “thanks to the existence of smartphone,” you are expected to be available all the time to handle any emergency arising. Are you still sure smartphones can make our life easier or busier?
There is no doubt that smartphones have borne evidence of one of groundbreaking inventions of the world and they do bring countless benefits in our life. They help us organize our schedule and provide a window to knowing the world through its little yet exquisite interface. However, it is impossible that there is no disadvantage with so much convenience they have given us. Distraction issue caused by multi-tasking, estranged relationship with friends and family, waste of our time caused by addiction and so on. Actually, it requires time to prove we really use it well to make our life easier as we think. There is one thing for sure that we have to be the master of our technological products. It is us who take advantage of them, not they take advantage of us.


***A little reflection***
***I had been resisting the attraction of smartphones so hard. Yet after I watched the movie, Before Sunrise, which is an excellent movie and definitely worth your try, I really set my mind not to buy one for me. I got inspired by one of the conversations about technology in that film.
What do you think of it? Do you like smartphones??
Anyway, thank you in advance!!
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Jun 13th 2012 06:59
  • These days, more and more times you walk down the street and all you see are people, head down, staring at their smartphones with one hundred percent concentration to text, surf, and post wherever they go and whenever it is.

  • These days, when you walk down the street all you see are people, head down, staring at their smartphones. focused on texting , surfing the web, and posting wherever they go and whatever it is.

 
  • Such kind of scene seems so perfectly normal and common that we do not feel something special about it, much less give an extra attention to it.

  • this kind of scene seems so perfectly normal and common that we do not think anything of it, much less give any extra attention to it.

 
  • Undoubtedly, smartphone has become an important part of our life.

  • Undoubtedly, the smartphone has become an important part of our lives.

 
  • We use it to check local weather condition before we go for work, search for information to solve our random curiosity, share everything interesting by connecting with any social network and so forth.

  • We use it to check local weather condition before we leave for work, search for information to solve our random curiosity, share everything interesting by connecting with any social network and so forth.

 
  • It is so indispensable that we even cannot imagine what our life would look like without it.

  • It is so indispensable that we cannot even imagine what our life would look like without it.

 
  • However, are smartphones really smart enough to make our life easier?

  • However, are smartphones really smart enough to make our life easier?

 
  • Or the opposite?

  • Or are they the opposite?

 
  • Since its appearance, smartphones have received numerous compliments and positive reviews from all around the world.

  • Since its appearance, smartphones have received numerous compliments and positive reviews from all around the world.

 
  • Supporters consider it as a private assistant; say how it saves all this time.

  • Supporters consider it as a private assistant; saying how it saves us all this time.

 
  • Nevertheless, have you ever wondered where the saved time goes to?

  • Nevertheless, have you ever wondered where the saved time goes?

 
  • Think: When you use your smartphone to accelerate the speed of processing the workload, the way your boss rewards you is to assign you more work because he/she thinks you are available and excellently efficient.

  • Think: When you use your smartphone to accelerate the speed of processing the workload, the way your boss rewards you is to assign you more work because he/she thinks you are available and are excellently efficient.

 
  • In another case, while the smartphone is your friend at work, which helps you get things done more quickly, it turns against you when you are off duty by its ability to connect with everything about work.

  • In another case, while the smartphone is your friend at work, which helps you get things done more quickly, it turns against you when you are off duty by its ability to connect with everything about work.

 
  • You no longer belong to yourself even after work; nor does the excuse that you were not in the office exist to reject any bother from work.

  • You no longer belong to yourself even after work; nor does the excuse that you were not in the office exist to reject any bother from work.

 
  • In other words, “thanks to the existence of smartphone,” you are expected to be available all the time to handle any emergency arising.

  • In other words, “thanks to the existence of smartphone,” you are expected to be available all the time to handle any emergency that arises.

 
  • Are you still sure smartphones can make our life easier or busier?

  • Are you still sure smartphones can make our life easier?

 
  • There is no doubt that smartphones have borne evidence of one of groundbreaking inventions of the world and they do bring countless benefits in our life.

  • There is no doubt that smartphones have borne evidence of one of the most groundbreaking inventions of the world and they do bring countless benefits into our lives.

 
  • However, it is impossible that there is no disadvantage with so much convenience they have given us.

  • However, with so much convenience they have given us, it is impossible that there are no disadvantages .

 
  • Distraction issue caused by multi-tasking, estranged relationship with friends and family, waste of our time caused by addiction and so on.

  • Distraction is an issue caused by multi-tasking, estranged relationship with friends and family, waste of our time caused by addiction and so on.

 
  • There is one thing for sure that we have to be the master of our technological products.

  • There is one thing for sure, we have to be the master of our technological products.

 
  • It is us who take advantage of them, not they take advantage of us.

  • It is us who should take advantage of them, they shouldn't take advantage of us.

 
  • Yet after I watched the movie, Before Sunrise, which is an excellent movie and definitely worth your try, I really set my mind not to buy one for me.

  • Yet after I watched the movie, Before Sunrise, which is an excellent movie and definitely worth seing, I was really determined not to buy one.

 
  • I got inspired by one of the conversations about technology in that film.

  • I got inspired by one of the conversations about technology in that film.

 
  • What do you think of it?

  • What do you think of it?

 
  • Do you like smartphones??

  • Do you like smartphones??

 
  • Anyway, thank you in advance!!

  • Anyway, thank you in advance!!

 
I love my smartphone, but I do feel guilty about owning one, I feel like it's too much of a luxury. So it makes me feel gluttonous, even though I'm not ^^;
Jun 13th 2012 07:00
Very nice entry, by the way, most of my corrections were simply suggestions on how to make it sound more natural, but your entry was very interesting and your English is also nice! (^^)/
Jun 13th 2012 07:02
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  • However, with so much convenience they have given us, it is impossible that there are no disadvantages .

”
You could also say "However, with so many conveniences, there must be disadvantages as well"
Jun 14th 2012 21:35 薄萊枷
Thank for your corrections and comment. Haha, just a little reflection. :)
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