TOEFL® essay: The internet is becoming more and more central to our lives,...

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The internet is becoming more and more central to our lives, as it provides more and more information, acts as interactive entertainment, and as a means of voting, ect. These functions have obvious benefits, but there are dangers involved in the control the internet is exerting over our lives. How far do you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed?

Over the past decade, internet has spread out rapidly to every corner in the world so that it is becoming an indispensable part of our lives. Obviously, internet has been overwhelmingly popular, due to a large amount of benefits it has brought about. However, many would argue that internet itself creates a great deal of grave danger and its’ misuse can be very fatal. In this essay, I will present both sides of this argument in order to take shape my own point of view about this issue.

The foremost target of internet has always been the communication. For example, one can communicate in a fraction of second with the other who is sitting in a different part of the world via internet. Through plenty messenger services in offering, a kind of global friendship where people can share their thoughts and explore other cultures of different ethnicity has become very easy to establish. Besides, internet has provided a substantial number of strong points in many other areas such as information, entertainment, services, ecommerce and so on.

Nonetheless, when using the internet, people may be facing serious danger as many aspects like theft of personal information, spamming or virus threat. Among these respects, pornography is perhaps the most burning threat related to children’s health mental life. For instance, recently, there have been thousands of pornographic sites on the internet that can be easily found and can be a detrimental factor to letting children use internet.

In conclusion, indeed, an ideal world cannot have an omittance of the internet as its advantages vastly outweigh the drawbacks. That is to say, the internet is likely to be a lever improving relationships of a community, giving a hand to establish and develop a basis of knowledge.

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