Question

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的概要。

Look inside any family home in the evening, and you might see a typical enough scene: Mom and Dad, each on their own laptop or tablet, streaming movies, catching up on work or maybe answering emails on their smartphones. Meanwhile, one child is chatting online with one school friend while texting another. The other is playing a video game with a friend on the other side of the city at the same time. Each member of the family is totally absorbed in his or her own piece of technology.

According to some experts, the effect of technology on human relationships is worrying as technology becomes a substitute for face-to-face human relationships. It appears to be the case that many people would much rather spend time with their electronic gadgets(电子产品) than with one another. Young people say it is difficult to get their parents’ attention and they have to compete with smartphones, tablets and other technology.

However, a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project offers a more helpful and encouraging view, suggesting that far from replacing human contact, technology can actually better family relationships. Just over half of the 2,253 people surveyed agreed that technology had enabled them to increase their contact with distant family members and 47 percent said it had improved the communication with the people they lived with. Moreover, even the closest members of families need time away from each other at some point to seek their own interests. Family members who might otherwise have sat in separate rooms can now be in the same one while still occupying a different mental space.

Look back at our typical family scene above. Is it any different from four people reading their own books? Or is it driving families apart? Where technology will lead us remains to be seen. Yet there is no need to worry. As a matter of fact how it affects our family relationships depends on our attitude toward technology.

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Answer

Nowadays family members are often found lost in their own electronic products(要点1). Some experts fear that technology can affect family relationship for lack of face to face communication(要点2). However, a report has found technology benefits family bonds in that it makes members closer and provides private mental space as well(要点3). Actually, not technology itself but people’s attitude towards it influences family relations(要点4).

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章的主要结构为分-总。有的专家认为科技会影响家人的关系，但又有报道称科技对人们有益而无害，就此问题作者给出了自己的看法。

第一段讲述目前大多数家庭存在的现象，可用到的词汇或句型有：now, at present, nowadays, phenomenon, be lost in等。第二段讲述一些专家认为因为缺乏面对面的交流，科技会对家庭成员的关系有影响，可用到的词汇或句型有：face-to-face, communication, harmful, have a lack of等。第三段讲述一项报道称科技对家庭成员的关系有好处，可以增进联系并提供私人空间，可用到的词汇或短语有：however, benefit, beneficial, closer, private space, provide, family bonds等。最后一段讲述作者认为是人对科技的态度对家庭关系有影响，可用到的词汇或句型有：not…but…, attitude to/towards, influence, affect等。