雅思写作：机器翻译与学习外语

　　随着机器翻译技术的发展，孩子需要学习外语吗?

　　Some people think that machine translation is highly developed in today’ssociety. Therefore it is not necessary for children to learn a foreign language.What’s your opinion?

　　With the rapid development of modern science, computers have been playing amore important role in our daily lives. It is such a worldwide trend that thereis no exception for Chinese.

　　Many people regard the computer as the magic machine. It can solve manyproblems quickly and efficiently, and best of all, it can translate all kinds oflanguages. By using the computer you can just put ail the original versions intoit and then you will get the fast translation. So some parents raise doubtsabout the necessity for their children to learn foreign languages so hard anymore.

　　At first thought, it seems that the computers can really help us to do so.But if you look in- sue the matter deeply, you may find a different answer.First of all, machines can never replace mankind. Computers are created by manand are controlled by human brains. We can never rely too much on machines;otherwise we will become the slave of them one day. On the contrary, we need toenrich our knowledge as much as possible so that we can catch up with the fastpace of the world. It is very necessary to learn more languages so as to upgradeour abilities to follow the progress of the world.

　　And furthermore, it will do good to children if they learn more languages.Both their brain and their thinking modules can benefit from it. When they growup, they can easily accept various kinds of cultures and communicate withforeigners, which can favorably enhance the mutual understanding and developinternational brotherhood.

　　So, we can clearly see that, though computers can be good translators,people still need to learn more languages with a view to improving theirabilities and facilitating their future communication with people from othercultures.