Topic: As more and more machines replace man’s labor, some people are unemployed and other people fear that they will be unemployed some day. What do you think?
It is obvious that machinery industry develops at a fast pace. This acceleration can be illustrated by a brief account of the progress in computers. After Stibitz built his Bell computers in the late 1930s, it took about 20 years for the first commercial computer to be installed (1951). Only eight years later the transistor computer was sold for the first time. Ever since, new development in computers has been made so frequently that it is almost impossible to follow them. Today microchips as tiny as a baby’s fingernail are making all sorts of tasks faster and easier.
With the wide use of computer technology, more and more automated machines replace man’s labour. Our banks are managed by computers and the tickets at the airport are issued by computers, too. In addition, the instruments and devices controlled by computers have entered offices, departments and houses to help people to work shorter and shorter hours and to enjoy longer and longer leisure hours in their own homes. It follows that human domestic servants and aid-jobless will cease to exist. The computerization, certainly, relieving men of heavy labour, makes many workers be out of work.
Therefore, a fear has arisen among some people that the more machines will be used, the more workers will be unemployed and the lower our living standard will become. The fear, I think, is a groundless one, like the fear that the sky might fall. It is well-known that newly-invented machines need to be produced. Those who are replaced with machines can switch to new work. What is more important is that automation increases production of public wealth and the people will gain a happier life. It may be advisable to remember Jefferson’s words: How much pain has been caused by evils which have never happened! I expect the best, not the worst. I steer my ship with hope, leaving fear behind.
很明显机器工业正在快速发展。这种加速度可以用计算机的飞速进步证明。在30年代末当Stibitz被安装在计算机中后，用了大概20年才生产出第一台商业电脑。仅仅8年后，电晶体计算机被出售。此后，计算机不断有新的发展，使得不太可能跟上他的步伐。如今，微型芯象婴儿的手指一样细小，可以更加高速便捷的完成各种任务。
随着计算机科技的广泛的应用，越来越多的自动化机器代替了人力劳动。银行通过计算机系统管理，机场的机票也通过计算机处理。此外，由计算机控制的各种装置器已进入了办公室，各部和家庭使得人们的工作时间越来越短，在家休闲的时间越来越常。接着人类的佣工和失业帮助将停止消失。计算机化，无疑，减轻人类的体力劳动，使人们从繁重的工作中脱离。
所以，人们产生一种恐惧，就是越来越多的机器被使用，越来越多的工人将事业，人们的生活水平就会下降。我想这种恐惧是无根据的，就象担心天会踏下来一样。众所周知，新一代的机器需要生产出来。这些将取代原来的机器进行新的工作。更为重要的是自动化加快了民众财富的生产，人们将享受更为幸福的生活。要记住Jefferson的话：邪恶造成的严重痛苦，还从未发生过！我期待更好，而不是更坏。我为自己的希望掌舵，把恐惧抛在后边。
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