簡瑜蓓
I guess you have at least one
mobile phone, don』t you? The advances of technology are speeding up day
by day. They shorten the distance between people and help with all
kinds of communication. The mobile phone, the Internet, and the e-mail
have become important parts of our daily lives.
Two to three decades ago, there
was hardly any mobile phone in Taiwan, and even telephones were just
becoming popular. People communicated with one another by snail mail.
It took days and the mail might be lost in the process. In some ways,
mail sending was not reliable. And if there was any emergency, sending
the news out takes forever. Yet, a handwritten letter conveyed all the
emotions fully. The writer wrote the letter word by word with his or
her sincerity. From writing the letter to sealing the envelope, every
moment and effort represented the writer』s loving care. Such mails were
truly hot.
Nowadays, people spend lots of
time on the Internet and the mobile phone. These circumstances have
also changed our human relationships. We can chat with many strangers
on the Internet and get to know many more people. We connect with our
friends more by e-mail, too. Thus we hardly write or receive a
handwritten letter any more. No doubt, the e-mail is fast and
convenient, but I can hardly feel its 「temperature.」 And some illegal
companies might get our e-mail address and e-mail us trash and
aphrodisiac e-mails. As for the mobile phone, I appreciate its
existence. Because of it, I can keep in touch with my family and
friends far away. Though we can』t be together face to face, still
mobile phones help us satisfy our yearning. In the past, the charge for
mobile phone communication was pretty expensive, but now it is much
cheaper and may even be free due to the competition between many
telephone companies.
While we are enjoying the
convenience brought on by new technologies, we should not forget there
are still many more disadvantages, such as radiation from the cell
phones or the junk mails we receive everyday on the internet. As modern
people, we need to be careful when we use such technologies.