Вопрос: Read the following "angry" letter to the editor. Write a letter in defense of technological progress. Use the arguments from the box and / or your own ones. 
Dear Editor 
I really don't think that readers need your journal any more. In your articles you write about new achievements of scientists and about all those "man made wonders". I'm strongly against the propaganda of technological progress, it has done people more harm than good, it has created the nuclear bomb, it has made lots of animal species extinct, and now it's destroying the ozone layer and causing global warming. It will bring us to collapse very soon. 
I demand that scientific research of any kind should be prohibited, and journals like yours should be closed. People need fresh air and clean water and don't need any technological progress. Sincerely yours, John Lester 
Useful language 
Achievements in medicine make it possible for people to live longer. 
Different devices are able to sustain people's life during operations. 
Household appliances have altered our lifestyle considerably. 
Efficient means of transport and communication can bring together people who are separated by the ocean.
Computers and robots accelerate research in the ocean and the cosmos. 
Dear Mr Lester 
I've read your letter on the technological progress but cannot agree with you. Though technology affects nature and the environment, it would be unfair to say that they don't do people anything good. 
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However, you are right that we should do something to stop the negative effects of the technological progress. We all need to think about it and be reasonable and constructive. 
Regards,
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Ответы:
Ответ из подобного упражнения учебника(можно скомпоновать):
1. I suppose that moral values are more important for the development of humankind. The sponsor of the Prizes Inamori has criticized modern culture for ignoring our emotional and spiritual development and feels that more recognition should be given to those who work for the common good. Although nowadays we are rushing ahead with scientific and technological achievements, understanding of our emotional and psychological development lags behind badly.
2. In my opinion, it is a good suggestion to award people of different professions the same prize. Every November, three winners of the Kyoto Prizes receive a diploma, a gold watch and 50 million yen. I think though these prizes are the same ones, they are equally useful and necessary for scientists, philosophers and even filmmakers.
3. I think that the British computer scientist Berners-Li should be awarded by the Kyoto award. He is the graduate of Oxford, the expert in the field of computer technologies. Berners- Li offered the global hypertext project which laid the foundation to creation of a world wide web in 1989. Since 1994 he’s been heading the Consortium of a world wide web which is responsible for standards on the Internet. One more remarkable scientist, who is worth this award, is the biologist and the physician Tang Vo Dean. He invented some diagnosing devices (in particular, the optical scanner), capable to find damages of DNA.
Перевод:
1. Я предполагаю, что моральные ценности более важны для развития человечества. Спонсор Призов Инамори подверг критике современную культуру за игнорирование нашего эмоционального и духовного развития, он чувствует, что больше признания должно быть дано тем, кто работает на общественное благо. Хотя в наше время мы мчимся вперед с научными и технологическими успехами, понимание нашего эмоционального и психологического развития отстает ужасно.
2. По моему мнению, это хорошее предложение наградить людей различных профессий одинаковым призом. Каждый ноябрь, три победителя Призов Киото получают диплом, золотые часы и 50 миллионов иен. Я думаю, хотя эти призы не одни и те же, они одинаково полезны и необходимы для ученых, философов и даже режиссеров.
3. Я думаю, что британский компьютерный ученый Бернерс-Ли должен быть награжден Киотской премией. Он выпускник Оксфорда, специалист в области компьютерных технологий. Бернес-Ли предложил глобальный гипертекстовый проект, положивший начало созданию всемирной паутины в 1989 году. С 1994 года он возглавляет Консорциум всемирной паутины, отвечающий за стандарты в интернете. Еще один замечательный ученый, достойный этой премии, это биолог и медик Тан Во Дин. Он изобрел несколько диагностирующих устройств (в частности, оптический сканер), способных обнаруживать повреждения ДНК.