Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of the impact of the Internet on the way people communicate and then explain whether electronic communication can replace face-to-face contact. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
As is vividly depicted in the picture in which the parents write a letter for their son in the computer, but their son just in another room. In fact, this phenomenon is very common in today's society. The progress of science and technology to promote the development of the society, make interpersonal communication more convenient, but also hindered the face-to-face communication between people, make people in the world of the Internet that ignoring the real communication. Nowadays, the prevalence of various chat software has not only reduced the real communication between friends, but also reduced the emotional communication between children and parents, thus causing many conflicts. Therefore, we should strengthen face-to-face communication and replace the machine with real emotion. Now we can go to your friends and relatives and have a good chat