Topic36：汽车、自行车、飞机如何改变人们的生活？

　　Topic36 Choose one of the following transportation vehicles and explain why you think it has changed people's lives. * automobiles * bicycles * airplanes. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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　　Topic: 36

　　An airplane is a form of transportation that has changed people's lives. Thanks to the plane, our lives are now faster, more exciting, and more convenient that before.

　　You cannot deny that a plane is fast. For example, the Concorde flies at supersonic speed. A businessman can leave Paris at 11 a.m. in the morning and arrive in New York at 8 a.m. the same morning in time for a day's work. Many business people in Europe will fly to London for a noon meeting and then return home to Rome or Madrid for dinner.

　　It is always exciting to take a plane trip. When you take a trip by plane, you know that you might cross many time zones, many oceans, and many countries. When you get off the plane, you could be in a place that speaks a different language. A plane is like a magician's trick. You get in a box and you come out somewhere totally different.

　　Nothing can beat the convenience of a plane. In the old days, it might take you days to do what the plane can do it an hour. Boats, for example, only leave on certain days of the week and take a long time to get to their destination. Planes give you the option to leave several times a day and get you to your destination quickly.

　　Although other forms of transportation may be more comfortable, none has changed the way we do business and live our lives more than the plane. Thanks to the speed, excitement, and convenience of the planes, our lives are richer.

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　　The modern society have been changed by the enormous impact of the invention of the transportantion, such as the automobile, which has become indispensable in the daily live. The automobiles are so popular that almost every family or even everyone has one. Since the function and effect of automobile is known by everyone. In this essay, I would discuss another invention of the transportantion that is as important as the automobile in the modern society, the plane. As far as I am concerned, these are three conspicous aspects as follows.

　　The main reason for my propensity to choose plane is that plane is the vehicle used by people most frequently. Usually, people drive car in short way, while they take plane in long travel. The most important reason people choose it for long distance is that the speed of plane is much faster than others. The invention of plane create a compeletely new live. Nowadays, we can travel around the earth within twenty-four hours, that is something say we can reach any place of the word in one day. And there are many people who live in a place and work in the other city even the other nation, for the plane can bring them go home in weekend.

　　Another reason can be seen by every person is that plane is known as one of the most safe and convenient vehicles. It is reported from the relative data that the accident ratio of the plane is far under that of the train, the ship, the automobile and any other else. With the developenment of the hi-tech, faster, safer and more comfortable plane are made.Since the supersonic plane appears,

　　both speed and security rapidly improve.Furthermore, new type plane provide various of the equipments to alleviate the fatigue of the passengers and improve the degree of comfort.

　　In addition, the charge for taking plane is affordable to common person. Similar to the most family can take enough money to buy a car, most people have enough money to buy a ticket of plane. Especially, there are so many discounts for students,old men and children by the ailine company.

　　General speaking, the new technology has brought many invention to us in the modern society. Taking into account of all these things, we may reach the conclusion that as a important transportantion vehicle the plane changes our daily live and at the same time brings the enormous influence to the modern society.