有关互联网对我们生活的影响Goodmorning,ladiesandgentlemen!Intheyear1998,acompanycalledTencentwasfoundedinShenzhen—theChinesewindowtotheworldinSouthChina.Itlauncheditsfirstinternetproduct–theOICQ,andQQinbriefinChinamarket.Formygeneration,signingupforaQQaccount,loggingin,andchattingwithfriendsbecameaprevailingfashion.Aflashingportraitofpenguinattherightbottomofdesktopisauniquefeatureofmygeneration.ThatisalsomyfirstexperiencewiththeInternet.Howamazingitwas!Today,asofDecember2014,therewereabout0.65billionnetcitizensinChina,andtheInternetuserateacrossthecountrywas48%.ThismeanshalfofusChineseareinvolvedinaconnectedworld,andwearebecomingthetrueglobalvillagers.ThemostinfluentialInternetcompaniesinChina—Baidu,AlibabaandTencenthavebeenformingthestrongestBATthathitseverycornerofourdailylife.HowdoesInternetimpactustoday?Isthereanynegativeaspect?Itrytobrieflyanswerthesetwoquestionsinmytalktoday.1.AdvantagesofInternetGetaccesstoinformation.Theinternetisavastoceanofinformation.Anyone,anywherewithaninternetconnectioncanfindoutjustaboutanythinginjustamatterofseconds.Thisevenextendsouttowardsvariouslevelsofformaleducation,suchlikedistanteducation,MOOC,theMassiveOpenOnlineCourseindetail.Getnewwaysofshopping.Anothergreatbenefitoftheinternetistheabilitytofindjustaboutanythingyoucouldwantandevensomethingsyoumightneverhaveknownexistedforpurchase.Withafewsimpleclickssomeonecanbuyeverythingfromfoodandgroceriestoacar.Nowweevenhaveaspecialfestivalcalled“doubleeleven”whichmeansNovember11th.Inthatday,customerscanbuygoodswithlowestpriceviathee-commerceplatform—Taobao.Communicatewithothersonaglobalscale.MuchliketheoriginaluseoftheInternet,communicationacrossgreatdistancesisachievableinseconds.Wecaninstantmessageallowingfordirectcommunicationoremailsomeoneamessageforthemtoreceiveuponloggingintotheiraccount.2.DrawbackstotheInternetCreatenewpossibilitiesofcrimes.Thingslikeidentitytheft,privacyleaks,cyberbulling,andsoonareallaresultofthiswiredtechnology.Getlossofprivacy:IfyouusetheInternet,yourpersonalinformationsuchasyourname,address,andsooncanbeaccessedbyotherpeople.Pornography:ThisisaveryseriousissueconcerningtheInternet,especiallywhenitcomestoyoungchildren.TherearethousandsofpornographicsitesontheInternetthatcanbeeasilyfoundandcanbeadetrimenttolettingchildrenusetheInternet.3.ConclusionTheInternetasawholeisalikeanyotherresource.Howitisusedalldependonthepeopleusingit.Muchlikeahammer,youcanbuildahouseoruseittocommitacrime.Thisdoesnotofcoursereflectbackonthehammeritselfbuthowitisused.Inthecaseoftheinternet,itisalittlebitmorecomplicated.Whileitcanandisoftenusedforgoodsuchasresearchandbringingpeopletogetheritalsoisusedformanyillicitpurposes.Thatisall,thanks.