1、Honorable judges,distinguished guests,ladies and gentlemen,and my fellow debaters:Just now the proposer told us,Internet is convenient to contact others,and promotes global communications,so it makes people closer.However,if a man just puts his major energy,even all spare time in Internet,how can he
2、 wholeheartedly communicate with his friends in reality?Actually,when we are talking about being close to somebody,it does mean an emotionally intimate relationship,which is a psychological problem.No matter how fast or convenient people can keep in touch with distant friends or family members,they
3、are just easier to get information of other people,but the true standard to judge whether people get closer or more estranged is to say,whether they can trust each other better than before.So,does Internet help people trust each other better?Our groups answer is NO.Internet has two main characterist
4、ics.For one part,Internet is a virtual world.On the Internet,no one knows you are a dog.Through a cold computer screen,how can we exchange ideas with others sincerely?We have to know,communication between human beings is based on spoken language,eye contacts,or soul exchange.No matter how wonderful
5、Internet is,it can not replace the real world.Imagine one day when people meet each other and just say,“Did you surf the Internet today“,do you think people are getting closer or more estranged?Internet,as a virtual world,cannot promote a heart-to-heart communication,and,as such,does harm to the tru
6、st between people.For another part,Internet is only a media of communication.What does really make people closer?It is the affection between friends,or the concern about family members,rather than a media,Internet.If I resent someone and Internet helps me to contact him easily,I dont think our relat
7、ionship will be closer.Furthermore,what kind of the medias Internet is?Just as “every advantage has its disadvantages“,when we enjoy the convenience Internet has provided us,we have to know,long time of accumulation of relying on this method to contact others,makes people ignore the importance of si
8、ncere communication.We are losing the precious trust between people day by day.It is the Internet that makes people more estranged.We the people create the Internet,and Internet changes the people as well.The enormous influences Internet has brought us,totally change our ways of life and communicati
9、ons.As for the current events,the opening of the Internet give adequate freedom for people to say whatever they like,so it comes all sorts of network crimes,such as cheating others for money,publishing false advertisements.The whole environment of the Internet is full of danger,we have to take preca
10、utions against those cheaters when surfing the Internet.How can we trust others in such a dangerous condition?If the trust between people can not be promoted by the Internet,my fellow debaters,How can you say Internet makes people closer?Internet is the product of the development of the times,and al
11、l of us are so lucky to live in a informational society,using the Internet to contact others fast and easily.But our group has to remind you,my dear friends,the meeting of minds,the communication between hearts and hearts,will never be completed just by a media of communication,the Internet.So we have to state our opinion for another time,Internet does make people more estranged.Internet Makes PeopleMore Estranged
