手提電腦對大學生是必需品嗎？Laptop—A Necessity for College Students?

 In recent years, a growing number of students at colleges are using laptops. Still more students are asking their parents for one. However, is it a necessity for their study? I don’t think so.

近幾年，越來越多的在校大學生使用手提電腦。仍舊有更多的學生問父母要一臺。然而，這是學習的必需品嗎？我不這麼認爲。

On the one hand, it is safe to say that a laptop is of great help to some students’ study. This is especially true as far as the hard working students are concerned. With the enrollment ever growing at colleges, the school resources available to the students are quite limited. In this case, having a laptop is no doubt convenient for their study. With a laptop, they can get access to the Internet, searching for academic information, learning foreign languages and working on their graduate papers. As for these students, they can equally do well in their study without a laptop. On the other hand, there are a lot of students whose laptops are used in quite a different way. Some use it to play computer games and watch movies on the Internet, and still others even use it to gamble. Instead of helping them with their study, the laptops are a waste of money and time. To these students, a laptop is a luxury. It spoils them rather than benefits them.

一方面，手提電腦對有些學生的學習是有很大幫助的。這對努力學習的學生來說是尤其正確的。隨着大學錄取數量的增加，學生可用的學校資源是十分有限的。在這種情況下，擁有一臺掌上電腦對他們的學習無疑是方便的。有了手提電腦，他們可以接觸互聯網，搜索學術信息，學習外語和寫畢業論文。對這些學生來說，他們沒有手提電腦也可以學得很好。另一方面，有很多學生的手提電腦用在不同的方面。有的用它來玩遊戲和看電影，有的甚至用它來賭博。這樣不但沒有幫助他們的學習，反而浪費了時間和金錢。對這些學生來說，手提電腦是一種奢侈。它給他們帶來壞處而不是好處。

In conclusion, we can say that for some students, a laptop is of some help to their study rather than a necessity, while for others it is absolutely unnecessary.

總之，我們可以這麼說，對有些學生來說，與其說手提電腦是必需品不如說是他們的學習的助手，而對其他人來說是絕對不必要的。