高中英语作文：The Change of Communication Methods通讯方式的变化

　　With the rapiddevelopment of science and technology, communication methods of people havechanged a lot.In the long history of the past, people communicated with peoplewho were far from them only by letters, which took a very long time to get themessage.In the late 19thcentury, telephone was invented, but itwas not widely used. Letter is still the main method.Later, telegraph cameinto being and was popular, which was much faster than letter, bringing greatconvenience to people.As time goes by, telephones become increasingly widelyused.Now, the phones has been developed as mobile phone, fixed telephone,Internet telephone and other categories, being an essential communication toolsin modern information society.In addition, network communication is popular aswell.A great number of people communicate with others on the Internet, such asthe chat room, bbs, MSN and so on.People can make video calls that not onlycan hear the sound, but also can see the people you talk to.In short, thereare various communication methods in modern world, which bring great convenienceto people.

　　随着科学技术的快速发展，人们的通讯方式发生了很大改变。在过去的历史长河中，人们只能通过书信与远方的朋友沟通，要过很长一段时间才能收到消息。十九世纪末期发明了电话，大事并没有广泛地使用，信件仍然是主要的通讯方式。后来，电报问世了并且很受欢迎，它比信件快得多，给人们带来了很大的方便。随着时间的流逝，电话越来越被广泛使用。如今，电话已经发展成移动电话、固定电话、网络电话和其他种类，成为了现代信息社会必不可少的通讯工具。此外，网络通讯业很受欢迎。很多人通过网上聊天室、bbs、MSN等与他人沟通。人们可以进行视频通话，不仅可以听到声音而且可以看到和你通话的人。简而言之，现代世界有各种各样的通讯方式，给人们带来了巨大的方便。