Oral Bac Anglais Idée de Progès

Oral bac Anglais : Idea of progress

        I’m going to talk about the idea of progress. In order to illustratte this notion I have chosen to talk about technology because she is present all around us. Indeed technology is used extensively, it’s the main way to communicate, or take for exemple our society, people check their phones all the time. It raises the question, could we live without technology ?

In the first part, we will see people who chose to live whitout technology  then secondly I’m going to talk about the modern world.

I) People who chose to live without technology

        Last year we studiththed the Amish community. The Amish live outside the modern world, they have their own way of life. Effectively they live whitout technology, which is the main rule of their community. Futhermore, they wear traditional clothes and they have their own school. Another particularity of the Amish community is the barn-raising, they build barn together by themselves.

A step in the Amish community is the Rumspringa, it's a rite of passage that allows Amish teens to experience the modern world. Following this they can choose to stay in the community or leave it but the major part of them choose to stay in.

        We also studied living off the grid. It’s a family who choose to live off the grid. It’s another way of life, they heat water without electricity but whit a fire torch so they take one shower by week. To clean their clothes, they use a bikepowerwashingmachin, that they built themselves. They light their house with candles. There are different kind of ways to live off the grid, it can be in a wood cabin or in an earth home.

Living without technology can be a constraint or even unthinkable for most people but on the contrary those who choose to live outside the modern world, think technology can be dangerous and harmful to their children or society.

II) The modern world

        The world of today is invaded by technologies, so much so that we can be addicting. In fact because of technology we miss a lot of event in real life, like birthdays or travel because we prefer stay home to play computer for example. But it’s also a way to communicate with people who live far of us. Technology is not just phone or computer,  we use technology every single day, in the kitchen with food-robot or just when we use water, or in our bedroom we use electricity, during free-time, or even during school.

        Imagine which consequences would have a solar flare in the modern world. A solar flare is a magnetic storm, that causes a loss of electricity, radio, signal. We studied the Carrington event of 1859. Indeed a solar flare like the Carrington event would have a huge impact on the planet because the world today works largely thanks to electricity, satellites and telecommunication. If it happened today, it would be a global disaster.

Conclusion:

So in our society living without technology is not easy because it is present everywhere! But some courageous people, choose to living off the grid and leave this modern world. So could we live without technology, it’s a possibility you just have to make a choice.

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