教师简介：重庆新东方留学考试中心雅思写作教师，四川外国语大学，英语专业八级。教学理念：在过多地要求学生的同时，也应该尽可能地尊重他们。人生格言：Dream big and aim high. 主授科目：雅思写作、雅思阅读。

文/李艳琼

题目：

Some people think that playing computer games only have negative effects on children, while others believe that it may also have positive influence on children's development. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

范文：

Various computer games have gained tremendous popularity among children nowadays. Although the negative impacts on children are generally acknowledged, the blessings of playing computer games are just too obvious to be ignored.

An advantage is that this practice can trigger the healthy activities in their brains. As games require abilities such as decision-making, problem-solving and rational planning, to mention but a few, a circumstance is that some of these mental abilities can be consciously and effectively cultivated in the games instead of in class.

Another point that should be noticed is that the industry of online games has become so prosperous that numerous jobs emerged related to the game production. A growing number of game players are devoting themselves to the profession of game industry. Some of them even become millionaires such as the CEO of Evochron Alliance. Only those who perform well in certain sophisticated games can stand better chances in hunting a satisfactory job relevant with online games in this severely-competing employment market.

In addition, lack of personal skills is one of the most serious defects that we have ever known about today's students. Some computer games have already allowed the players to communicate and interact with each other in the community designed in the game. One benefit is that children who originally dared not to socialize with strangers are already willing to and able to have social intercourse with others. Thus, it is not surprising that they become more extroverted and conversable.

However, under no circumstances can we ignore the downsides of playing computer games. It is undoubtedly detrimental to the children's eye-sight if they sit in front of the screen for a long time and it is so time-consuming as they are eager to upgrade their levels that parents and teachers will without a doubt complain about the time wasted on the games.

In conclusion, although we should not slacken our vigilance against the drawbacks of playing computer games, the positive functions of it should also be sufficiently recognized. It would thus behove parents and teachers to shoulder their responsibilities to cultivate the children's time management skill, making them able to keep a balance between game and life.