题目
Some people believe there are intelligent life forms existing on other planets and it is better to send messages to them, but others think it is a bad idea because it is very dangerous to do this. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
解析
我们对外星人的想像古已有之，但集中爆发于上世纪60年代，到《星球大战》系列达到高潮。在我们的想像中，外星人要么乘飞船横跨天宇，要么在自己的星球建立能量收割器，要么是外星人通过某种奇怪的符号向我们发送信息；在我们的想像中，外星人有时候头颅硕大无比，有时候没有嘴巴，但其心理和动机多少与现代人一样：要么当一个坏人要摧毁世界，要么当一个英雄要保护世界。无论如何，老雅认为，外星人一定存在，但其存在的方式可能远非人类所能想象，也许与地球上的生命形态完全不同。
那么，人类应该尝试与外星人沟通吗？有人说应该，有人说不应该。本题要求我们讨论双方观点，然后给出自己的观点。ok，如果说应该与外星人沟通，我们能讲出什么理由来？如果说不应该与外星人沟通，我们又能讲出哪些理由？最后，我们依据一个什么标准来判断到底该不该与外星人沟通？
经常读老雅公众号的读者，对老雅的写作思维模式应该已经不再陌生，对于任何一个事物或观点，我们都可以从三个层面上去思考：物质层面（包括时间、金钱、身体、外表等）、精神层面（包括情感、心理、精神）、社会层面（包括社会、道德、法律、政治、哲学等）。那么，对于和外星人沟通的好处与坏处，我们可以列举如下：
好处：（1）外星人科技发达，可以学习他们的科技，让地球人生活得更快乐（物质层面）；（2）和外星人联系后，我们在这个宇宙就不再孤独（心理层面）；（3）地球必将毁灭，联系外星人将为地球人找到新的栖息地（社会层面）。
坏处：（1）联系外星人，需要投入巨大的人力物力（物质层面）；（2）联系外星人，可能是一件非常危险的事情（社会层面）。
我的观点：我认为应该努力与外星人沟通。首先，外星人若不及我们地球文明，那他们不会对我们构成威胁，如果外星人比我们的文明更先进，那么他们来破坏地球的可能性就更低，因此所谓威胁论或危险论其实不存在；而与外星人沟通会让我们找到其他星球的朋友，我们可以向他们学习，在地球终点到来之前，外星人甚至可能挽救我们。
唐老雅高分范文
Our imagination about beings on other planets has never stopped and reached its climax in such movie series like “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” in 1960s and 1970s. If other life forms do exist, an idea I strongly support, should we, as human beings on the Earth, try to reach out and communicate with them?
A lot of people do not like the idea of sending messages to aliens “out there”. According to their theory, trying to establish communication with other life forms is extremely expensive because it entails designing complex equipment and apparatus. This will consume tons of money, which should be spent solving more practical problems like medical care or education. More importantly, as these people would claim, once they receive our messages and know about our existence, the aliens may invade the Earth and eliminate us all, just like what they do in many movies and science fiction.
There are others who are very enthusiastic about reaching out for aliens on other planets. They are interested in how these different life forms survive and believe their more advanced technology may well help us human beings solve our existent problems. Having been living in the universe as the only intelligent being for too long, many people find it very attractive to reach their brothers and sisters from other planets. It is significant for another reason, too. As the Earth will surely die and disappear into the black hole as many scientists have speculated, we need to be known by our siblings on other planets so that when that day eventually does come, our future grand, grand children will not perish.
Personally, I do not think much of the “danger” theory. If the aliens are less developed than us, they cannot be a threat to us even if they want to; if they are more developed and civilised, the probability that we are killed by them is still lower. Once the xenophobic danger is removed, I believe most of us will welcome the idea of communicating with the intelligent forms outside the Earth, because they can provide us with the much desired companionship and may save us when the Earth expires.
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