Some people think that in the modern society individuals are becoming more dependent on each other, while others say that individuals are becoming more independent of each other. Discuss both views and give your opinion. 

题目大意

一些人觉得人们现在变得越来越有依懒性，然而其他人觉得人们变得更加独立了。讨论双方观点并给出你的意见。

写作思路

这是一道双边讨论类的题目，可以按照自己的想法，自由地对双方内容进行合理分析。这道题所讨论的话题内容比价抽象，稍有难度，容易写得比较空洞，我们需要在构思的时候找到一些具体化的概念来体现依赖性和独立性，适合举一些生活化的实例来进行更有说服力的论证。

参考思路如下：

更独立的原因：互联网的出现大大提升了人们做事的独立性。人们习惯于依赖网络来获取各种知识，交友聊天，而不是面对面的和其他人的询问，讨论和谈话；机器自动化也让人们不再依赖彼此，可以直接网购，办理各种业务，而不需要去线下实体商店或各种机构网店。

更依赖的原因 : 社会的不断进步发展使得对各行各业的分工越来越精细化，这意味着许多工作必须依赖其他同事和行业的合作，无法独立完成；全球啃老化现象越来越严重，也体现了年轻人对父母的依赖性。

审题，找出关键词/限定词

◆ dependent  找出生活中人们更依赖彼此的具体行为表现

◆ independent 同理，我们需要找出人们独立性提升的原因以及具体体现

◆ discuss both views 双方观点都要进行合理地分析，然后再给出自己的意见想法

提纲

高分范文

It is considered that there is a growing level of individuals' dependency in our daily life including families, friends and work colleagues. However, in my opinion, independent behaviors are more prevalent in this contemporary society.

There is no doubt that the sense of independence plays a predominant role in everyday life. Modern technologies encourage us to be exposed to global events much more conveniently and efficiently. In other words, these modern inventions are increasingly considered to be a panacea for the acquirement of news, knowledge, social experience and even answers of school tasks, rather than face-to-face questioning, talking or discussing with others. This kind of exposure has largely reduced the level of people's connection with others to some extent, promoting a stronger sense of independence within us.

The thriving progress of the machinery automation has also contributed much to the independence of people for the reason that it has revolutionized the way we live in this modern age. Instead of meeting others face to face, many daily tasks including shopping and banking today can be accomplished on our own via the Internet with no more reliance on service personals, such as clerks, bank counters and salesperson.

Admittedly, it is true that there do exist certain situation that leads people to be increasingly dependent. In this day and age, it is not uncommon that every individual are required to be expert at only one certain field due to the specialization and higher demand of work. This means that an employee needs to negotiate and cooperate with coworkers in others departments or even another enterprise for the purpose of accomplishing the whole task smoothly. Therefore, it is of great importance to depend on others to some extent.

To sum up, I hold the belief that the ability of independent thinking is required in modern times and it is more likely to become the mainstream lifestyle in the near future though we have to rely on others sometimes. 

相关词汇

contemporary society   当代社会

play a predominant role   占主导地位

be exposed to   接触到

panacea   灵丹妙药

thriving   繁荣的

revolutionize   彻底改变

specialization   专业化

negotiate   谈判

coworker   同事

mainstream   主流