Most of us may have such experiences: when we are far away from the city we live in, we tend to think we know nobody there. But chances are that we may run into one of our old classmates, or friends on the street. At that moment, we would cry out: What a small world!
Why is the world getting smaller and smaller? For one thing, modern technology has made various means of transportation more and more advanced. Buses, trains planes, taxis, ships are available in most cities of the world. They carry goods and passengers to and from every corner of the world. For another, with the development of the society, people are contacting with one another more frequently. Everyday we must come across a lot of people known or unknown to us. The more advanced a society is, the more contacts with others we make.
So we draw the conclusion that as long as technology makes progress, the world will be getting smaller and smaller.
我们大多数人可能有这样的经历：当我们远离我们生活的城市，我们倾向于认为我们在那里没有认识的人。但很有可能我们会在街上遇到我们的一个老同学或朋友。在那一刻，我们会惊呼：这个世界真是太小了！
为什么世界变得越来越小？首先，现代科技使各种交通工具越来越先进。公共汽车、火车飞机、出租车、船舶可以在世界大多数城市通行。它们从世界的每一个角落运送货物以及乘客。另一方面，随着社会的发展，人们之间的联系更频繁。每天都要遇到很多我们已知或未知的人。社会越先进，与他人的联系越频繁。
所以我们得出一个结论只要技术进步，世界将变得越来越小。