the advantages and disadvantages living in 21st century

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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Living in the 21st Century

The 21st century is a time of great progress in social welfare, health care and technology. Living in the 21st century brings many changes in our lives, in the way we work, in our daily activity, and do business And it is offers certain advantages, such as a higher standard of living, but it also has some disadvantages, such as a polluted environment.

The first advantage is nowadays many people have more money and less work hard. They get higher salary than before and get better social welfare and insurance.

Second, the advance in medical technology brings the better medical care and treatment, people's life expectancy is longer. Moreover, most people can buy foods with consist of high nutrition and they can go on vacation in their leisure time. The Third are the modern conveniences such as TV, internet, media transportation and labor-saving machines in the home.

However living in the 21st century also has disadvantages. For example is the increasing of polluted environment; air is polluted with vehicle smoke and water is contaminated by waste from factories and houses. The better