本期导读
在过去十年，移动支付（数字支付或电子支付）逐渐无缝衔接到消费者的现代生活中，取代现金支付成为大多数人的主要支付方式。现金支付为什么会衰退？移动支付的利弊都是什么？请看今天这篇文章。
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The Dash from Cash
移动支付相关题目
1. People can perform everyday tasks, such as shopping and banking as well as business transactions, without meeting other people face-to-face. What are the effects of this on individual and society as a whole?
2. Technologies contribute to new ways of buying and selling, which is transforming the lives of consumers. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?（近期考查可能性较大！）
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New technologies, and in particular the Internet, are undoubtedly having a major impact on the way goods and services are bought and sold. In many countries, buying products online has become a mainstream activity. In my opinion, online shopping has brought significant changes to the lives of consumers.
The first main reason is that the development of online shopping has meant that the market for goods available to the individual has grown exponentially. It is possible to buy virtually anything from what has effectively become a world-wide retail market: exotic foods, art works, rare books, adventure holidays; the list is endless. Products that were once only available to those who lived in large cosmopolitan cities with a wide variety of shops can now be bought by those living in small towns with few local amenities.
Another significant reason is that the buyer can have more control over the process. Price comparison websites make it easier to find bargains. Shopping can be done at any time of the day or night, and shoppers can browse for as long as they like without pressure from sales assistants. This means that shoppers can potentially become more astute and knowledgeable about the products they are buying. Because of the greater competition involved in trading within a large market, sellers may have to improve the quality of their products.
In conclusion, experience suggests that online shopping has shifted the balance of power is favor of the consumer. Consumers not only have wide access to goods but also have greater access to information and more control over how they shop. (264 words, Band 8.5)
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