Air transport is increasingly used to export fruit and vegetables to countries where they cannot be grown or are out of season. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?

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More and more fruit and vegetables are imported from some countries to nations where they are not available by air.
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suggest that fresh fruit for the whole year is the primary benefit of
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while price increasing is the main drawback. The main reason those products are imported to countries where they are impossible to grow is because consumers can have a chance to eat fresh products every time. Fresh crops cannot be stored for a long time unless they are frozen. Air
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, which is the fastest way to import them, is the only way to keep them fresh during the travelling time between two countries.
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, North America’s temperature is usually below 0 degree Celsius for almost 8 months every year,
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80% of fresh harvest here are imported from South America where they can be grown easier. Despite
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benefit, the high cost of those products is the disadvantage of air
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increasing comes from the air’s expense and the tax between countries. Because fruit and vegetables are not the
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-long products, people cannot reduce the price of transportation by using the cheaper one
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or train transportation.
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, Vietnamese’s durian, which is sold in Chinese supermarket in Canada, always has 10 times higher price than that in Vietnam due to the transportation’s fee. In conclusion, air
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may bring the freshest products to consumers in nations where they are impossible to grow, but the high cost of those can be a main reason to prevent people buying them.
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The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

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To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

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  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • export
  • import
  • perishable goods
  • carbon footprint
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • supply chain disruptions
  • economic benefits
  • culinary experiences
  • broader market
  • local produce
  • agricultural industries
  • external sources
  • competition
  • outcompete
  • vulnerable
  • high costs
  • freshness
  • accessibility
  • out of season
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