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Many people now live in societies where consumer goods are relatively cheap. Do you think the advantages of consumer goods being cheaper outweigh the disadvantages?

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In most of the countries of the world,
consumer
 goods tend to cheaper and cheaper than before. While I understand that there are some benefits to buyers, I believe that the advantages that low-priced
consumer
 goods bring do not outweigh the drawbacks. There are two main benefits that final goods provide.
First
,
comparing
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comparison
 with luxury products, because of the low price of
consumer
 goods, everyone can afford them, even low-income families can buy these goods without too many pressures. The
second
 advantage is, we have more choices and we can buy more products than before.
For example
, cosmetics from counters tend to be expensive, but nowadays we can
also
 choose to buy makeups in
drugstores
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drug stores
, the prices are usually only one-
third
 of counters, which means we can use the same money to buy more. In spite of the benefits mentioned above, I believe that low-price
consumer
 products provide some negative effects on society. In order to reduce costs, these products tend to be made with cheap materials, which have a short
lifecycle
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life cycle
. Clothing would be one of the examples.
Recently many
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Recently, many
 fast-fashion brands that provide clothes at a low price, but these clothes may break for only a season. It causes waste pollution in our environment.
Besides
, to reduce the cost, the producers not only use cheap
materials but
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materials, but
also
 hire
labors
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
labours
labs
labourers
 with low pay. As I know, even some companies using slave
labors
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
labour
labourers
 or child
labors
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
labour
, which have some moral issues. In conclusion, it seems to me that the drawbacks more than we gain from these cheap
consumer
 goods.

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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

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

Example:

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:

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

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