In the future, people may no longer be able to pay things in shops using cash. All payments may have to be made by card or using phone. Do you think this will happen one day? Why do you think some people might not be happy to give up using cash?

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technology focused
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world, in the future humans might
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to pay for
things
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in stores
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cash
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. All
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ought to be made by credit
card
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or utilizing
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smart
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phone
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. It seems to me that buying
things
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by
phone
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and
card
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will happen one day.
Firstly
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, the majority of
people
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believe that paying for
things
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by
card
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or
smart
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phone
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is better
of
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using
cash
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; in terms of keeping. Since
money
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require
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to protect
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longer
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time and it replaces
between
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people
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in communities, it makes the
money
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is
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damaged.
For example
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, when one person
buy
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things
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should pay
cash
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and
this
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money
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continuously
follow
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among humans. A second factor is
reduction
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of paper in the world, which the government have to
more
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apply

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cut logging for printing
money
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,
thus
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it causes to be deforestation. Because
,
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the
basics
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requirement for making
money
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is wood.
For instance
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, cutting a tree
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to destroy
in
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the
environments
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environment

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but
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card
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is made from renewable sources.
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, opponents of
people
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do not like to give up using
money
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. In fact, they are old
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who do not know how to use credit
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card
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cards

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or
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phone
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, and they prefer to utilize
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for buying
things
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. In
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other words, they do not have any
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for using them.
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, critics of buying
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by
cash
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is
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helpful for everybody when the internet is stopped. In short, the basic requirement for buying by
card
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and
smart
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phone
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the internet is necessary.
That is
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to say, if the net is cut,
people
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can not buy
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in stores and
elsewhere
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.
To conclude
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, it seems to me that, buying by
card
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or
phone
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is
essential
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helpful
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in
the
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biodiversity than
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, but if the net has been stopped it causes
to
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created problems.
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coherence cohesion
Make use of cohesive devices such as pronouns, conjunctions, and transition words to aid in the flow of ideas and clarity of argument.
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Introduction and conclusion should be clear; the introductory paragraph needs to more effectively paraphrase the prompt, while the conclusion should better summarize main points without introducing new ideas.
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Expand and support main ideas with specific details and examples, ensuring assertions are substantiated rather than merely stated. This includes using illustrative examples to clarify why some individuals might resist transitioning away from cash.
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Topic Vocabulary:
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  • financial institutions
  • transparency
  • illegal activities
  • privacy reasons
  • digital trace
  • technologically challenged
  • cybersecurity threats
  • technical failures
  • cultural attachments
  • resistant to change
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