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

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Nowadays, we can observe the growth of electronic payments by using credit cards and smartphones. Some
people
 believe, that cash may disappear in the future. I totally agree with them. In
this
 essay, I am going to explain the reasons for
this
 forecast
as well as
 to write about
people
, who may not agree with
this
 innovation. These days, payments without cash are becoming more and more comfortable.
People
 just need to attach a credit card or smartphone to the terminal to make a purchase.
Also
, modern payment systems increase security,
in other words
, you do not need to carry a lot of traditional
money
, which can be dangerous in some cases, to buy something expensive.
Moreover
, during the Covid-19 pandemic governments asked
people
 to
use
 cards to avoid the virus. Despite these considered advantages, there are a lot of
people
, who do not agree with
this
 trend.
Firstly
, for the old generation, who are not tech-savvy, it can be increasingly hard to start to
use
 modern payment systems.
For instance
, some seniors still
use
 mobile phones without built-in chips, which can provide online payments, because they trust only traditional
money
.
Secondly
, some individuals like to
use
 real
money
. They feel positive emotions when they count
money
 or spend it.
Finally
, another group of
people
 can feel how much
money
 they are spending and it helps them to manage their budgets.
To conclude
, modern payment systems have a lot of benefits, which would help them to replace cash
such
 as convenience and security.
However
, there are some groups of
people
, who are not ready to change the usual order of things.
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I really want to study but I’m too tired.

I wore a warm coat because the weather was cold.

If action is not taken soon on climate change, global warming will get worse.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • digital payments
  • convenient
  • efficiency
  • reduce crime
  • tangibility
  • privacy
  • limited access to technology
  • job losses
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