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In the past, people used to travel abroad to look for many differences from their country. Nowadays, cities throughout the world are becoming more and more similar. What are the reason? Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Introduction
The
last
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 time, many people used to travel
foreign
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to foreign
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country
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countries
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 to look for many differences from their country.
However
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,
cities
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 on over the world are becoming more and more similar. The writer argues the main reason is global and
to avoid
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that avoiding
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 burnout
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outweighs
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outweigh
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outweighs
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 the
drawback
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drawbacks
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 of laziness.
Body · 1
Firstly
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, they will
make to
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lose
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the cultural
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cultural
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culture
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about
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of
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 traditional countries. Every city will
was
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be
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 of traditional
difference
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differences
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. If they change
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views
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their views
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 in their country,
it
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they
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 will lose
traditionally
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tradition
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.
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, it will
e
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be
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very
vey
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very
 boring because
cities
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 have
views
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 similar and
don’t
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 have anything interesting
other
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apply
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. So, we should develop that
also
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 preserve traditional
cities
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.
Body · 2
Secondly
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, if
cities
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 were changed
similarly
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, they
will
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would
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 do for
tourist
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tourists
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 can’t operate because similar
cities
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don’t
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anything
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have anything
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 to visit.
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, many tourist companies can’t have
differently
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different
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 with other countries. They can find no
views
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 that they want to visit.
Body · 3
However
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, when they were changed
similarly
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cities
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to cities
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, tourism
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don’t
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didn’t
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 spend money on
to
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apply
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travel from
cities
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 to other
cities
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.
Moreover
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,
cities
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 will not be allowed
compete
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to compete
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 and
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don’t
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won’t
 have
problem
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a problem
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war
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with war
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.
Conclusion
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,
problem
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the problem
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change
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changes
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views
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at
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in
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cities
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 will not have nationally
traditionally
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traditional
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 sightseeing and
writer
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the writer
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 was
drawback
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a drawback
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 with changes
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apply
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this
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.

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coherence cohesion
Ensure your introduction clearly sets up the topic and your conclusion summarizes your main points effectively.
task achievement
You have identified some relevant points such as the danger to cultural traditions and the potential boredom of similar cities.
Fully explain your ideas

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    • Sentence 1 - Background statement
    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
    • Sentence 4 - Outline sentence
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion
    • Sentence 1 - Summary
    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
    • Sentence 3 - Prediction or recommendation

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