Many jobs used to be done by hand, but nowadays an increasing number of them are done using machines instead. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this development.

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At present days, most
jobs
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replaced
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handmade
work
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by
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machines
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work
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, as it is rare to see a job
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without
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. In
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I will discuss both advantages and disadvantages of handmade
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and
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machines
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jobs
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. To commence with advantages,
machines
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halp
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help
make a large number of
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in a few
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, these
items
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produced
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without any
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. These help companies get a big amount of
money
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because of the ease
to produce
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of producing
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a lot of products compared to the
time
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spent in production. As for handwork
jobs
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,
it
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provides
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items
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that can not repeated and everyone can buy a special piece only for them.
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, I once bought a handmade piece from an old woman in Thailand and she told me she
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not produce another similar one because it is hard to design. When we talk about disadvantages,
machines
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take
human's
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jobs
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and make them suffer because they can not find a job to earn
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and their daily routine gets harder. As it
mades
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made
everyone wear the same clothes and do not show their personal style. As for hand
work
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jobs
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,
this
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job asks for a lot of expensive materials and facilities to start a new business, which is difficult for many people.
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, it takes a lot of
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to make one product.
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, a person who
have
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a talent
in
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for
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making shoes but
he
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need
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money
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to start selling, so he
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in
restaurant
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a restaurant
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to earn the
nedded
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needed
money
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. In conclusion,
machines
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can benefit by providing many flawless goods in
specific
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time
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, but
it
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can harm people by taking their
jobs
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.
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Moreover
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it keeps everyone one looks the same without any differences.
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, handwork helps show
person's
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a person's
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personality through
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making
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special
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, but it costs expensive basics
to begin
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the
work
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.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Automation
  • Efficiency
  • Productivity
  • Economic growth
  • Mass production
  • Standardization
  • Job displacement
  • Skill obsolescence
  • Overreliance
  • Income inequality
  • Social mobility
  • Technological advancements
  • Manual labor
  • Continuous learning
  • Skill development
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