New technologies and ways of buying and selling are transforming the lives of consumers.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

新科技是否改变了人们买卖的方式？

该题目建议写同意（如果非要说不同意，估计很难得分）

思路：

对于买方：我们现在有网购，其节省了时间，人们也无需去线下购物。与此同时价格也具备优势，人们乐于网上购物

对于卖方：产业促进卖方的服务升级，更新产业，提供更多的贩卖方式

让步写法可以用下面这个句型（while, even if, although 都行）

While some maintain that the actual impact of the Internet on shopping is negligible, I still think this tendency is positive

正文

第一段：背景+题目改写+观点

New technologies, and in particular the Internet, are undoubtedly having a major impact on the way goods and services are bought and sold. In many countries, buying products online has become a mainstream activity. Now in the UK, for example, roughly 12 per cent of all retail trade is conducted on line （背景介绍+题目改写）. While some maintain that the actual impact of the Internet on shopping is negligible, I would argue that it is in fact quite significant for two main reasons （作者并没有在开头段明确表明观点，这也是OK的，后面讲清楚就好，但是建议大家最好第一段把观点讲清楚）.

词汇: roughly 大约 undoubtedly 无法质疑的 mainstream activity 主流活动

Negligible 可忽视的 significant 有意义的

第二段：论点+论据 （红色是论点，其他颜色是论据）从买方展开说

The first main reason is that the development of online shopping has meant that the market for goods available to the individual has grown exponentially （从论点讲清楚网络让商品的选择性大大增加）. It is possible to buy virtually anything from what has effectively become a world-wide retail market: exotic foods, art works, rare books, adventure holidays; the list is endless ( 论据一，对前面所说的选择性进行展开，比如书，等等产品）. Products that were once only available to those who lived in large cosmopolitan cities with a wide variety of shops can now be bought by those living in small towns with few local amenities （论据二，采用对比的方法对比以前和现在的差别交代清楚网络的影响）

词汇： exponential growth 指数增长effective 有效的rare books 稀有书籍 exotic foods 外来食物 endless:无穷的

Amenities 基础设施（和facility，infrastructure同义）

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第三段：论点+论据 （红色是论点，其他颜色是论据）

Another significant reason is that the buyer can have more control over the process. Price comparison websites make it easier to find bargains. Shopping can be done at any time of the day or night. and shoppers can browse for as long as they like without pressure from sales assistants （论据一，从价格，便利性，社交等交代卖方的变化）. This means that shoppers can potentially become more astute and knowledgeable about the products. Because of the greater competition involved in trading within a large market, sellers may have to improve the quality of their products （论据二，透明的价格和竞争改变卖方的行为模式）.

词汇： c o mparison websites 价格对比网站 knowledgeable:有学识的

Astute 敏捷的

第四段：In short, experience suggests that online shopping has shifted the balance of power in favour of the consumer. Consumers not only have wider access to goods but also have greater access to information and more control over how they shop （总结二三段，不要引出任何型的论点论据即可）.

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