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BEST IELTS Writing Task 2, 2nd October
WRITING TASK 2 (AC + GT)
WRITING TASK 2 (AC + GT)
It is now possible to perform tasks such as banking, shopping and business transactions, without meeting people face-to-face. What are the effects this may have on the individual and the society as a whole?
SAMPLE ANSWER
The emerging information technology helps people do chores like banking, shopping and trade instantaneously and without meeting people face to face. Conventional methods of economic dealings are a thing of past. The effects of the new trends on individuals and the society, as a whole, are dealt with here.
To start with, a big benefit of the widespread use of technology is that people do not need to go to various offices and queue up for getting things done. For example, ATMs, credit cards and internet banking make people do business transactions from anywhere. Since people can visit websites and get things delivered at home, face-to-face communication does not take place. All these have resulted in tremendous economic boom and the whole society is positively benefited.V These can also reduced traffic on the road which enables us to save fuel and address the problem of pollution to a very great extent.
However, we are social beings and interaction with our fellow beings gives* us a sense of belonging. Human relationships and interaction with our fellow beings are required. The new types of business transactions need less interaction with people and this makes us less satisfied. To my mind, the more technological one becomes, the less contented one gets. Moreover, new business opportunities have also created a very serious problem in society in the form of cyber crimes. Many nations of the world do not have the expertise and equipment to fight the menace of cyber crimes.
To summarise, life has become much easier because of the state-of-the-art information technology. However, while modern technology offers us innumerable comforts, it has its flip side as well as it reduces human interaction.
