双边类大作文，科技类话题
Some people believe that modern technology makes shopping easier, while others do not agree. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
题目来源：2020年12月5日亚太雅思大作文
题目大意
一些人认为现代技术使购物变得更容易，而另一些人则不同意。讨论这两种观点，并给出你自己的观点。
思路解析
这是一道科技类考题，考题本身不难。“现代技术让有些人的购物更容易，有些人则没有”，这道题目的话题类型和情报圈11月30日发的题目问法很相似（有兴趣的同学可以在历史推送记录里看到，那道题是现代技术对通讯技术的发展是否使人受益）。
我们可以一起来梳理下：现代技术对购物造成了哪些改变？给哪些人带来了好处，又给哪些人带来了坏处？
多数同学看到题目会想到的购物方面的现代技术应该就是“网购”（而雅思写作中，也有专门“线上购物 vs 线下购物”的利弊讨论），而网购带来的好处主要是两方面。
一是顾客在网上就能体验到和线下相近的购物场景，在浏览的商品的过程中可以详细的了解相关的信息。并且可以在同类型的商品中，对比不同的商家并且选择性价比更高的购买。
二是顾客可以随时随地进行购物，不再受到地理位置和时间的限制。所购买的商品也可以通过快递寄送来获取，这样可以节约往返商店的路程时间，以及需要搬运商品时所耗费的力气。
而网购所带来的坏处也有三方面。
一是因为缺乏实体店的体验，在购买衣服裤子之类的商品可能会买到并不合适的商品，并且之后退换的过程可能反而花费更多的精力。
二是网购可能会遇到假冒伪劣商品或者虚假宣传，而顾客在拿到实物前是很难发现的，并且因为售卖者没有实体店，想要事后追责可能也更加麻烦以及耗费时间。
三是对于老年人来说，网上购物意味着他们要改变原来习惯的现金支付，并且必须先掌握智能手机、上网、手机支付、搜索商品等技术，想要他们能够改变习惯且掌握这些新技术就是比较困难的。
提纲
高分范文示例
I would argue in this essay that whether modern technology leads to an easier shopping experience depends entirely on who the consumers are.
The technology development is gradually verifying what Moore has said in his law, that the speed of the capability growth of computers and other digital devices is exponential; this has led to a brand-new way of people buying goods. Internet giants are emerging, opening online stores, providing us with the opportunities of having a virtual commercial life without going out to physical stores. During this process, consumers who are adept to basic internet usages establish their commercial relationships with the online retailers using electronic devices such as smartphones or computers, and they are provided with the details of their target goods by learning what is presented on the webpages. This type of shopping mode gives rise to the convenience that can never be gained before, since People are released from the complexities of traditional shopping, and are allowed to buy things whenever and wherever they want. Buyers used to carry the daily goods – foods, clothes or other uses, etc. – they have purchased in the stores, bearing with the time spending and the tiredness of the transportation. But now, they can just order what they want through apps on their phones, waiting for the well-developed logistic system to send the commodities to their home. Therefore, it is this type of online shopping experience that makes people save their time and energy buying commodities.
The scenario listed above is just the one in which some people benefit from online shopping. The reality, however, is that not all people find it easier to purchase or shop over the internet, among which some older people may think it is extremely hard to buy what they want in a modern technological world. For the greying population, to learn a new thing is always with difficulties because of their increasingly deteriorating memories and their slower acceptance of information and knowledge. It is very complicated for them to follow the procedures of the entire online shopping, or even other modern technologies that are involved in their shopping experience, because they may have to learn how to set up an online account, to download and register in the apps, to communicate with the shop owners in a chatting room and, most importantly, to make sure the steps are enough safe and sound so that there would not be frauds that may cause them to lose their money. Worse yet, online shopping is also unfriendly in terms of information delivery; to the elderly, those internet commodity showcases always contain so much information that is hard to be read clearly by the ones who have bad eyesight, and the digital payments can still not be well accepted since the seniors are used to paying in cash for decades. All those difficulties mentioned make the new technology, especially the internet-based shopping mode become an extra burden to the old people.
In conclusion, while modern technology makes a more convenient shopping environment, it doesn’t fit for all potential users.
