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课件网) Writing an essay about non-cash payments Unit 4 Everyday Economics Developing ideas Writing 1. To read and talk about non-cash payments. 2. To read for writing. 3. To understand the structure of non-cash payments. 4. To write an essay about non-cash payments. Learning objectives Read the posts from an online plete the table with the corresponding information. Definition of non-cash payments Benefits No cash is involved when people are making their payments. People make their payments with cards, mobile phones and other electronic devices. Convenient and fast. Do not need to carry lots of heavy coins or dirty notes. No more worries about losing wallets. Problems Conclusion Not safe enough and may lead to over-consumption. Some forms of electronic payments are restricted to the Internet. Potential inconvenience exists if the phone battery dies. Some forms are unfriendly to those who don’t know how to use electronic payments, especially the elderly. Non-cash payments, or electronic payments, bring us a lot of advantages. However, the disadvantages can’t be ignored. Maybe we could try to use money less often, rather than replacing it with non-cash payments for ever. Meanwhile, we need to think of ways to make non-cash payments better, friendlier and more scientific. Write an essay about non-cash payments using the information in Activity 6 and the words and expressions in this section to help you. introduction advantages disadvantage conclusion body beginning ending 议论文通过摆事实、讲道理的方式来辨明是非曲直，进而表达作者的观点。 议论文的三要素：论点、论据和论证。 写作时要求逻辑严密、结构清晰、言而有据，同时注意论点和论据之间的逻辑性以及不同论据之间的层次性。 正反对比类议论文一般分为四部分： 第一部分：引出要议论的话题； 第二部分：列举正方观点及其理由； 第三部分：列举反方观点及其理由； 第四部分：表明自己的观点。 人称以第三人称为主； 时态以一般现在时为主。 Different students had / held different opinions. ... had different attitudes towards this topic. Opinions vary on this topic. There were different opinions among ... concerning this topic. Some of them thought ... could be very ... Some students agreed with the idea. For one reason, ... For another reason, ... Some students in favour of the idea thought ... Besides / What's more /In addition, they believed/held a belief ... However, other students didn't agree / held a different view. They thought ... Besides, .. On the contrary, others were against it. They argued that ... What's worse, ... I agree with ... In my opinion, ... Personally / As for me, I'm for ... As far as I'm concerned, I'm in favour of ... Nowadays, non-cash payments are becoming more and more popular across the world, especially in China. It refers to the method of making payments with cards, mobile phones and other electronic device. New ways of supporting non-cash payments are quickly turning up one after another. Beginning Obviously, there are many benefits of ... ...
