• In many countries small shops and town centres are going out of business, because people tend to drive to the large out-of-town stores. This results in an increase in car use, and it also means that people without cars have limited access to out-of-town stores. Do you think advantages of such development outweigh its disadvantages?

With the development of cities, increasing number of families

has got

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have gotten

have got

their own vehicle, which promoted the business of large out-of-town stores. Meanwhile, a great number of small town-

center

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

centre

shops people used to go are running out of business.

To

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In

our daily life,

this

phenomenon has brought numerous advantages.

First

of all, large-scale stores can provide high-quality service. Usually large stores would have standardized service progress and professional work teams, and undoubtedly, they have

considerable fund

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a considerable fund

for these which is small shops could never afford.

Secondly

, their price is much more reasonable; many stores greatly reduce the prices to make a quick turnover, and it is

obvious

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obviously

a win-win situation. The

third

but not the

last

one, they have an advantage over their location---they have place for parking. It is much more convenient comparing with the shops in the city-

center

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

centre

Center

with no space nearby to build parking. People can get

on

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in

their car directly after shopping

instead

of carrying the heavy bags walking long distances

to

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in

a parking lot or bus stop.

This

situation concerned a lot of people,

however

. For one reason, it is difficult to access these out-town shops without cars, so a growing number of people using cars may lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumptions.

In addition

to that, the increase in motor vehicles

also cause

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also causes

extra burden to the traffic system. On the basis of the above discussion, I would assert that the transport problem is the key factor, and I believe that an improvement of public transportation would solve

this

problem effectively.