Practice 1　　You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.　　Write about the following topic:　　People can perform everyday tasks, such as shopping and banking as well as business transactions, without meeting other people face-to-face. What are the effects of this on an individual and society as a whole?　　You should write at least 250 words.

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Asking if virtual life will replace real life is like asking if singles' chatrooms will replace real dating. Human face-to-face interaction is, and will always be, the most effective form of communication.
First and foremost. Live meetings deliver more potent experiences that virtual meetings cannot. They deliver motivation along with messages, and inspiration with information. Face to face allow people to observe others to make better judgment or use more than words to express their ideas. That's why corporations that want to inspire a sales force to perform better or build confidence with customers are continuing to rely on the punch that live events deliver, namely, expos.
Still, while the virtual meetings will never entirely replace the live ones, the technology has a place within physical events, which shows the advantage over face-to-face communication. The shortcomings of the traditional meeting model, with a presenter talking on the stage and passive audience wasting time, have become clear with the rise of interactive and social networking instruments. These advances provided companies to incorporate better peer-to-peer and audience-to-presenter interaction. On the contrary, virtual life also isolates people without notice. Due to lack of timely feedback and negotiation, confusion and misunderstandings will spring out. High technology can hardly show emotions and feeling fully and properly. Emoticons can not tell everything. In other words, it is difficult to convey sarcasm or anger in an email or a text.
In summary, face-to-face and virtual chat will coexist in modem society. Personally, I am not in favor of having arguments electronically. Technology can be great to get in contact with someone and very convenient when they further along in a relationship, but never use it as a replacement for the real thing. For all of its usefulness, it is very hard to cuddle with a cell phone.

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