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There is a controversy between the lecturer and the speaker as to whether megastore benefits people or not. The lecturer argues that megastore doesn't benefit people at all. It goes against the writer's assertion that megastore has good impact on people's life.
To begin with, the lecturer points out that people would spend more money in magastore. To be specific, it seems like people are saving money when they buy discounted products, but in case of other commodities, they are more expensive than small store. In total, shopping at megastore are not saving money. This counters the writer's argument that shopping at megastorer is reasonable as its price is lower than other family stores.
On top of that, the lecturer claims that shopping at megasotre is inconvenient. It would be more convenient if people want to buy various kinds of standard products, however, when it comes to unique items, it is not convenient as they only have standard goods. Even worse, according to the lecturer, we don't have any other choice there would be no more stores which selling unique products as megastore force small stores to close. This explanation casts doubt on the writer's opinion that it would help people shop providing many choices.
Lastly, the lecturer maintains that it would create low paying job so it would not bring activity to local economy. Moreover, maegastore will prevent them from forming labor union and it will not hire workers as full time job. It never benefits local. This explanation contradicts the writer's claim that it would benefit local economy by producing many sorts of jobs. |