#1 Narrator: Whether booking a vacation,
shopping for music, or buying food, shopping today can be right at your fingertips. The Internet has *revolutionized the way we shop.
Title: Internet Shopping
Narrator: Already, we spend more than 800
billion dollars online each year, and as more people around the world get
Internet access, that figure will rise.
To discover why Internet shopping is so
popular, let’s compare two ways to buy a new pair of sneakers.
First, we walk to the nearest store.
Unfortunately, they don’t sell the style of sneakers we want. So we try *elsewhere
At the next store, they do have the right
style but not the right size.
Finally, the third store has exactly what
we’re looking for. Now let’s *rewind and
try again.
This time, we go online. Instead of visiting just
three stores, we can visit hundreds—even those on the other side of the world.
And by comparing lots of places, we spot the sneakers on sale at an even lower
price.
We transfer payment, the sneakers are packaged and
mailed, and a few days later, they arrive.
By going online, we can shop at any time
without leaving home. Which is great if we can’t get to the store very
easily.
Title: Internet shopping
(Advantages) : visit hundreds of shops compare prices shop at any time
*revolutionize: verb to change something completely,
usually making it better
*elsewhere: adverb in or to another place
*rewind: verb to make a video or music tape go
backward
#2Narrator: But there are disadvantages to
Internet shopping. Can you think what they might be?
Title: Disadvantages of Internet Shopping
Narrator: Those local stores were more
expensive partly because they have higher costs to pay, such as rent and sales
staff. They struggle to match the price of their online competitors, and as a
result, some stores have closed down. People have lost their jobs, and town
centers have started to look empty. There are disadvantages for customers, too.
We have to wait for deliveries, and if we miss a delivery, we have to collect
the item ourselves. And if the clothes or shoes don’t fit, we have to post them
back.
And when we shop online, we miss out on the
social aspect of shopping: talking to people!
Title: Internet shopping
disadvantages: shop closures missed
deliveries no social aspect
#3Narrator: For most people, the advantages of
Internet shopping *outweigh the
disadvantages, meaning Internet shopping is here
to stay.
Title: The Internet has revolutionized shopping.
*outweigh: verb to be greater or more important than
something