13. ONLINE SHOPPING Wʪ
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1. E-Commerce is growing fast and is changing the way people are living and doing daily activities.
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2. Online shopping (also known as electronic commerce or e-commerce) is exactly what it sounds like: buying and paying for an item via your computer.
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3. There are many advantages and disadvantages of shopping online.
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4. The driving force for online shopping is convenience.
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5. You can purchase almost anything online including clothes, cars, computers, and groceries.
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6. Some websites also offer gift-wrapping and guaranteed holiday delivery.
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7. You also can make travel arrangements and financial arrangements with your computer.
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8. Product selection may be greater than in a traditional store.
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9. The Internet is always open: 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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10. It's possible to view many products in one sitting and to take advantage of online price comparisons available from some sites.
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11. You can find great deals online.
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12. You can research a product that you are interested in, find the price, the availability, and if you choose, purchase the item online.
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13. You also can choose to use your research to purchase at a local store.
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14. However, online shopping has its disadvantages.
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15. Some consumers hesitate because they can't touch the product, or they worry that their credit card number will be hijacked over the Net.
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16. You can spend hours online searching through page after page and still not find what you are looking for.
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17. Items are displayed online in smaller-size images that can make it difficult to gauge their actual size.
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18. You have to wait for the item to be shipped.  You need to pay for shipping.
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19. There is no face-to-face contact, often people are comforted by actually "talking" with a real person.
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20. Some discounted goods on special may be damaged or secondhand -- who knows?
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21. Finally customers may not buy the product online, instead using the online services as a research tool only.
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22. The longer-term challenge for Web retailers may be to change consumers' habits of shopping for single items, and to convince buyers to let their impulses take over and their wallets open up.
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23. Retailers believe those security fears are fading as consumers become accustomed to shopping on the Web.
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24. E-Commerce will gradually change our style of living.
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GLOSSARY - ONLINE SHOPPING

groceries ~f

gift-wrapping §~]

make arrangement w

in one sitting ˪Fb訫

great deal uRvF

hesitate SݤM

hijack s

gauge p

goods on special Sӫ~

shipping Be

let somebody's wallet open up O (L) W[O

become accustomed to ---ing }lߺD

fading v
