Практика аудирования «Интернет-магазины»

Группа (2 курс) ОДБ.04 Английский язык

1. Читать и переводить текст «Покупки онлайн: за и против» (Online shopping: pros and cons).

Modern information technologies have influenced greatly people’s lifestyle and their daily routine. Today we can do shopping not only at markets and stores but also on the Internet. There is a great variety of online shops on the Internet and they sell all kinds of goods: from cars or airplane tickets to books or food. You can buy anything just with a few clicks of the mouse. The first online store appeared in England in 1979. And since then shopping online has become really popular and widely-used. Currently the largest world online corporations are “Amazon” and “eBay”.

It is often faster and cheaper to buy online. For instance, finding and buying books on a website is easier and more convenient than walking around a large bookstore. Moreover, customers save not only their time but money as well: warehouses are normally cheaper than shops, so online companies offer lower prices even when delivery charges are included. Although shipping a small number of items from another country could be sometimes quite expensive.

It goes without saying that not all products can be purchased online as easy as books. People prefer to try on clothes, for example, to feel the quality and choose the right size. So they often go shopping first, choose the product in stores and then place an order for it online, having found some attractive discount.

Online shopping is also an ideal way of buying goods for extremely busy people or for the disabled. Online stores are usually available 24 hours a day. All you need is the Internet access and a valid method of payment: credit cards, electronic money or cash on delivery.

The main disadvantage of online shopping is insecurity. There is always a small risk that your financial and personal information might be exploited by hackers. Other frustrating disadvantages are additional costs for delivery and long waiting time, up to several weeks. Besides, online shopping is a bit risky because you can get goods of bad quality, broken or even wrong items.

As we can see, shopping on the Internet has both advantages and disadvantages. To my mind, it is a very useful and convenient invention. We should just be careful when choosing a website and placing orders.

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Какие существуют интернет-магазины? Что можно через них купить? Какие удобства и преимущества они дают? Что такое онлайн-шопинг? В чём его преимущество? В чём его недостаток?

2. Прочитайте текст, произнесите вслух и коротко передайте его содержание.

Nearly every person who owns an computer has bought something on the internet at least once. Online shopping is making things much easier in terms of time. The only thing you have to do is going to the internet page, choose the product you want and buy it. Usually, the delivery takes from 2 days to 15 days.

To go shopping online is very important for some people becouse you can buy food as well as things you need in the household and if you are not able to go out any more for any reason. Another good opportunity in online shopping is you are able to compare prices much easier.

The weakness of online shopping is that you have to be really carefull in choosing the site you want to buy the things you need. Some sites just want you're money and won't give you anything. Another bis problem is the quality of the things you get.

In my opinion internet shopping is a good and usefull invention. Internet shopping is a good and useful thing. Internet is not limited by international boundaries and makes it possible to buy products from other countries without actually having to go there.

Ответить на вопросы:

Что такое онлайн-покупки? Сколько времени занимает доставка товара? Чем важны онлайн-покупки для некоторых людей? В чём состоит недостаток интернет-магазинов? Почему интернет-покупки являются хорошим и полезным изобретением?

3. Подготовить рассказ или написать сочинение на тему «Достоинства и недостатки интернет-шоппинга». Для образца приводим текст статьи на английском языке:

More people than ever before in history are using the Web to shop for a wide variety of items, from houses to shoes to airplane tickets.

So, what are the advantages of online shopping?

Incredible convenience: In comparison to a brick and mortar store with fixed hours, the online one is accessible 24/7 (twenty four / seven). This is especially useful for moms with small children, people that are home-bound, or for those shoppers who live in inclement weather conditions.

Price comparisons: When you visit a store, you most likely have to settle for whatever price the vendor has placed on a particular item. Not so with online shopping – you have the ability to compare prices from hundreds of different vendors.

Infinite choice: Shelf space in a brick and mortar store is limited, which means that your variety of goods is limited. Not so with an online store. Plus, if you don't see what you want in one store online, you can simply move on to the next one.

Easy access to consumer reviews: On the Internet, it's easy to access consumer reviews for pretty much any product you can think of, which makes for more informed purchases.

No pressure sales: We've all been awkwardly propositioned by eager salespeople while buying offline. You don't have to put up with that online.

These are just some of the advantages of online shopping. Are there disadvantages? Unfortunately, yes. Let's look at a few:

You can't try things on. If you're buying a clothing item, you don't have the ability to feel the material, try it on, and see how it's made. Unless you know your measurements and are familiar with the brand of clothing offered, this could end up being a bad experience.

You can't get an immediate answer to your question: If you have a question about the item you're looking at, you probably will have to wait at least 24 hours to get a question answered (however, many sites have "instant chat" enabled that take care of this issue).

Privacy and security: Privacy and security are legitimate concerns for any online shopper, but there are precautions you can take to make sure your transaction is a safe one. For example, paying attention to HTTPS protocols, knowing how to identify online scams and hoaxes, surfing anonymously, and keeping your Web usage private.

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