Here you have some old posts about the same topic.
Useful vocabulary:
- A good deal: if something is a good deal, you pay a low price. You can say that a store has some great deals, for example
- A bargain: the same as above
- 20% off : the price is now 20% less than the original price
- Overpriced: if sth is overpriced, it costs much more than you think it should
- To order: when you order something that you are going to pay for, you ask for it to be brought to you, sent to you, or obtained for you. “to order things online”
- Order number
- To place an order
- If you have a discount on the retail price, you pay less price than the price normally charged
- Goods: things made to be sold
- To be scheduled for delivery (tomorrow)
- Online form
- A secure payment page
- To enter your card details
- Get a refund
- You can pay “Cash on Delivery”
- To exchange a product
- To track your package
- Shipping rates
Ready to test your knowledge? Fill in the blanks with some of the words above.
LISTENING ACTIVITY
Watch the video and fill in the gaps. You can check your answers by activating the subtitles.
Watch the video and fill in the gaps. You can check your answers by activating the subtitles.
SINGLES’ DAY
________________, cheap and some say addictive, online ________________________ are going through the roof in China. An electric tooth flosser caught Lu Ching’s eye, ______________ 20%. He rarely visits a ________________these days. Laptop, fitness equipment, cameras, all bought with a few __________________ and many other items he admits he doesn't even need. Sometimes I do ____________________ online, especially when they are on sale. A lot of times I buy them without thinking too much and never touch them again after I open the packages; even if I don't like them, I don't _______________ them because I'm lazy. Singles’ day started in the 1990s as a response to Valentine's Day, but it has gone far beyond people's relationship status. Online giant Alibaba managed to turn what's now called Double 11 into a shopping spectacle that captivates most of China. Exactly at midnight on November 11 __________________ appear online and the _______________ ____________ begins. Twenty years ago, America was China's role model but now when we talk about online business China is doing better than the U.S. in many ways. 2016 nearly 18 billion US dollars were spent in just 24 hours. As a publicity stunt ecommerce companies are using drones to ______________ _______________ to some of China’s islands. Transport companies are working _______________ to ________________ millions of packages. More than 650 million ___________________ were ___________________last year and this year's __________________ are most likely to be even higher despite a slowing economy but it is an environmental _______________ to the online shopping festival according to Greenpeace. Research shows that in 2016, Double 11 produced 258 thousand tons of CO2 because of transportation and waste _____________________that's the equivalent of two and a half million trees When we shop online the _________________ tend to ________________- They always wrap more layers around the original packaging usually plastic bags. This uses more resources and creates more waste. A problem Lu Ching has yet to become aware of. For him, online shopping has become like his mobile phone there's no life without it anymore and to prove that ___________________shopping does not increase laziness he demonstrates the home gym he bought online.
________________, cheap and some say addictive, online ________________________ are going through the roof in China. An electric tooth flosser caught Lu Ching’s eye, ______________ 20%. He rarely visits a ________________these days. Laptop, fitness equipment, cameras, all bought with a few __________________ and many other items he admits he doesn't even need. Sometimes I do ____________________ online, especially when they are on sale. A lot of times I buy them without thinking too much and never touch them again after I open the packages; even if I don't like them, I don't _______________ them because I'm lazy. Singles’ day started in the 1990s as a response to Valentine's Day, but it has gone far beyond people's relationship status. Online giant Alibaba managed to turn what's now called Double 11 into a shopping spectacle that captivates most of China. Exactly at midnight on November 11 __________________ appear online and the _______________ ____________ begins. Twenty years ago, America was China's role model but now when we talk about online business China is doing better than the U.S. in many ways. 2016 nearly 18 billion US dollars were spent in just 24 hours. As a publicity stunt ecommerce companies are using drones to ______________ _______________ to some of China’s islands. Transport companies are working _______________ to ________________ millions of packages. More than 650 million ___________________ were ___________________last year and this year's __________________ are most likely to be even higher despite a slowing economy but it is an environmental _______________ to the online shopping festival according to Greenpeace. Research shows that in 2016, Double 11 produced 258 thousand tons of CO2 because of transportation and waste _____________________that's the equivalent of two and a half million trees When we shop online the _________________ tend to ________________- They always wrap more layers around the original packaging usually plastic bags. This uses more resources and creates more waste. A problem Lu Ching has yet to become aware of. For him, online shopping has become like his mobile phone there's no life without it anymore and to prove that ___________________shopping does not increase laziness he demonstrates the home gym he bought online.
(Activities taken from Cristina Cabal's wonderful blog. Thank you very much!)
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