Online shopping vs Traditional shopping
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WARM UP
1. Put the words and phrases from the box below into the right categories
(online shopping, offline shopping, both):
ONLINE SHOPPING
BOTH
OFFLINE SHOPPING
2. In pairs, discuss the following questions:
a) Have you ever bought anything online? If
yes, what was the last thing you bought on
the Internet and where did you buy it
exactly?
b) What kind of problems can you have when
you buy on the Internet?
c) What was the last bargain you got (online
or offline)?
d) Do you prefer to do shopping online or in
traditional, physical stores? Why?
e) When do you think everybody will buy
things only online?
VOCABULARY
3. Fill in the sentences with the verbs from the box below to create phrases
related to shopping:
a) You can always return a product bought online if you ………..
your mind
or if it doesn’t fit you.
b) It is easy to ………..
around online and find the best deal very fast.
c) A lot of people ……….. too much
money on clothes or gadgets.
delivery
shopping assistant checkout
out of stock on sale
discount
order
shopping cart
return
search engine
bargain
aisle
queue
changing room
wishlist
shipping cost
spend
place
make
(x2)
use
visit
change
add
shop
get
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d) If you want to ………..
an order, click the green button and make the
payment.
e) If you want to ………..
a complaint about products you bought at our
store, complete this form and send it to customerservice@acme.com
f) How many
stores do you usually ……….. when you go shopping?
g) Enter your credit or debit card details and any other information required
and click “confirm card details” to ………..
a payment.
h)
When you make a decision, simply select quantity and ……….. the
product
to cart.
i) You can ………..
coupons to save money on everyday things such as
your grocery shopping.
j) We promise you 30-day satisfaction guarantee, which means that you can
return the product within 30 days and ………..
a full refund.
4. Complete the questions using any 5 phrases from exercise 3.
a) When …....... you ………….……………………………………………………..
b) How often ….......you …………………………………………………………….
c) How much …………………………………………………………………………
d) …....... you ever …………………………………………………………………..
e) What ….......you …………………………………………………………………..
VIDEO
5. Read the text about the Singles’ Day and answer the questions below it:
a)
Why and where was Singles’ Day invented?
b)
Why is it celebrated on November 11th?
c)
What is Singles’ Day similar to nowadays?
Singles' Day always falls on November 11th because the date 11/11 represents
four ones, or four singles, standing together. It was originally called "Bachelor's
Day" and the celebration began among students at China's Nanjing University
around 1993 as a sort of anti-Valentine's Day. Interestingly, Singles' Day has
become the largest online shopping day in the world. The holiday became an
important commercial event in China during the first decade of the 21st century
when the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba offered products with big discounts
on its platform for 24 hours, starting at midnight on Nov 11, 2009. Since then,
Singles' Day has become a super shopping day, like the post-Thanksgiving Black
Friday and Cyber Monday in the U.S.
Adapted from Investopedia.com
Online shopping vs Traditional shopping
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6. Watch the video (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF7D1bNCZ04
) and
match the figures and dates with what they refer to:
the 1990s
November, 11
18 billion
650 million
258 thousand
orders placed during Singles'
Day last year (2016)
time when the Singles' Day
started
the date of Singles' Day
tonnes of CO2 produced during
Singles' Day 2016
dollars spent during Singles'
Day in 2016
DEBATE
7. In groups, prepare arguments for or against this statement:
Online shopping is better than offline shopping
when you’re ready, try to convince the other group to your opinion!
FOR (+)
AGAINST (-)
