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Advantages and disadvantages of online-shopping網(wǎng)上購物的利弊
A: What do you do with surfing the Internet?
您在網(wǎng)上做些什么?
B: Well, finding out the latest news, chatting with some friends, playing games and things like that.
瀏覽新聞,與朋友聊天,玩游戲,諸如此類的事情。
A: Have you ever bought anything this way?
您在那里買過東西嗎?
B: No, never. I don't feel like shopping that way.
從來沒有。我不喜歡那樣買東西。
A: Why? Isn't it convenient for you to shop without moving to a store like this?
為什么?您不需要像這樣來到商店就可以購物,難道不方便嗎?
B: On-line shopping sounds easy and convenient, but it presents many problems.
網(wǎng)上購物看似簡單方便,實際存在很多問題。
A: Would you say more details?
能說得具體點嗎?
B: It's not safe to reveal some information of the credit card to a stranger.
把自己的信用卡的信息透露給一個陌生人是不安全的。
A: Yeah, some criminals sometimes make use of the Internet.
是啊,一些犯罪分子會利用網(wǎng)絡作案。
B: Also the quality of the goods is not guaranteed, as we must pay first.
因為是先付款,一些商品的質量難以保證。
A: That's true. And that's what troubles some on-line shoppers as well.
確實如此,這也是許多網(wǎng)上購物者遇到的問題。
B: And the most important thing is shopping on line deprives the pleasure of shopping. It's nothing like the real shopping here, short of pleasure of communication with real people, and relaxation.
最重要的是,網(wǎng)上購物剝奪了購物的樂趣。它和在商店購物不同,缺少人與人的溝通和放松的樂趣。
A: Good points. Thanks very much.
您的觀點很對。多謝!
B: My pleasure.
不客氣。
重點講解
1. feel like doing someting 想要做某事情
We'll go for a walk if you feel like it.
你愿意的話,咱們就去散散步。
I feel like having a drink.
我想喝點酒。
2. surf the Internet 上網(wǎng);上網(wǎng)沖浪;網(wǎng)上沖浪;瀏覽因特網(wǎng)
Do you ignore it and surf the internet?
你會完全無視它,然后繼續(xù)上網(wǎng)?
3. do with 利用,處理;需要;忍受;與……相處
This is so easy to do with all the technology available to you.
這件事做起來非常容易,你可以利用所有可用的技術。
4. make use of 使用,利用
But how will people make use of this kind of computing?
可是,人們究竟會如何使用這種方式的計算呢?
5. short of 缺乏;不足;除……以外
Short of war, how do you punish a state that has nothing?
除了戰(zhàn)爭,人們還能怎樣懲罰一個一無所有的國家?
6. nothing like 沒有什么能比得上;一點也不象
I am inclined to think that, in a good or bad sense, there is nothing like it in the world.
我認為不論是在好的或壞的方面,世界上沒有一樣東西是如它想象的。