[00:07.92]Online Shopping
[00:10.22]Online shopping has been gaining
[00:13.52]in popularity in recent years in China,
[00:16.82]particularly among young people.
[00:19.37]As is reported in a recent survey,
[00:22.85]an increasing number of people choose to do shopping online
[00:26.84]instead of going to the department stores or shopping malls.
[00:31.10]As to online shopping,
[00:33.59]there is no consensus among the public.
[00:36.57]Some people hold that online shopping is a real blessing,
[00:41.49]because you can buy products
[00:43.53]at much lower prices almost anytime anywhere
[00:47.45]as long as you have access to the Internet.
[00:50.68]Others contend that online shopping is not a blessing,
[00:55.61]but perhaps a curse.
[00:57.42]For one thing,
[00:58.87]online shopping still has some obvious shortcomings,
[01:02.85]such as uncontrollable delivery time.
[01:05.90]For another, chances are that the buyers
[01:08.97]might be cheated by dishonest online shoppers.
[01:12.64]I am convinced that the advantages of online shopping
[01:16.93]far outweigh its disadvantages.
[01:19.48]Admittedly, online shopping has its shortcomings,
[01:22.69]but measures can be taken to change them for the better.
[01:26.92]So, for my part,
[01:29.04]online shopping is more a blessing than a curse.
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