外研社2023思政精品课件-Unit 4 应用英语教程综合英语2.pptx

Pre-Class TasksBackground KnowledgeText AText B Pre-Class TasksMini-ResearchSearch the Internet for information about online shopping and answer the following questions.What is online shopping？Online?shopping?is?a?form?of?electronic?commerce?which?allows?consumers?to?directly?buy?goods?or?services?from?a?seller?over?the?Internet?using?a?web?browser?or?a?mobile?app.?Consumers?find?a?product?of?interest?by?visiting?the?website?of?the?retailer?directly?or?by?searching?among?alternative?vendors?using?a?shopping?search?engine,?which?displays?the?same?products?availability?and?pricing?at?different?e-retailers.What led to the rise of online shopping? Online shopping is becoming more and more popular because of the following advantages: (1) Shoppers can search for exactly what they want; (2) There is no crowds or queues; (3) Shopping convenience: it is time-and-energy-saving; (4) It is easy to compare prices and reviews; (5) Shoppers can shop further afield.? Pre-Class TasksCo-LearningWatch a video clip and discuss the following questions in a group.1. What is the shopping revolution in China? Shopping is a very different idea compared to what it used to be. Shopping behaviors, and also technology platforms, had evolved differently than elsewhere in the world. For instance, e-commerce in China is soaring. But it is not just about the scale of the e-commerce, it is the speed of the adoption and the aggregation of the ecosystems. It took China less than five years to become a country of mobile commerce. Pre-Class TasksCo-LearningWatch a video clip and discuss the following questions in a group.2. Why does the spontaneity of shopping increase? There are different inspirations: blogs, celebrity news, fashion information. But really, for many of them, there was no particular reason to buy. They were just browsing on their mobile site and then buying whatever they saw. We have observed the same level of spontaneity in everything, from grocery shopping to buying ins