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購物模式變變變 THE CHANGING FACE OF SHOPPING

How do you shop?

我想我應該是少數例子，因為我喜歡親自到現場購物。

我喜歡實際走進店裡，親眼看看販售的商品。

不管是居家用品、衣物或食物，我都想在購買前看一看、摸一摸。

然而，現在有相當高比例的民眾會透過網站或電視購物頻道購買各種物品。

其實，電子商務不是什麼新鮮事；它可以追溯到七○年代電話購物出現時。

然後，到了九○年代網際網路開始起飛，諸如亞馬遜這樣的電商開始在網路上販售書籍； 之後不久，更開始賣起民眾可能會想購買的各樣林林總總商品。

安全性、良好的使用者體驗以及便利性亦紛紛自那時起開始獲得改善，促使網路購物更加具有吸引力。

網路電商還制定安全系統，保護用戶個資及付款細項。

網站變得更加使用者友善，而民眾也發現貨物宅配到府真的非常便利。

一九九七年，電子商務進一步擴展為行動商務，而該趨勢在短時間內更絲毫沒有放緩的跡象。

I think I'm in the minority because I love to shop in person. I like physically going into stores and looking at what they have to offer. It doesn't matter if it is household items, clothes or food, I want to see and touch before I buy. However, nowadays a large percentage of people buy everything through an online site or from a TV shopping channel.

E-commerce is actually nothing new. It dates back to the 70s when teleshopping came into being. Then in the 90s, when the internet took off, e-commerce sites such as Amazon began to sell books online. Soon after, it began selling almost anything anyone could want. 

Safety, a good user experience and convenience have improved since then, making e-commerce even more appealing. Security systems to protect people's information and payments were instituted. 

Sites became more user-friendly, and people found it very convenient to have goods delivered right to their door. This expanded further to include mobile commerce in 1997, and that trend isn't giving any indications of slowing down anytime soon.

nowadays （adv.）如今；現在

Nowadays kids are learning more difficult math at an earlier age. 提早學習更困難的數學

Housing prices are higher nowadays than they were even a year ago.

There are more health alternatives to milk nowadays than there used to be. 比牛奶更健康的替代品

site （n.）網站；建築物地點；發生某件事情的現場

The construction site was full of tools and machinery.

Inspectors went over the entire site of the train crash. 火車事故現場

site （v.）使...坐落於

The city site the water plant on the edge of town.把自來水廠設置在城外

the face of ＋（n.）

When we're talking about the face of shopping, we're talking about the things that come to mind when people think about shopping 

minority vs. majority

in person

to talk over the phone

to come into being 

That's when something began or got its start.

shop till you drop

insititute （v.）制定；建立

When did the university institute the new rules?

Alan’s doctor instituted a new treatment to fight Alan’s cancer.

insititute （n.）學院；學術研究單位

The institute for the Arts is located in this building.

indication （n.）徵召；跡象

Has there been any indication that Mason is unhappy with his job?

The biggest indication that autumn has arrived is when the leaves on the trees turn color.

There is every indication that Charles and Megan are going to get engaged. 種種跡象顯示

to take off

you name it

user interface （UI）

anytime soon