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Buying on Taobao

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ID: 0993 Upper Intermediate
You've developed Enochiophobia from your last venture into a Saturday department store. However, your underwear has holes and your jean supply is non-existent since Ayi's last run in with the bleach bottle. What are you going to do? Head to Taobao... China's Ebay on steroids. Listen to this podcast and learn some of the techniques and potential dangers lurking on this website made just for closet shopaholics like you.
Jenny , John
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淘宝 táobǎo Taobao
贵重 guìzhòng valuable
保险 bǎoxiǎn secure
实体店 shítǐdiàn physical store
又在淘宝啊
yòu 又zài 在Táobǎo 淘宝a 啊
You're on Taobao again?
嗯想买个iPhone
ng4 嗯xiǎng 想mǎi 买ge 个iPhone iPhone
Yeah, I want to buy an iPhone.
这么贵重的东西你也敢在网上买我看还是到店里买比较保险
zhème 这么guìzhòng 贵重de 的dōngxi 东西nǐ 你yě 也gǎn 敢zài 在wǎngshàng 网上mǎi 买wǒ 我kàn 看háishì 还是dào 到diàn 店lǐ 里mǎi 买bǐjiào 比较bǎoxiǎn 保险
You're even going to buy something that expensive online? I'd say buying in a store is safer.
淘宝挺安全的上面好多卖家都有实体店不过网上的价格便宜一两成呢你看这个8G内存的才五千多店里差不多要卖六千
Táobǎo 淘宝tǐng 挺ānquán 安全de 的shàngmian 上面hǎo 好duō 多màijiā 卖家dōu 都yǒu 有shítǐdiàn 实体店bùguò 不过wǎngshàng 网上de 的jiàgé 价格piányi 便宜yī liǎng chéng 一两成ne 呢nǐ 你kàn 看zhè ge 这个bā G 8Gnèicún 内存de 的cái 才wǔqiān duō 五千多diàn 店lǐ 里chàbuduō 差不多yào 要mài 卖liùqiān 六千
Taobao is quite safe. A lot of the sellers have actual stores, but the online prices are ten to twenty percent cheaper. Look at this 8-gig one. It's just a bit over 5000, but in stores it sells for around 6000.
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