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HSK 5 · Advanced

网上购物Wǎngshàng gòuwùOnline Shopping

HSK 5 reading practice · 59 words · ~1 min
随着suízhe网络wǎngluòde发展fāzhǎn网上wǎngshàng购物gòuwù变得biàn de越来越yuè lái yuè普遍pǔbiàn
With the development of the internet, online shopping has become more and more common.
人们rénmen不用búyòng出门chūménjiùnéng买到mǎidào世界shìjiè各地gèdìde商品shāngpǐn
Without leaving home, people can buy products from all over the world.
网购wǎnggòu虽然suīrán方便fāngbiàndàn存在cúnzài一些yìxiē问题wèntí
Although online shopping is convenient, it also has some problems.
比如bǐrú有的yǒude商品shāngpǐn质量zhìliàng不好bù hǎo图片túpiàn完全wánquán不一样bù yíyàng
For example, some products are of poor quality and look completely different from the pictures.
因此yīncǐ消费者xiāofèizhězài购物gòuwùshí应该yīnggāi保持bǎochí冷静lěngjìng不要búyào盲目mángmù消费xiāofèi
Therefore, consumers should stay calm when shopping and avoid spending blindly.
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Key words 生词

随着suízhealong with; as
普遍pǔbiàncommon; widespread
存在cúnzàito exist
质量zhìliàngquality
保持bǎochíto keep; to maintain
盲目mángmùblindly

Grammar note 语法点

随着…,… — along with…

A formal connector linking a trend to its background: 随着网络的发展,网购越来越普遍. Common in written Chinese and news.

随着时间的变化,他的想法也变了。 — As time passed, his thinking changed too.

Check yourself 小测验

1. Online shopping became common along with...
2. What problem does the text mention?
3. What should consumers do?
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