How much does it cost?

Aims• Identifying Prices

• Making and Responding to Requests

• Understanding and Talking About Shopping

Warming up• Lead-in question

Do you prefer to shop in department stores, supermarkets or in small shops?

If you have bought something you don’t like or that doesn’t work, what will you do?

Do you always look for the lowest price when you shop? Why? (NHI, 82)

• Warm-up listening• Identifying Prices (NHI, P83)

An outlet store or factory outlet is a brick and mortar or online retail store in which manufacturers sell their stock directly to the public. Traditionally, a factory outlet was a store attached to a factory or warehouse, sometimes allowing customers to watch the production process like in the original L.L. Bean store. ------definition from wikipedia

• Watch the video and learn the new words and phrases.

• What do you know about Shopping and prices?

• Watch the videos and retell the story.

• 1. 2.

Listening in

• Online shopping has developed quicklyIdentifying numbers

• China group buying sites fail• The advantage and disadvantage

of group buying

• Watch the video and fill in the blanks with numbers• A population of more than_______1_____billion. A middle class

_____2_______ million strong and growing. More than _____3______ million internet users, including ______4_______million online shoppers. As China's remarkable growth continues, conditions for e-commerce are improving.

• The Ministry of Commerce said in a report released Tuesday that, in ______5_______, the transaction volume of China's overall e-commerce business grew by _______6________ percent, reaching a stunning _______7________ trillion yuan. The equivalent of one eighth of the country's GDP that year.

• China will surpass Japan in ________8_________, and the U.S. by _____9_______, making it the world's largest online trading market. But experts are warning consumers to remain vigilant against rampant online fraud, as law enforcement in the sector is still weak.

• Around _______10______ percent of internet users have reportedly had money taken from their accounts without their authorization. Almost _______11________ million have reportedly experienced fraud while shopping online.

Consumer groceries

•Make up a brief dialogue according to the following situations:

• If you are the owners of five-storey Hua Lian Commercial Center, would you please arrange the storey for your shopping center, and discuss with your group mates.

• Musical instruments, crafts and jewels, silk and satin, porcelain (vessels), lady fashions, photographic articles, stationary, haberdashery( 男装类 ), provisions( 食品 ), cosmetics and perfumes, toys, confectionery ( 糖果 ), hosiery( 袜类 ), enamel ware ( 搪瓷 ), shoes and hats, jeans, sports wear, children’s wear, trousers, cotton fabrics, porcelain (vessels), furniture and wall coverings, linens, stationary, watches and glasses, pharmacy, hardware and electronic articles, TV and radios, towels and socks, cigarettes and win, daily necessities

• Watch the video and learn the new expressions on page 87 (student book)

• Let’s watch the video clip and know the current condition of online groupon websites.

• Group buying, also known as collective buying, offers products and services at significantly reduced prices on the condition that a minimum number of buyers would make the purchase. Origins of group buying can be traced to China where tuángòu or team buying was executed to get discount prices from retailer when a large group of people were willing to buy the same item. ---- defined by Wiki

• Reasons behinds closure of group-buying websites

• Watch the video first• Form a group of four in the class, and

have a hot discussion about the topic Reasons behinds closure of group-buying websites. Here are first two questions for thinking.

• Q1: Why we have seen so many closures this time?

• Q2: What kind of mechanism should be in place to ensure there is a wholesome market for Groupon?

• A selective topic for discussion: How to deal with problems in group buying

• Watch the video first• Form a group of four in the class, and

have a hot discussion about the topic How to deal with problems in group buying. Here are first two questions for thinking.

• Q1. As we've seen, some problems can arise with this type of purchasing. What can be done to deal with these dilemmas?

• Q2. What is the ideal integration among websites, consumers and the stores registered to the websites?

Online shopping has developed

quickly

• A population of more than 1.3 billion. A middle class 200 million strong and growing. More than 450 million internet users, including 150 million online shoppers. As China's remarkable growth continues, conditions for e-commerce are improving.

• The Ministry of Commerce said in a report released Tuesday that, in 2011, the transaction volume of China's overall e-commerce business grew by 29.2 percent, reaching a stunning 5.9 trillion yuan. The equivalent of one eighth of the country's GDP that year.

• China will surpass Japan in 2012, and the U.S. by 2013, making it the world's largest online trading market. But experts are warning consumers to remain vigilant against rampant online fraud, as law enforcement in the sector is still weak.

• Around 25 percent of internet users have reportedly had money taken from their accounts without their authorization. Almost 39 million have reportedly experienced fraud while shopping online.

Getting further

• It’s a shopping season

• Bargaining saves your money / 2

• Watch the video and tell the teacher which brand you like most and introduce the brand briefly

• 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

• Bargaining saves your money / 2• Watch the video and learn how to

bargain in western countries.

• Classroom activity• Together with 11 others, organize

yourselves into 6 shopkeepers and 6 customers. Each customer should be given a shopping list (marked figure A below) and the shopkeepers given a list of goods they sell along with the pries they must charge (marked figure B below).

Vocabulary

• Instant messaging 实时信息传递

• Group buying 团购• Online banking 网上

银行• Shopping cart

software 购物车软件

• Electronic tickets 电子客票

• optical cable communication 光缆通信

• Cyber Monday 网络星期一

• Seckill 秒杀• Netmodel 网拍麻豆• Auction 拍卖

• department store 百货商店

• children's goods store 儿童用品商店

• antique shop 古玩店 • second-hand store

旧货店 • counter 柜台 • stall, stand 售货摊 • show window 橱窗

• price tag 标价签 • prices are fixed,

fixed prices 有定价 • discount 打折扣 • change 零钱 • to keep the bill 留发

票 • to wrap up 包装 • free of charge 不收费 • to deliver 送 • be al sold out, out

of stock 售空

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

• lighter 打火机 • jewelry, jewels 首饰，珠

宝 • jewel case 首饰盒 • antique, curio 古玩 • ornaments 装饰品 • ring, finger ring 戒指 • signet ring 印章戒指 • necklace 项链 • brooch 胸针 • pendant 坠子 • bracelet 镯子 • chain bracelet 手链

• electric clock 电钟 • umbrella 雨伞 • parasol, sun umbrella 阳

伞 • knapsack 背包 • handbag 女手提包 • briefcase, portfolio 公事包 • travelling bag 旅行包 • suitcase 手提箱 • trunk 大衣箱 • magnifying glass 放大镜 • binoculars 望远镜 • hot-water bottle 热水袋

Vocabulary• lady fashions,• photographic

articles• Stationary• Haberdashery 男

装类• provisions 食品• cosmetics and

perfumes• Confectionery 糖

果• hosiery 袜类• enamel ware 搪瓷

• paper garlands 拉花• palace lantern• magic flower• hand crochet

article 钩针• double sided

embroidery• Brocade• straw articles 草编

物• cane products 藤织

物• smoking set

Vocabulary

• Genuine / artificial stone, diamond

• ruby 红宝石• sapphire 蓝宝石• amethyst 紫晶• golden star stone• tiger-eye,

turquoise 松石• agate 玛瑙• pearl, coral 珊瑚

• green jade 翡翠• white jade• jet 黑玉• jasper 碧玉• emerald,• Jadeites• crystal• elephant tusk