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Buying Goods from Abroad Online

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ID: 2008 Upper Intermediate
There's an endless number of reasons for purchasing goods from abroad online: trying to avoid jacked up prices on imported goods, distrust of products produced by local companies, or just really, really, really wanting that pair of shoes that is inexplicably absent from every Nike store in Shanghai. In this case, it's two mothers discussing the option of buying baby formula outside the country and shipping it in. Learn all about this phenomenon in today's upper intermediate lesson.
Tue Aug 28 2012 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
三天两头 sāntiānliǎngtóu almost every day
费劲儿 fèijìnr to expend effort
天下无难事，只怕有心人 tiānxiàwúnánshì,zhǐpàyǒuxīnrén 'nothing in this world can't be overcome with a little determination'
海关 hǎiguān customs
杰克，你下周回国是吧？能不能帮我带点东西回来？
jiékè ，nǐ xiàzhōu huíguó shì ba ？néngbùnéng bāng wǒ dài diǎnr dōngxi huílai ？
Jack, you're going back to your home country next week, right? Could you bring some stuff back for me?
只要不是奶粉和尿布什么的，就行。我上次帮小徐带了两罐奶粉，害得我行李都超重了。
zhǐyào bùshì nǎifěn hé niàobù shénme de ，jiù xíng 。wǒ shàngcì bāng Xiǎo Xú dài le liǎng guàn nǎifěn ，hài de wǒ xíngli dōu chāozhòng le 。
I can as long as it's not powdered milk or diapers or something like that. The two jars of powdered milk I brought back for Xiao Xu last time made my luggage overweight.
啊？我也想让你帮忙带些宝宝用的东西。你也知道，国内的产品三天两头地出现质量问题，太让人不放心了。
ǎ ？wǒ yě xiǎng ràng nǐ bāngmáng dài xiē bǎobao yòng de dōngxi 。nǐ yě zhīdào ，guónèi de chǎnpǐn sāntiānliǎngtóu de chūxiàn zhìliàng wèntí ，tài ràngrén bù fàngxīn le 。
Huh? I wanted you to bring back some baby products, too. You know as well as I that quality issues with local products arise almost daily. It's really stressful.
爱丽丝，你让人家带东西多麻烦啊？还不如上网海淘呢。
Àilìsī ，nǐ ràng rénjiā dài dōngxi duō máfan a ？hái bùrú shàngwǎng hǎitáo ne 。
Alice, it's a pain for other people to bring stuff back for you. Plus, it's not as good as just buying things from abroad online.
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