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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.
Tue Sep 23 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
淘宝 táobǎo Taobao
贵重 guìzhòng valuable
保险 bǎoxiǎn secure
实体店 shítǐdiàn physical store
又在淘宝啊？
yòu zài Táobǎo a ？
You're on Taobao again?
嗯，想买个iPhone.
ng4 ，xiǎng mǎi ge 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 guìzhòng de dōngxi ，nǐ yě gǎn zài wǎngshàng mǎi ？wǒ kàn háishì dào diàn lǐ mǎi bǐjiào bǎoxiǎn 。
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 tǐng ānquán de 。shàngmian hǎo duō màijiā dōu yǒu shítǐdiàn 。bùguò wǎngshàng de jiàgé piányi yī liǎng chéng ne 。nǐ kàn zhè ge bā G nèicún de ，cái wǔqiān duō ，diàn lǐ chàbuduō yào mài liùqiān 。
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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