年3月中級口譯聽力真題Spot Dictation（含解析）

Spot Dictation

Good afternoon, folks. Today's discussion topic is online shopping. With only 2 weeks to go before Christmas, buying presents is a high priority for a lot of people. However, this year not so many people are leaving their homes to browse around the shops. These days, lots of people can do their shopping in the comfort of their own home with the help of the Internet. Online shopping is becoming more and more popular for a number of reasons. Prices are often lower online. You don’t have to queue up in busy shops. And you can buy almost any product imaginable with just a few clicks of your mouse. Computer trends are often male-dominated, but this year, women are expected to do more shopping on the Internet than men. It seems women are now more attracted to the convenience of online shopping than they used to be. Average spending online these Christmas by women will rise to £240 compared to the slightly lower average £233 for men. While the average spend per person on the high street is only £197. 17% of Internet users, mainland female are not buying their Christmas gifts online. In the past, a lot of people were reluctant to shop online. Many were worried about the security of entering their card details on the Internet and reliability of the Internet. But as shopping online has become more widespread, these worries have begun to disappear. 45% of Internet users still do have security worries but it hasn’t slowed down the ever increasing numbers of online shoppers. One victim of the online shopping boom is the UK high street. Christmas trading can represent up to 60% of turnover for some stores. Many companies are concerned not enough shoppers are coming through their doors in the run-up to Christmas. As a result there are lots of special offers in the shops.

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本篇文章主要是在講網上購物越來越受到人們的青睞。以即將到來的聖誕節爲例，更多的人，特別是女性選擇在網上購物。過去人們曾擔心網上購物可能會泄露隱私，但是現在這種疑慮正在消失。如果說網絡購物一定有受害者的話，那隻能是英國的購物街了。那裏的生意非常不景氣。老闆們爲了吸引顧客，不得不提供很多促銷活動。

總體來說這篇文章不難，沒有出現特別難的生詞，或者是特別複雜的句式。只要能在遇到數字的時候稍加留意，不會出現特別大的困難。