HSK 4Lesson 25
Much shopping now happens on a phone. You will hear two friends compare online and in-store shopping, two others talk about an advert for a new phone, a friend explain how to give a red envelope at New Year, and a customer call an online shop about a wrong order.

You will learn to compare shopping online and in shops, talk about adverts and new products, handle red envelopes and small change, and sort out a problem with an online order.
Part 1 · 14 new words
Contains 6 words
to purchase
to shop
to shop online
online
offline; in person
market
Contains 4 words
goods
customer
Contains 4 words
red envelope (of money)
small change
Part 2 · 8 phrases
我习惯网购,下课回家就能买东西。
I'm used to shopping online; I can buy things as soon as I get home from class.
购买手机以前,我先比较价格。
Before buying a phone, I compare prices first.
线上的东西便宜,线下的东西能拿在手里看。
Online things are cheaper, but in a shop you can hold the thing in your hand.
市场里的水果比超市便宜。
Fruit at the market is cheaper than at the supermarket.
顾客打电话说,货还没到。
The customer called to say the goods haven't arrived yet.
地铁里的广告说,这个手机下个月推出。
An ad in the subway says this phone comes out next month.
Part 3 · 4 conversations
Bai Jiayue and Wang Yixue talk about where they like to shop: online, in shops, or at the market.
白家月Bai Jiayue
一雪,你买东西喜欢网购,还是去线下的商店?
Yixue, when you buy things, do you prefer shopping online or going to real shops?
王一雪Wang Yixue
衣服我都是线上买的,不用出门,选的也多。
I buy all my clothes online. I don't have to go out, and there's more to choose from.
advertisement
to launch; to bring out
pocket money
to scan a QR code
弟弟把过年的红包存起来,这是他的零花钱。
My younger brother saves his New Year red envelope; that's his pocket money.
我没带零钱,用手机扫码付钱吧。
I didn't bring any change; let's pay by scanning the code with my phone.
白家月Bai Jiayue
可是网上的货有时和照片不一样。
But goods online sometimes look different from the photos.
王一雪Wang Yixue
这个问题我也遇到过,所以贵的东西我还是去商店看了再买。
I've had that problem too, so for expensive things I still look in a shop before I buy.
白家月Bai Jiayue
我跟你不一样,我喜欢周末去市场买菜,还能跟卖菜的人聊聊天。
I'm different from you. I like going to the market on weekends to buy food, and I can chat with the people who sell it.
王一雪Wang Yixue
对你来说,购物不只是买东西,也是一件快乐的事。
For you, shopping isn't just buying things; it's something you enjoy.
Liu Ming sees an advert for a phone that will come out next month and wants to buy it at once; Li Wen thinks they should wait.
刘明Liu Ming
你看到这个广告了吗?那家公司下个月要推出新手机。
Have you seen this advert? That company is bringing out a new phone next month.
李文Li Wen
看到了。广告上说,线上购买的顾客可以便宜三百。
Yes. The advert says customers who buy online get three hundred off.
刘明Liu Ming
那它一推出我就买。
Then I'll buy it as soon as it comes out.
李文Li Wen
别急,广告上的话不能都信。新手机刚出来的时候,常常有问题。
Don't rush. You can't believe everything an advert says. New phones often have problems when they first come out.
刘明Liu Ming
那你说怎么办?
So what do you suggest?
李文Li Wen
等一个月,看看买过的顾客怎么说,再决定。
Wait a month, see what the customers who bought it say, and then decide.
刘明Liu Ming
也好,到时候也许还会降价。
Fair enough. By then the price might even come down.
Anne will visit Liu Xiaoxue's family at New Year. She asks Liu Xiaoxue how much to put in a red envelope for her little sister, and finds she doesn't need cash.
安妮Anne
小雪,过年我去你家,给你妹妹红包,一般放多少钱?
Xiaoxue, when I visit your family at New Year, how much should I put in a red envelope for your little sister?
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
几十块到一两百都可以。红包里的钱就是孩子们的零花钱。
Anything from a few dozen to one or two hundred is fine. The money in the red envelopes becomes the kids' pocket money.
安妮Anne
我想放五十,可是我没有零钱,只有几张一百的。
I want to put in fifty, but I don't have any small change, only a few hundred-yuan notes.
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
没关系,现在很多人用手机发红包。
That's fine. Lots of people send red envelopes by phone now.
安妮Anne
可是你妹妹还小,没有手机啊。
But your sister is too young to have a phone.
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
那就发给我妈妈。你先扫码加她,就能发了。
Then send it to my mom. Scan her code to add her first, and then you can send it.
安妮Anne
好办法。到了你家,我先扫码加阿姨。
Good idea. When I get to your place, I'll scan your mom's code and add her first.
Li Wen ordered a blue shirt online and received a white one. He calls the online shop's customer service to sort it out.
李文Li Wen
你好,我上周在你们店网购了一件衬衫,今天货到了,可是颜色不对。
Hello, I ordered a shirt from your shop online last week. It arrived today, but the color is wrong.
客服Customer service
不好意思。请问您购买的是什么颜色?
I'm sorry. What color did you buy?
李文Li Wen
我要的是黑色的,你们发来的是白色的。
I ordered black, and you sent me white.
客服Customer service
是我们的问题。您把货寄回来,我们马上给您换。
That's our mistake. Send the goods back and we'll exchange them for you right away.
李文Li Wen
寄回去的钱谁付?
Who pays for sending it back?
客服Customer service
当然是我们付。我们再给您发一个十块钱的红包,下次购物可以用。
We will, of course. We'll also send you a ten-yuan red-envelope voucher that you can use next time you shop.
李文Li Wen
那好,我明天就把衬衫寄回去。
All right. I'll send the shirt back tomorrow.