(영어회화주제) 홈쇼핑
Many people buy things through home shopping.
The channels are placed between major TV channels,
so you can see a lot of home shopping channels when you are channel surfing.
On home shopping broadcasts, the emcees walk you through the details of each product. (walk sb through : 친절히 설명하다)
They put an emphasis on each product's strengths,
to make consumers open their wallets.
The screen also shows phone numbers for easy ordering or consultations.
They also tell you how long you have until time is up.
The biggest advantage of home shopping is the prices.
Often, they offer the best price for a product.
You can also use your credit card to pay in installments most of the time.
■Describe a product you purchased through home shopping.
- I haven't exprienced it
- I usually oder something online, not a TV home shoppoing
- I think It is more suitable for the eldery
■Where do you find information about items you want to buy?
- Definately blogs,
- There are a lot of posts on the internet.
- Some are just ads, others are real reviews
- Anyways, I get information on both of them
■What are the differences between TV home shopping and online shopping?
- As I am getting older, I think TV home shopping is much bette than online shopping
- Hosts are demonstrating products' functions
- It helps a lot to buy something
- There have been some cases that I really regetted buying something because things which I bought were totally different than I expected.