SHOPPING Shopping has common elements wherever it takes place. A buyer looks for a seller who is offering something the buyer wants or needs at a price the buyer can afford to pay. Sellers often advertise their wares in the internet, newspapers, or on the radio or TV, on posters etc. Sellers use a variety of tactics to induce buyers to purchase from them at a price which leaves some profit. Shopping is a part of our daily life. And we have to deal with it whether we like it or not. There are people who hate going shopping. So they make a list of what they need and run through stores buying the needed things. Sometimes they even don’t care about the price. And there are people who go from store to store looking for goods of better quality and lower price. Those don’t worry about the time they spend shopping. But there is a very good service which is called online shopping. It really helps you to save your time and get goods of high quality. You have just to look through a catalogue, choose the things you like, order them and wait a little to get them. Answer the questions: 1. What is shopping? 2. How do sellers advertise their wares? 3. What do the sellers do to increase their profit? 4. Is there any service which helps to save time during shopping? 5. What do you think about online shopping?