Module 4: Services
Summary: Internet Shopping
Key points
- The internet is a means to chat, exchange files, find information and order goods.
- Online shopping has huge benefits: time, choice, comparing prices.
- It also has risks: hackers, fake websites, goods that never arrive.
- We warn people with Mind + noun phrase! and Look out! / Watch out!
- Other warnings: Be careful with… / Don’t + verb.
- Sounds: /eɪ/ safe, /əʊ/ phone, /aʊ/ out.
Rules to remember
Mind + noun phrase
Mind the step! Mind your password! Mind hackers when you pay online!
Look out! / Watch out!
For a sudden danger: Look out! A car! — with a noun: Look out for pickpockets!
Be careful / Don’t
Be careful with your bank card. Don’t open strange emails.
How to do it
- Identify the danger.
- Choose: Mind + noun, Look out!, Be careful… or Don’t…
- Keep it short and add “!”.
Example
Look out! That website isn’t secure. Mind fake offers!
Common mistakes
- *Mind to cross the road!* ▸ Mind the road! / Be careful when you cross.
- *Look out the car!* ▸ Look out! A car! / Look out for the car!
- *a website secure* ▸ a secure website.
Key words
Summary written by سكولار for quick revision: it does not replace the lesson and its exercises.