My daughter recently asked me what a travel agency does. There is one located on our street and it has just been completely rebuilt. I told her that they helped people book their trips and vacations. “Why haven't we ever been there？” she wanted to know. “Because we do everything ourselves online these days” I explained. “But why do it yourself if other people want to do it for you？” she wondered out loud.
The answer is that the travel agency makes a little bit of money on each ticket you book through them. If you book your ticket yourself online, you save that money. Saving money sounds great except that when you think about it you typically spend three evenings comparing prices to end up saving $30 on a $300 trip. All those $30 discounts add up of course so I guess we should be happy with that.
Consider books for a moment. Buying your book at Amazon saves you maybe 30% to 40% on each book. Add to that the convenience of shopping from home and getting the package delivered to your home address. So far so good. Unfortunately, that does mean you spend too much time browsing Amazon. com while you could do something fun instead. Like maybe reading an actual book?
Then the package arrives and you aren't home and end up having to pick it up at the local postoffice. All in all I wonder how much time I end up investing in the whole process. Time sounds free, but to most of us, it is more valuable than money.
The Internet Economy promised to get rid of the middle—men and we loved it. Somehow, I'm starting to get the feeling that we ourselves ended up doing the work of that middle—men we were so eager to get rid of.
In any project you can always pick two of these: fast, cheap or good. We seem to have focused a lot on 'cheap' and 'good' but the extra time we need to invest to also keep it 'fast' comes out of our own pockets.
You can always make more money but you can never make more time.
【小题1】What is the purpose of paragraph 1 ?| A．It mainly shows the curiosity of the author's daughter. |
| B．It indicates that the Internet has influenced our daily life. |
| C．It tells us the importance of a travel agency. |
| D．It shows why people need a travel agency. |
| A．We should be satisfied with $30 that we have saved because it is worthwhile. |
| B．$30 that we have saved is too little, so we can't be happy with it. |
| C．We should feel regretful although $30 is worth the time we have spent. |
| D．It's hard for us to be happy with $30 because we have wasted a lot of time. |
| A．Positive | B．Indifferent | C．Neutral | D．Critical |
| A．The convenience of the Internet Economy. |
| B．How to save time in the Internet Economy. |
| C．The hidden cost of the Internet Economy. |
| D．How to save money in the Internet Economy. |
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| A．BumbleBEE Fashion. | B．Parisian Miki. |
| C．Cotton ON Kiddos. | D．CANDY KINDOM. |
| A．Getting a Minecraft. | B．Playing electronic games. |
| C．Having an eye test. | D．Eating noodles. |
| A．To advertise for brand names. |
| B．To introduce money-saving tips. |
| C．To illustrate the design of posters. |
| D．To inform members of the best deals. |
The best dessert for a party of family and friends? A homemade pie. The second best? A store-bought pie that you can pretend is homemade without being questioned. The following are some stores where you can find such great pies on Long Island.
Olish's Farm (75 Eastport Manor Rd., Eastport)
Owner Donny Olish prefers to buy fruit locally for his shop. Although more than 30 varieties are on offer, he's sometimes forced to look elsewhere to buy strawberries, pears, apples, blackberries and raspberries(山莓) to produce a pie for the ages. More info: 631 -325 -0539, olishfarms. com.
Briermere Farms (4414 Sound Ave., Riverhead)
Briermere is nothing short of a pie factory, whose two dozen flavors (味道) are sold by the hundreds on lovely fall weekends. And for good reason: Much of the fruit used is grown right there on the farm. Don't miss its cream pie, an open-faced pie filled with cream and topped with fruit. More info: 631-722 -3931, briermerefarms. com.
Diane's Bakery Cafe (23 Bryant Ave., Roslyn)
Blue. Straw. Rasp. Three kinds of berries that join produce what remains the most popular pie at this old shop. But almost as popular are its chocolate and banana cream versions, followed closely by pecan and apple pies, to which New York State fruit is the key. Besides all these pies, you can treat yourself to other types of desserts there. More info: 516 -621 -2522, dianesroslyn. com.
Jericho Cider Mill(213 Route 106, Jericho)
Apple-raspberry. Apple-peach. Apple-blueberry. Are you detecting a theme? A new and cute outdoor seating area is the latest addition to Jericho Cider Mill. A matchless selection of New York's favorite home-grown fruit finds its way into equally matchless 13 varieties of pies. More info: 516 - 433 - 3360, jerichocider. com.
【小题1】What do we know about Olish's Farm?| A．It merely uses home-grown fruit. |
| B．It has a new outdoor seating area. |
| C．It always opens on fall weekends. |
| D．It offers the largest variety of pies. |
| A．The apple pie. |
| B．The chocolate pie. |
| C．The mixed berry pie. |
| D．The banana cream pie. |
| A．Olish's Farm. |
| B．Jericho Cider Mill. |
| C．Briermere Farms. |
| D．Diane's Bakery Cafe. |
I really place many people into two categories when it comes to shopping. The first is people who simply love doing window shopping and do it quite regularly maybe because they are really good at spotting bargains. The other category, which I suppose is obvious that people who simply dislike shopping for anything. They find it very boring, laborious and frustrating and do not particularly like going to their local shopping malls for anything whatsoever. They will probably do anything to try and get away with shopping for gifts and I had the same problem until I discovered something.
The simple discovery was to shop online for everything. This is especially fantastic when you are shopping online for gifts because there are so many websites out there dedicated to supplying all kinds of gifts for every occasion you can think of. The greatest thing is that you can do this from the comfort of your own home without having to leave and sit at a computer with a nice mug of coffee to help.
Researching is always important because you need to make sure whoever you are going to purchase this before is going to like it. You need to make sure of your researched pricing to ensure that you are getting good value for money. Generally, online you will always find things cheaper than buying something in a store in your local shopping mall. The fact that the website does not have many overheads with staffing gives them the opportunity to sell products at a reduced price.
It’s also important that you make sure the website you purchase things from has a good reputation. Check their customer service and also read any feedback that they may have from customers who have already made a purchase.
【小题1】Why do some people like doing window shopping better?| A．Maybe because they have more time to kill. |
| B．Maybe because they like the bargaining occasions. |
| C．Maybe because they like to appear in crowded places. |
| D．Maybe because they don’t know how to do online shopping. |
| A．he has much more space to bargain with sellers |
| B．he has the bravery to follow the fashions at present |
| C．he can surf to find so many choices just at home |
| D．he needn’t drive a car or take buses to find stores |
| A．The shop owners introduce goods with bad quality. |
| B．The shop owners need rent an actual store. |
| C．The shop owners needn’t employ many workers. |
| D．The shop owners can’t have a good reputation. |
| A．call the earlier buyer for information |
| B．surf earlier customers’ comments on the website |
| C．surf to find the personal information of the shop owner |
| D．turn to the police for advice on the information of the shop owner |
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