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From the Ted Talk by Nimisha Jain: The joy of shopping -- and how to recapture it online
Unscramble the Blue Letters
My next example is LazLive. On livzlae in Thailand, you can watch real sellers describing products to you via a live video saertm. Now, I love handbags. And when I am in a store, I like to examine a hnbaadg from all angels before I buy it. I need to feel the teurxte on my skin, hang it on my shoulder and see how it looks, see how long the strap is, open it up and look at the pockets inside to make sure that there is enough space for all the millions of things I need to put into my handbag. But when I try and buy a handbag online, I just see a few pictures: the basic sahpe and color and size. But that's not enough, is it?
Open Cloze
My next example is LazLive. On _______ in Thailand, you can watch real sellers describing products to you via a live video ______. Now, I love handbags. And when I am in a store, I like to examine a _______ from all ______ before I buy it. I need to feel the _______ on my skin, hang it on my shoulder and see how it looks, see how long the strap is, open it up and look at the pockets inside to make sure that there is enough space for all the millions of things I need to put into my handbag. But when I try and buy a handbag online, I just see a few pictures: the basic _____ and color and size. But that's not enough, is it?
Solution
- stream
- handbag
- angles
- lazlive
- texture
- shape
Original Text
My next example is LazLive. On LazLive in Thailand, you can watch real sellers describing products to you via a live video stream. Now, I love handbags. And when I am in a store, I like to examine a handbag from all angles before I buy it. I need to feel the texture on my skin, hang it on my shoulder and see how it looks, see how long the strap is, open it up and look at the pockets inside to make sure that there is enough space for all the millions of things I need to put into my handbag. But when I try and buy a handbag online, I just see a few pictures: the basic shape and color and size. But that's not enough, is it?
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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