[입이트이는영어] Overseas Online Shopping / 해외직구

2020.04.29

 

 

# Study Group Questions

1. What types of items do people buy from online overseas sites?
2. Why do you think overseas online shopping has become so common in recent years?
3. What are some things you buy that are hard to find in Korea?
 

# SPEECH PRACTICE

Talk about overseas online shopping.

More and more people are buying things directly from overseas shopping sites. It's because lots of people want to buy foreign products that are hard to come by in Korea.
When buying from overseas, most people use proxy shipping services. When users buy things from online shopping sites, they first have the product shipped to a proxy shipping company. Then, the company ships the item overseas to the buyer.
The biggest advantage of shopping from overseas sites is that you can buy products that aren't available in Korea. Plus, you can buy them on the cheap. You can also buy rare products, so you can get something that isn't a dime a dozen.
 
[해석]

해외 직구를 하는 사람들이 갈수록 늘어나고 있다. 국내에서 구하기 힘든 외국 상품들을 직접 구매하려는 사람들이 많기 때문이다.
해외 직구를 할 때 배송 대행 서비스를 이용하는 경우가 많다. 구매자는 온라인 쇼핑몰에서 구매를 할 때, 우선 배송 대행 업체로 물건을 배송시킨다. 그러면 그 업체에서 구매자에게 해외 배송을 해 주는 방식이다.
해외 직구의 가장 큰 장점은 한국에서 구할 수 없는 제품을 저렴한 가격에 살 수 있다는 것이다. 또한 희귀한 상품을 구매할 수 있어서, 남들이 없는 제품을 구매할 수 있다는 장점도 있다.
 

# Key Expressions

overseas shopping site 해외 인터넷 쇼핑몰
be hard to come by 구하기 힘들다
proxy shipping service 배송 대행 서비스
online shopping sites 인터넷 쇼핑 사이트
have something shipped to ~로 배송시키다
ship overseas 해외로 배송을 하다
available 구매 가능한
on the cheap 저렴하게
rare product 희귀한 상품
a dime a dozen 매우 흔한
 

# Pattern Practice

1. be hard to come by 구하기 힘들다
Some foreign products are hard to come by in Korea.
Wi-Fi isn't hard to come by in Korea.
That car is hard to come by these days.

2. have something shipped to ~로 배송시키다
Users first have the product shipped to a proxy shipping company.
Did you have it shipped to your home, or your office?
You can have anything shipped to your home these days.

3. on the cheap 저렴하게
You can buy items on the cheap.
If you wait a while, you can get it on the cheap.
I bought it on the cheap at an outlet mall.
 

# Dialogue Practice

A: Do you buy things online on overseas sites?
B: I do, sometimes. There are a lot of great products there.
A: Yeah. I recently bought some clothes, and they're just to my liking.
B: Did you use a proxy shipping service?
A: Yeah. It made it breeze to have the purchase delivered.
B: The one thing is that shipping takes so long.
A: I think you have to wait at least a month.
B: Still, I think buying directly from overseas sites has a lot of benefits.

A: 넌 해외 직구를 하니?
B: 가끔 하는 편이야. 좋은 제품들이 많더라고.
A: 맞아. 나도 최근에 옷을 샀는데, 너무 마음에 들어.
B: 배송 대행 서비스를 이용한 거지?
A: 응. 그게 있어서 배송을 쉽게 받을 수 있더라고.
B: 배송 기간이 오래 걸리는 게 유일한 문제지.
A: 최소 한 달은 기다려야 하는 것 같아.
B: 그래도 해외 직구는 장점이 많은 것 같아.
 

# Key Expressions

buy things online 인터넷으로 구입하다
just to someone's liking 취향에 딱 맞는
proxy shipping service 배송 대행 서비스
make something a breeze ~을 수월하게 하다
have the purchase delivered 구매한 물건을 배송시키다
the one thing 유일한 단점
 

# Composition Practice

1. 요즘은 겨울에도 각종 과일을 구하기가 어렵지 않다. (be hard to come by)
2. 아내에게 들키지 않으려고 내 사무실로 배송시켰다. (have something shipped to)
3. 세일 중이어서 저렴하게 구입할 수 있었어. (on the cheap)
4. 영화의 모든 면이 내 취향에 딱 맞았다. (just to someone's liking)
5. 이 앱을 쓰면 음식을 시켜 먹기가 아주 쉬워. (make something a breeze)