中國網站品牌欄目（頻道）
英語學習論壇的“聽力練習區(qū)”正式與大家見面啦。歡迎大家來這里練習聽力，交流經驗，共同進步。
本練習區(qū)的音頻文件選自英語點津的“聽中國日報”、“VOA常速”、“流行金曲”及“名人演講”等欄目，題材豐富，難度各異，適合不同階段的英語學習者。
英語點津會定期發(fā)布音頻材料，大家可以在跟帖中貼出自己聽寫出的音頻文字稿。每個音頻材料的標準文字稿會在帖子發(fā)布兩天后公布。
There are at least 159 million online shoppers at e-commerce hub Taobao.
Shi Fang spends more than 4,000 yuan ($588) a month shopping, but she rarely goes to the mall, she told China Daily.
"Why go to the mall if you have Taobao? I'm a Taobao-er," says Shi, 28, a freelance writer in Beijing.
China's largest online shopping site has become an indispensable part of Shi's life. She spends half of her monthly salary on Taobao goods, logging onto the website every day simply to "stay updated".
A growing number of Internet users like Shi have discovered online shopping. The China Internet Network Information Center announced in December that more than 87 million Chinese made purchases on the Internet in the first half of 2009. That means one out of four Chinese netizens have online shopping experience.
Most online shoppers are students or white-collar workers, ages 18 to 30. More women shop online than men. Clothing and home-use products are the most popular goods bought online.
It is estimated the total annual sales from online shopping were more than 250 billion yuan ($37 billion) in 2009. About 80 percent of online sales were through Taobao.com. The company predicts sales of up to 400 billion yuan this year.
Taobao, which means "treasure hunt", is owned by the Alibaba Group.
（中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯）
About the broadcaster:
Renee Haines is an editor and broadcaster at China Daily. Renee has more than 15 years of experience as a newspaper editor, radio station anchor and news director, news-wire service reporter and bureau chief, magazine writer, book editor and website consultant. She came to China from the United States.
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