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- Many people in the US get home delivery.
- City residents use delivery more than countryside residents.
- Delivery is common where parking is difficult.
- Delivery often saves time for busy city families.
- Countryside shoppers often make one trip to town.
- Rural deliveries can take longer to arrive.
- Online shopping grew a lot during the pandemic.
- After lockdowns, people kept using delivery more.
- Urban areas have more orders and faster options.
- Cities may get new lockers and small warehouses.
Difficult words
- delivery — bringing goods from a shop to a homehome delivery
- countryside — land outside cities with farms and villagescountryside residents, Countryside shoppers
- urban — related to towns or cities and their lifeUrban areas
- pandemic — a disease that spreads to many people worldwide
- lockdown — a time when people stay at home and travel stopslockdowns
- locker — a small secure box for storing packages or itemslockers
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Discussion questions
- Do you use home delivery?
- Do you live in a city or in the countryside?
- Do you prefer to shop online or go to town once?
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