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Listen to the person talking about charity shops and match the following.
| high street | sells stationery, books and magazines |
| high street prices | is the shop where you can buy almost anything, provided that it is cheap and made of plastic |
| Next, and Marks and Spencer | are shops which are run by charities to help them raise money |
| WH Smith | are the prices of everyday things that people might buy in high street shops |
| Boots | is the main shopping street of any town or suburb / means shopping facilities |
| Woolworths | sell clothes |
| Charity shops | is the chemist’s |
Listen to the person talking about charity shops and complete the sentences.
1. Charity shops are shops which are run by ______ to help them _____ _____.
2. Charity shops sell _______, _______, _______, ________, ________.
3. The first charity shop was set up in _______.
4. There are over _______ of them altogether.
5. Charity shops raise well over _______ _______ each year for the charities that own them.
6. The charity OXFAM, which helps people in _______ _______.
7. Charity shops have a special smell, of _______ _______.
8. _______ are much more likely to give used clothes to a charity shop, and more likely to buy clothes there.
9. You can often find expensive designer clothes at _______ _______.
10. It always takes three charity shop volunteers to _______ _______.
Answer the questions using the word and word-combinations given in brackets.
1. Why do people often complain that high street shops are the same boring shops everywhere in England?
(branches of big national chains, Next, Marks and Spencer, clothes, WH Smith, stationery, books, magazines; Boots, the chemist’s; Woolworths, plastic)
2. Why are charity shops cheap to run?
(shop premises, low rent, staff, volunteers, to pay tax on profits)
3. What has the speaker learned about charity shops?
(old clothes, customers, CDs, designer clothes, to buy sth at bargain prices, to operate the till, costumes)
IKEA
(04:13)
Try to guess the meanings of the word combinations and then discuss your ideas in class.
Catalogue
self-service
Special offers
Cardboard boxes
plastic bag
trolley
the code on the price tag
Listen again and answer the following questions.
1. Why was a bus to the IKEA shop unusual?
2. What does John Kuti say about the design of the shop?
3. What facilities are there in the IKEA shop?
4. What should you do to buy an item?
5. Why are IKEA shops popular all over the world?
THE BEST BARGAINS AT ROSS
(05:24)
1. You are going to listen to the woman talking about shopping at Ross. Look at the picture. Why does she like shopping at Ross?
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