1 birthplace
2 1940s
3 1942
4 food, clothing, 2nd World War
5 raise, suffering
6 17, 1947
7 second hand clothes, books, music, low cost
8 the number of Oxfam shops all over the world
the number of Oxfam shops in the UK
9 15 years
10 clothes household goods
11 a donkey
12 headquarters
13 92
14 volunteers, bargains.
jueves, 27 de noviembre de 2014
BLACK FRIDAY ANSWER KEY
QUESTIONS
1: Black Friday refers to the day just after Thanksgiving in the US.
2: Many people begin their Christmas shopping on this day.
3: The word "black" to describe the Friday likely began in Philadelphia in the mid-1960s.
4: t's their best opportunity to improve earnings for the year, and take the business out of the red (loss) and
into the black (profit).
5: If sales were slow in the spring, summer, and fall, then the store must attract many customers and make
many sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
6: They have created a day called "Buy Nothing Day."Each branch first selects nominees in a respective
category. In a second round of voting, all members vote on the best of the best in all categories.
7: They think that people should consume less and reuse resources more.
1: Black Friday refers to the day just after Thanksgiving in the US.
2: Many people begin their Christmas shopping on this day.
3: The word "black" to describe the Friday likely began in Philadelphia in the mid-1960s.
4: t's their best opportunity to improve earnings for the year, and take the business out of the red (loss) and
into the black (profit).
5: If sales were slow in the spring, summer, and fall, then the store must attract many customers and make
many sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
6: They have created a day called "Buy Nothing Day."Each branch first selects nominees in a respective
category. In a second round of voting, all members vote on the best of the best in all categories.
7: They think that people should consume less and reuse resources more.
miércoles, 26 de noviembre de 2014
BLACK FRIDAY LISTENING EXERCISE
Listen to this recording and answer the following questions.1: What is the day just after Thanksgiving called in the US?
2: What happens on that day?
3: Where did the term begin?
4: Why do retailers like Black Friday?
5: The article calls Black Friday a last chance shopping season? What does this mean?
6: The article comments about people who oppose Black Friday. What did they do?
7: Why do they oppose shopping?
martes, 18 de noviembre de 2014
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