Bài 21 :
1. Read the texts. Choose the correct answer.
(Đọc đoạn văn. Chọn câu trả lời đúng.)
Text 1
The author of the text
A. discourages readers from going shopping on Boxing Day.
B. describes the origins and customs connected with Boxing Day.
C. shares his/her experience in shopping on Boxing Day
Text 2
The owner of 'Safari'
A. is worried about her business.
B. wants to close down her business.
C. has moved her business recently.
GLOSSARY
(Bảng chú giải)
*to queue (v) – to stand in a line of people waiting to do something, e.g. pay in a shop
(* to queue (v) - đứng trong một hàng người đang chờ làm điều gì đó, ví dụ: thanh toán trong một cửa hàng)
** to close down(phr v) - if a business closes down, it stops operating permanently
(** to close down (phr v) - nếu một doanh nghiệp đóng cửa, nó sẽ ngừng hoạt động vĩnh viễn)
chain (of shops) (n) - a number of shops (also hotels, cinemas, restaurants, etc.) owned by the same company or person
(chuỗi (cửa hàng) (n) - một số cửa hàng (cũng như khách sạn, rạp chiếu phim, nhà hàng, v.v.) thuộc sở hữu của cùng một công ty hoặc một người)
store (n) - a large shop that sells many different things
(cửa hàng (n) - một cửa hàng lớn bán nhiều thứ khác nhau)
Globalholidays.com
You searched for ‘Boxing Day’
In Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and parts of Australia, the 26th of December is Boxing Day. Originally, this was the day when rich people gave their servants small Christmas gifts, but these days Boxing Day is all about shopping. There are big sales with reductions on everything, and customers spend huge amounts of money. Shops and shopping centres open very early (some of them as early as 5.00 a.m.) and shoppers often start queuing* for bargains in the middle of the night, hours before the sales actually begin.
Saveourcitycenter.net
Share your opinion and help save our city centre
Safari_23 says: For the last ten years, I have owned a clothes shop called 'Safari' on the main street of our town. About six months ago, a big shopping centre opened just outside the town and since then, business has been bad. Every month fewer customers come into the shop and it is getting harder to make a living. I used to love my job, but standing there all day with hardly any customers is really boring. The little café opposite had to close down** last month. I know that other small businesses on the street are having big problems, too. Some of them have actually moved to the shopping centre recently. I am not sure what the solution is, but I feel sad and angry, and I'm afraid that I will have to close down my shop, too.
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