CAMILO PIZARRO UNIT 2

GRAMMAR

Find the errors and write them in the spaces bellow

1 A: I don't have a paper and I need to print this receipt.
2 B: I'll get some. I'm going out for newspaper.
3 A: Can you get something for us eat?
4 B: Sure, but I'm going by my motorcycle.
5 A: Maybe you could get a pizzas.
6 B: An experience has told me that it's impossible to carry a pizza on a motorcycle.
7 B: I could get you hamburger.
8 A: I don't eat hamburgers at a regular time.
9 B: I'll get a fish for me.
10 A: Get some fries too, for save time.

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VOCABULARY

Complete the sentences with the following words.

debt, doesn't matter, drop off, marking up, monetary, second-hand, subsidies, throw in, triggered, up for grabs

A: I'm worried. I'm so deep in (1) ______________________ I don't know if I'll ever get out. The stores keep (2) ______________________ everything.
B: It's not your fault, you know. It's the economy. Speculation in the markets (3) ______________________ a world crisis. The world's (4) ______________________ system is falling apart. We need government (5) ______________________ for companies.
A: You sound like an economist.
B: I am, remember. Why don't you have a garage sale?
A: That's a great idea! People love to buy (6) ______________________ things. It (7) ______________________ to them that they aren't new. Everything is (8) ______________________.
B: You could sell all that junk in the garage and (9) ______________________ some magazines for free. I'll even (10) ______________________ some of my junk tomorrow, too. You can keep the profits.
A: Thanks!

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READING

Read the text and circle the correct answers.

Bargaining has been around for ages and is still very common in all parts of the world. In bargaining, the buyer and seller haggle over the price until they reach a happy medium or until the buyer gives up and looks for another seller.

The usual bargaining procedure goes like this: the buyer finds something they'd like to purchase, like foodstuffs or manufactured goods. After the buyer asks the price, the seller responds with an exorbitant amount, and the buyer shows shock and offers around 50 percent of the price. Now, it's the seller's turn to show shock and he lowers his price a bit, but ensuring he will still make a profit. Depending on the stamina of the participants, this could go on for a long period of time.

Bargaining is not only common in developing countries. The flea market is very common in almost every country, and it has bargaining as its basis. In the United States, flea markets are often put up on weekends, and people take their second-hand goods or items they have grown or made to sell. Another place bargaining is popular is in high-class hotels where travelers arrive and try to get discounts or upgrades on rooms. Internet auctions are similar to bargaining, since the seller puts up a price, and potential buyers bid by offering what they want to pay.

1 What is the main idea of the text?

2 What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

3 What are the three examples of places where bargaining is common in the third paragraph?

4 What benefit does the buyer get from bargaining?

5 What benefit does the seller get from bargaining?