Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Student A
The last few weeks have been very difficult for my friend ______. He
discovered that he hadn't insured his car after his car was stolen
__________. He immediately went to hisinsurance agent, but she told
him that he had only bought ____________, and not against theft. He
became really angry and ________________, but, of course, he didn't
do that in the end. So, he hasn't been driving for the past two
weeks, but ___________ to get to work. He works at a company about
15 miles from his home in __________. It used to take him only twenty
minutes to get to work. Now, he has to get up at ___________ in order
to catch the seven o'clock bus. If he had more money, he would
___________. Unfortunately, he had just spent most of his savings on
an _____________ before his car was stolen. He had a wonderful time
in Hawaii, but he now says that if he hadn't gone to Hawaii, he
wouldn't be having all these problems now. Poor guy.
Student B
The last few weeks have been very difficult for my friend Jason.
He discovered that _______________ after his car was stolen
three weeks ago. He immediately went to his ___________, but
she told him that he had only bought a policy against
accidents, and not ________. He became really angry and
In our view, now is the time to be optimistic about the UK. A tax cut funded by Russia and
Middle East and falling mortgage rates should combine in a powerful cocktail that boosts UK
growth next year.
Maeve Johnston, UK economist at Capital Economics, was equally optimistic. The underlying
picture remains very strong, she said. Even if retail sales volumes shrink by 1% in
December to offset spending brought forward into November, they would be still 1.6% higher
in the fourth quarter than in Q3.
This could boost quarterly GDP growth by 0.3 percentage points in Q4, although some of this
boost may be offset by higher imports.
Its time for the government to force retailers to play fair by setting out new, clearer and
tougher rules on special offers.
A John Lewis spokeswoman added that it was not the stores intention to mislead customers.
We process a high number of promotions every week and have very robust checking
procedures in place. However, our processes do rely on manual input and it appears for one
of the examples highlighted there has been an individual human error.
Amazon also told Which?: We work with product manufacturers to provide our customers
with a wide range of information about any given product, including RRPs.
We aim to provide the very latest information.
A Currys spokesman said: We are the only retailer to always show customers when and for
how long our was prices applied both online and in-store.
We strictly observe government guidelines on pricing by giving customers clear information.