Tuesday, November 17th Group 1

Today we worked on a news report called:

Sales before Xmas 

Here are the missing words of the script of the video:

1. Two
2. Weeks
3. Holiday
4. Shopping
5. Season
6. Retailers = commerçants
7. Cut = casser (les prix cassé)
8. Are slashing  < to slash = reduire
9. Discount = < to discount= reduire les prix
10. Items = articles (produits) .Earlier = plus tôt
11. Off
12. Pricey = chers
13. Advertises < to advertise = faire la publicité de
14. Are reducing
15. Purchases = achats
16. Consumer behaviour = comportement du consommateur
17. Weakest = le ou les plus faible (s)
18. Frugality =restriction
19. Chicken = poule mouillée (game of chiken = jeu de la poule mouillé)
20. Shy =timide
21. Cautious = prudent
22. Bankruptcies = faillites

Vocabulaire : 

To slash/to reduce/to shed/ to reduce prices

A shelf -> shelves = étagère(s) ou rayonnage(s)

Weak = faible -> contraire de strong

To go banckrupt= faire faillite

Always= toujours

Kick-off = coup d’envoi

Shopper =un client

Almost = presque

To stock = approvisionner

A dramatic drop-off = une baisse spectaculaire

Available = disponible

Discretionary = superflu

Stretching the dollar= économiser de l’argent

So deep = si importante

To plan on spending = avoir l’intention de dépenser

They’re going to get a great deal of value for their dollar = ils vont en avoir largement pour leur argent

OF COURSE THE ENGLISH WORDS ARE TO BE LEARNT

Here is the script of the news report