A Point Of View: Charity shop blues Are prices at second-hand shops rising? Writer Sarah Dunant thinks so - but is it the recession, the trend for vintage fashion, or a combination of the two? I'm wearing what I like to think is an interesting jacket bought from a charity shop near where I live. Much of what some would call my eccentric wardrobe derives from charity shops. People are divided on second-hand clothes. Personally, I've always loved the idea of something having been owned before me. When the human genome project is finished, I am sure they will find a bargain gene passing through generations. Although nurture will obviously play its part - my mother, born into most humble circumstances, never quite lost her fear of being poor. She would have made a splendid chancellor of the exchequer since early on she saw the folly of an economy built on selling endless credit to people who could never pay it back. She - my mother, not Margaret Thatcher - was a devotee of charity shops. Still, one couldn't complain.
Point d'étape 1 American way of life - American way of life The American way of eating Fast food is one of those things that the USA has "given" to the world. But while hamburgers and fries are seen worldwide as being typically American, in actual fact Americans did not invent fast food - they just made it into a lifestyle. Fast food can even be eaten in the car. Americans did not invent "fast food", any more than they invented cars or television; they were just the first to refine it into an art, and spread the art worldwide. WORDS worldwide: all over tye world - precursor: something that comes before - outlets : shops, points of sale - customer: client - repackage: present something in a different way - dish: meal - a franchise: a shop or restaurant that pays to use a famous name - to forgive: to pardon Printing: Ready to print Copyright © Linguapress. The American way of eating Using information from the article, write factual sentences starting with the following prompts: 1. 2. 3.Every day 4. 5. 6. 7. For teachers © linguapress.com Other ideas?