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Nab 080114 January Sales
Nab 080114 January Sales
For shopaholics, the post-Christmas period means only one thing – sales!
Across the country, prices are slashed on clothing, electronics, home
furnishings and more, but London is the place for serious shopping, and you
can certainly pick up some amazing bargains.
The sales start on Boxing Day - 26th December, and continue for the month of
January, but the keenest bargain hunters get there early to be first through
the doors. In Oxford Street queues formed outside shops ahead of pre-dawn
openings for the start of their sales. At Brent Cross, in north London, more
than 1,000 people were queuing at 3.30am for the ‘Next’ clothing store’s sale
which began at 4am. Some hardy individuals even camped outside the
shops to be first in the line.
Consumers who hit the shops were rewarded with discounts of as much as
80% as department stores joined the sales frenzy. The shops are absolutely
heaving as the sales got into full swing, with more than half a million
people converging on London's West End.
Famous sales include the biggest, most prestigious shops such as Harrods,
Selfridges, Liberty and John Lewis. Department stores are always a good
bet – you're likely to find everything you need under one roof, including
much-needed refreshments!
It's a good time to stock up on cheap gadgets, and there's no better time to
invest in some designer threads.
Some people are taking their partners shopping with them, and buying their
Christmas presents in the sale – a practical but unromantic way of making
sure you get the gift you really want. For a less exciting but less stressful
shopping experience, online retailers are also getting in on the act with
January sales of their own.
The most organised of all are those who are already doing their present
shopping for next Christmas, in the January sales!
2. The shops opened for the sales at 9am. True / False / Not given
3. Only small retailers have January sales. True / False / Not given
5. Gadgets, clothes and home furnishings can all be bought in the sales.
True / False / Not given
Can you put these words in the right order to make slang expressions
used in the text?
3. bet a good
4. up to on stock
Each of the following sentences has a mistake in them. Can you find
the mistake and write the sentence correctly below?
5. Shopping in the sales in the shops can be stressfuller than online shopping.
6. People who buy their presents for next Christmas in the January sales are
the organisedest.
Try to find the words associated with the January sales in the puzzle
below.
There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally (g),
vertically (i) or diagonally (m)
p w q u t y u o b g a s
p r e s e n t s p a s t
h r e a h g i h b d r o
j i e t o p f o a g d r
b q k b a r g p r i c e
a l u z x i c v b n m l
r s y e p s l q u e k s
g a d g e t o e g h j a
a f l h g u t r r d f l
i d w e l k h p j s y e
n b q u e u e k m t o v
h j m d a r s l d n r e
Are these sentences true or false? Circle the Can you put these words in the right order to
correct answer. make slang expressions used in the text?
1. The January sales actually start before the end of 1. to hit the shops
December. True
2. to get into full swing
2. The shops opened for the sales at 9am. False
3. a good bet
3. Only small retailers have January sales. False
4. to stock up on
4. Around 200 thousand people went shopping on
Oxford Street at the beginning of the sales. Not 5. to get in on the act
given