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Br2e Adv Readingfile03
Br2e Adv Readingfile03
Background
2 Read the text quickly and compare your answers in 1 with the
information in the text.
3 Read the text again and answer these questions in your own words.
1 What is unusual about Cadbury’s sales during a recession? Why does this
happen?
2 How does ‘lipstick economics’ affect hotels and outdoor leisure companies?
3 According to the text, which industry is suffering in the current economic
climate? Why?
4 Put the following words a–l in the correct gaps 1–12 in the text to form
phrases and collocations.
a belts d downturn g looming j shrink
b black e fix h mend k soar
c core f hardship i prohibitive l treats
6 Work with a partner. Make a new sentence for each phrase or collocation
in 5.
7 Look back at the text and choose three words that you could use in your
day-to-day work.