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Task 1. The  title  of this unit is Bargains. Here are some possible 

definitions of the word. Which ones do you agree with? 

1. a good will gesture made by shopkeepers to their customers. 

2. a selling technique 

3. something sold at an unusually low price 

4. an opportunity not to be missed 

5. a trick to make you buy something that you do not really want. 

 

Task 2. Read the rest of the passage and decide which paragraphs 

are about: 

A) how a new product is sold 

B) buying in a large quantities 

C) defining what a bargain is 

D) how the writer feels about-people who waste money on bargains 

E) an unusual way of "making money 

F) things people buy just because  the  first ones are bargains 

G) how people react to small price reductions 

 

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