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PART 2: INDIVIDUAL LONG TURN (3-4 minutes
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Describe a shopping centre/mall that you have visited or 
that you know about. 
You should say: 
 
where the shopping centre/mall is 
how people travel to the shopping centre/mall
what kinds of shops it has 
and explain whether you think it is a good place to
go shopping 
PART3: TWO-WAY DISCUSSION (4-5 MINUTES) 
• Where do people in your country buy food? 
• Is it better to buy clothes in small shops? 
• What are the advantages of Internet shopping? 
• What is good customer service? 
• Why do some shops provide better customer service than other shops? 
• How important is customer service to the success of a shop? 
• Why is shopping such a popular activity? 
• What are the advantages to society of a highly developed shopping centre? 
• Is society becoming increasingly materialistic? 

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PART 3:
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What kinds of food do you consider to be healthy? 
• 
What foods do you think are bad for you? 
• 
Why are unhealthy foods often more popular than healthy foods? 
• 
Have people’s eating habits changed in recent years? 
• 
Why do you think some people are concerned about the advertising of food 
products to children? 
• 
Do people in your country have special meals to celebrate festivals? 
• 
Have you ever changed your own eating habits? 
• 
What factors do people consider when choosing a job or a career? 
• 
Some people work very long hours. What effects can this have? 
• 
How much do you think the way people work has changed in recent years? 
• 
In your opinion, have all these changes been improvements? 
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How do you think the way we work will change in the future? 
• 
What effects can retirement have on people’s lives? 

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