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SHOPPING BAG
Walter H. Deubner ran a small grocery store in St. Paul, Minnesota, and he was looking for a way to give his business a (1)_________.
By careful observation, he noticed that his customer’s purchases were limited by what they could conveniently (2)____________. So he set (3)____________ devising a way to help them buy more purchases at one time. It took him four years to develop the right (4)_________: a prefabricated package, inexpensive, easy to use and strong enough to carry up to seventy-five pounds worth of groceries.
The package (5)_________ of a paper bag with cord running through it for strength. Deubner named his new product after (6)_________, calling it the "Deubner Shopping Bag", and sold it (7)________ five cents. Deubner patented his product and within three years, by 1915, was selling over a million shopping bags a year.
1. A help B boost C customer D money
2. A take B give C carry D have
3. A about B up C down D out
4. A decision B recommendation C solution D suggestion
5. A included B consisted C contained D obtained
6. A himself B his C him D he
7. A at B for C in D on
DESCRIBING A PRODUCT
18. Complete the table below with the adjectives from the box. Some adjectives can go with more than one object, e.g. portable can describe a computer, a TV and a camera.
OBJECT | ADJECTIVE |
Car Watch Computer TVset Shirt Camera Cell phone | economical, ……………………………………..… ……………………………………………………... ……………………………………………………... ……………………………………………………... ……………………………………………………... ……………………………………………………... ……………………………………………………... |
19. Use some of the above adjectives to fill the gaps in the sentences below:
a) It is an __________ product, designed for people with sophisticated and expensive tastes.
b) It is a ____________________ product, there has never been anything like it on the market before.
c) A ______________ product is one that lasts for a long time.
d) I hate it when I can’t understand the functions of my cell phone. I think that they must be as _______________ as possible.
e) If you wear this fashionable jacket, you will look _________________.
f) I prefer small cars because they are __________________ in fuel consumption.
20. Describe your cell phone. What is it like? What would you like it to be?
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