Shoplifting

In many of Britain’s larger stores, customers are intended to serve themselves. The open shelves and attractive goods mean that people sometimes tiy to shoplift. This is a major problem. To stop this, many shops have security cameras, electronic stock control and store de­tectives.

In some shops there may be notices like this:

Shoplifters will be prosecuted.

And people who shoplift and are caught are usually taken to court. When the person is a foreign visitor with a lot of money, there is usually a lot of bad publicity. Theft in the high street is a major prob­lem, which makes goods more expensive. Shop owners tiy their best to stop shoplifting but it seems more goods are taken by people who work in the shops than by shoplifters.

15. Work in pairs. Imagine you are a store-detective. Tell a journalist about the problem of shoplifting in your department-store. Use the following words and expressions:

- I’m rather worried about...

- I’ve got a lot of problems.

- That’s too bad.

- To my mind...

- I think,...

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