Black Friday (A2/B1) PDF

Black Friday (A2/B1) -70% Ex 1: Ask and answer the questions below with a partner or in small groups. 1. What is Black Friday? 2. Do you prefer shopping online or in shops? Ex 2: Match the vocabulary to the definition below. 1. retailer n...

Black Friday (A2/B1) -70% Ex 1: Ask and answer the questions below with a partner or in small groups. 1. What is Black Friday? 2. Do you prefer shopping online or in shops? Ex 2: Match the vocabulary to the definition below. 1. retailer n A. move quickly. 2. profit n/v B. a person/business that sells things. 3. loss n C. made cheaper. 4. rush v D. a person who buys things. 5. consumer n E. the noun of the verb lose. 6. promotions n F. offers of products/services at good/cheaper prices than usual. 7. reduced adj G. the buying of products & services, and the belief that it is good for society. 8. deals n H. advertising to encourage people to buy something. 9. consumerism n I. the money earned by businesses, after costs are deducted. Ex 3: Complete the text with the vocabulary in the box below. consumerism promotions deals profit rushing retailers consumers loss reduced Black Friday takes place every year on the day after Thanksgiving Day and is usually the first day of the Christmas shopping season in the United States. Many people have the day off work to go shopping and enjoy a four-day weekend. Traditionally, on this day, 1. _______________ open their doors for longer hours and offer their products for sale at 2. _______________ prices. Unfortunately, because of the high number of shoppers 3. _______________ to get into the shops and fighting over products, there have been a number of injuries and even deaths. Nowadays, 4. _______________ are available for longer, throughout November and December, and due to the increase in online shopping, 5. _______________ can find bargains without leaving their couch. Black Friday was originally a U.S. event, but it is now becoming popular in other parts of the world. Meaning of the Term ‘Black Friday’ The term ‘Black Friday’ was first used in the 1960’s by police to describe the streets of Philadelphia which were always busy with heavy traffic and shoppers on the Friday after Thanksgiving. However, retailers have since brought another meaning to the term ‘black’, connecting it to the idea that this is the time of year when retailers began to make a 6. _______________, which in accounting terms is referred to as being ‘in the black’, whereas before this date, they would often be ‘in the red’ (making a 7. __________). © 2023 TEFLlessons.com. All Rights Reserved. Page 1 of 4 Cyber Monday & Buy Nothing Day Retailers soon noticed that the Monday following Black Friday was a day when consumers would commonly shop for 8. _______________ online, so they invented the term ‘Cyber Monday’ and used it to encourage people to shop online instead of in person on this day. In recent years, many people have chosen not to buy anything on Black Friday, as a protest against 9. _______________ and overconsumption. Buy Nothing Day is marked by people in different ways; some choose to protest publicly in shopping centres while others spend the day in nature. Since Black Friday started, other retail days have been created over the years, such as Green Monday, Small Business Saturday, Super Saturday and Giving Tuesday. Ex 4: In pairs, guess the meaning of the language below from the context in the text above. take place bargains = _____________________________________________ = _____________________________________________ shopping season term = _____________________________________________ = _____________________________________________ have the day off work traffic = _____________________________________________ = _____________________________________________ for sale accounting = _____________________________________________ = _____________________________________________ fight over encourage = _____________________________________________ = _____________________________________________ injuries in person = _____________________________________________ = _____________________________________________ nowadays protest = _____________________________________________ = _____________________________________________ throughout overconsumption = _____________________________________________ = _____________________________________________ due to mark (an occasion) = _____________________________________________ = _____________________________________________ Ex 5: Web Quest Work in groups to find out more about the retail holidays listed below by searching online. Then share what you discovered with your group. 1. Green Monday 3. Small Business Saturday 2. Giving Tuesday 4. Super Saturday Ex 6: Ask and answer the questions below with a partner. 1. Do you usually try to find bargains in the Black Friday or Cyber Monday sales? 2. Why do you think people overconsume? 3. Do you think you overconsume? If so, how could you reduce your consumption? 4. How would reducing consumerism change the planet and how we live? 5. Name one thing you bought that you didn’t need or never used. © 2023 TEFLlessons.com. All Rights Reserved. Page 2 of 4