LISTENING: UNIT 8

https://eslyes.com/eslread/audio/s005.mp3

GAP FILL EXERCISE: https://eslyes.com/eslread/cloze/cloze005.htm

Jim went to the thrift shop. He w asn

’t looking for anything in

to
particular. He liked go there just to browse. A

sign shop
big on the front door said OPEN. The was closed

rest
on Sunday and Monday. The of the week, it opened at

a
10 .m. and closed at 2 p.m.

w orked
Two women inside. They rang up sales and

the
put items into plastic bags for the

to shop
customers carry out. At the back of the was a big

w orked
room where another lady . She sorted the new

price
donations and put tags on them. At the end

each out
of day, she would bring the new donations to the

main part of the shop.

Everyone a
who worked at the thrift shop was volunteer.

that
The only "payment" they received was they had the
 buy
opportunity to see, and , any items in the shop before

customers
the did.

the
When Jim entered, the lady at register told him hello.

said
He smiled and hello. She knew Jim because he

a
was regular customer.

Jim said, "What’s new?"

laughed at
She and said that nothing was ever new a thrift

shop. "It’s always old and it

’s always used," she smiled.

the
Jim looked at watches in the glass case. He

one
saw that he liked.

that
"Could I look at one?" he asked.