Pre-Listening Exercise
Eyeglasses are very important to many people around the world. Now, you will hear a recorded message of one eye wear store. You sometimes hear such a message if you call a store after it closes. What kind of information do you hear?
Idioms
“word of mouth” = telling one person to another by speaking
“Many stores sell most of their products by word of mouth.”
“pull out all the stops” = do everything possible to make something succeed
“The company pulled out of the stops to improve business, including cutting prices up to 50%.”
Script (only click after finishing the exercise below)
Listening Exercise
A. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.