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Hello listeners, welcome back to my podcast for learners of English. Today I just want to tell you another story.

So just listen and enjoy it and I'll use it to help you learn English

So I'm gonna start the story today in this episode in just a moment, but first let me tell you a few things about

the story to get you ready so you understand it a bit better okay so today's

story is about an antiques dealer a story about an antiques dealer. A story about an antiques dealer. An antiques

is a person who buys and sells antiques. Antiques are very old objects, especially items of furniture.

So we're talking about old chairs, tables, chests of drawers, paintings maybe other decorative items. Okay?

Buying and selling antiques is very common and very popular in the UK.

There's quite a big market for antique furniture in the United Kingdom.

What about in your country? Is there a big market for antiques where you come from? Do people buy and sell old furniture? Can you get

rich doing that? And do you have any items of furniture that actually might be

very valuable perhaps in your home in the loft

upstairs or maybe at your parents or grandparents house or something. Have you ever thought about that

if you actually have any potentially valuable items that you could find and sell and who knows maybe you could become rich selling some of the things that you've got in your home or maybe all your

possessions are worthless I don't know your life but who knows maybe that old chair

that's been in the family for decades might actually be worth a fortune.

Selling antiques can be quite a profitable business,

but only if you can find the right items,

buy them for a good price, and then sell them for a big profit.

And this means if you are an antiques dealer, this means finding objects which are old obviously and the older the better

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