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IELTS Speaking for Success

💵 Small Businesses (S08E24) + Transcript

IELTS Speaking for Success

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Education, Language Learning

4.8541 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Are there many small businesses in your area? Do you prefer shopping in big companies or small shops? Why do some people prefer to shop in small businesses? Would you ever like to run your own small business? When was the last time you bought something from a small business? Tune in and have a great day! - Get exclusive episodes on IELTS Speaking parts 1, 2, and 3: https://linktr.ee/sfspremium Our course on Phrasal Verbs: https://successwithielts.com/podcourses Transcript: https://successwithielts.com/s08e24 Our IELTS Writing podcast: https://linktr.ee/wfspremium Find an IELTS Speaking Partner: https://links.successwithielts.com/ieltspartner Our social media: https://linktr.ee/successwithielts © 2023 Success with IELTS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, lovely, I'm Maria.

0:06.4

And my name is Rory.

0:07.7

I'm the host of the IELT Speaking for Success podcast, the podcast that aims to help you improve

0:11.8

your speaking skills as well as your listening skills along the way.

0:14.6

We've started this podcast to give you joy, happiness and gorgeous grammar with super duper vocabulary for your high-iled score.

0:25.1

Which score, Rory?

0:26.7

Band-night score!

0:28.1

Maddenite score!

0:28.8

Man-night score! Scarl!

0:30.0

And here we are running our own small business.

0:34.7

We are indeed.

0:36.0

Shall we talk about small businesses?

0:38.7

Let's talk about small businesses. Yes, dear listener, it's a new, super new, IOT speaking part one topic,

0:45.7

small businesses. Let's rock and roll. Are there many small businesses in your area?

0:57.3

Well, it's a village, so everything we have here is a small, family-owned business.

1:02.3

I think the only exceptions are the co-op, the distillery, up the road and the factory down the road.

1:09.8

Do you prefer shopping in big companies or in small shops?

1:13.8

Honestly, I don't have a preference. I mean, whatever is readily available works for me. I mean,

1:18.3

on the one hand, big companies tend to have more discounts and you can bulk buy there, but smaller

1:24.9

companies are better for the local economy. So there's positives and negatives to both.

1:31.1

Why do some people prefer to shop in small businesses?

1:35.2

Well, it's similar to what I said. I imagine perhaps they like supporting the local economy

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