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C. Discuss with a partner.
1. How often is there an outdoor market in your area?
2. Look at the photos from the Chichicastenango market in Guatemala.
What can you see?
3. What do people buy and sell at markets in your area?
4. Are the markets in your area aimed more at local people or tourists?
5. Do people usually haggle at markets in your country?
6. Are there often pickpockets in markets where you live?
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D. Listen to the conversation. Complete the sentences with words
from the recording.
1. The son advises his mum to hold on tightly to her .
2. He warns her there are often in the market.
3. They talk about buying for the son’s auntie and grandmother.
4. The son says that you don’t need to , but he thinks it makes a trip to the market

more fun.
5. When he can’t take his visitors to the market, the son usually suggests they go with a .
6. He says it’s easy to parts of the market if you haven’t been there before.
7. After this, the son suggests going to the stall which sells .
8. His mum is feeling so the son says they’ll go to the fruit market.
E. Match the two halves of the tips about how to haggle.

1. Look around the market at different a. about how much things usually cost.
stalls selling similar items b. as sellers know this is a typical tactic and might have
2. You shouldn’t always go straight for made it much more expensive.
half the original price c. haggling is not supposed to become an argument.
3. If it’s something you really want d. if they really want to sell you something and the price is
4. Don’t be afraid to walk away because fair, they’ll stop you.
5. You could ask a local guide or people e. to get an idea of the average price.
who work in your accommodation f. try to learn the numbers from 1 to 10 and how to say yes
6. If you understand the language, and no.
7. Even if you don’t speak the language, g. try to seem like you’re less interested or the price might
8. Always be polite as stay high!
h. you could listen and find out how much locals are paying.
F. Discuss with a partner.
1. When you travel somewhere new, do you usually buy yourself a souvenir?
2. Do you often buy gifts for family members when you go to a new place?
3. If someone was visiting your country, what would you recommend they take home as souvenirs and
gifts?

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