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| |  As part of BBC Learning English's special focus on Pakistan this month, we find out about one of the things Pakistani migrants and their descendents are most famous for bringing to Britain's streets: the corner shop. As you listen, try to answer these questions: 1: What does the female client like about the shop? 2: What did Amjad like best about working in a corner shop?
Vocabulary from the programme corner shops small shops near people's homes to run out of milk to not have any milk left to stock to have available to sell to people Example: The shop stocks all kinds of food. it's handy it's useful it saves going to the supermarket it means you don't have to go to the supermarket interaction communication between people spur of the moment unplanned Example: On the spur of the moment, I decided to go on holiday. community cohesion good relationships built up between a group of people living in an area to trust someone to feel sure they that are honest and will not do anything bad or wrong an economic asset an advantage for business Extras  Programme script (pdf - 23 k) Download this programme (mp3 - 1.7 mb) | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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