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English Audio Request

swansong1609
393 Words / 1 Recordings / 3 Comments
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Natural but not too fast speed please.

Well, it took me a few moments to decide on which shop to talk about, because I actually like going to quite a number of different shops around my hometown, but possibly my favourite is H&M, so that’s the one I’m gonna describe.

Firstly then, with regard to what it sells, well I’m not sure if you’re familiar with H&M, but it’s basically a mid-end clothes shop which sells a variety of women’s and men’s clothing, mostly geared towards young adults like myself. And as well as clothing, the shop also has a small accessories section for women, with things like hair bands, bracelets and earrings, but the main focus is definitely on clothes.

Anyway, as for when I first started going to this shop, well to be totally honest with you, I’m really not that sure, but off the top of my head, I guess I must have first started shopping there two or three years ago, round about the time I was in high school, because I seem to vaguely remember one of my high-school classmates telling me about it, and how good it was.

So that’s kind of how I got to know about H&M, and finally, regarding why I like shopping there, well I suppose it’s really a combination of reasons, one of which would be that the clothes there, on the whole, tend to be quite fashionable and trendy, unlike the stuff I see in many other shops, and the clothes are pretty simple in style, which is exactly what I like. So that’s one thing, and I guess another reason would be that everything there is really good-value, and just to give you an example, a decent pair of jeans there costs around $50, whereas a similar pair at another shop would probably set you back $70 or so, and in terms of quality, well, there’s really not that much difference between H&M’s clothes and the higher-end brands, but you’re paying considerably less.

So yeah, I would say these are, more or less, the main reasons why I like shopping there, and I would probably go so far as saying it’s become one of the most popular clothes shops here in my hometown, and I just hope they continue to keep their prices as low as they are!

That’s pretty much it then, so thanks for listening.

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akwin
July 15, 2017

Sorry if I stutter through some of this. The jargon / sentence structure sounds very British. It's not the way I would speak in America.

akwin
July 15, 2017

Sorry if I stutter through some of this. The jargon / sentence structure sounds very British. It's not the way I would speak in America.

swansong1609
July 16, 2017

Thank you. The text is actually written by a British teacher. You can change words or structures if you like - It does not matter to me. :)

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