FCE Speaking FIRST Certificate. part 3 advantages and disadvantages

1. Attracting customers
Alternative Vocabulary &
Advantages and Disadvantages for
the sample chart:
LJHC

3. Attracting
Paraphrase- find another way of saying the same thing.
 Luring
 Calling
 Enticing
 They would find it ..
 They would enjoy
 It is a facility which
 It is a additional benefit

5. Large car park
 Area where to park
 Covered / sheltered
 Garage
 Parking spaces
 Name an amount: 55, up to 160
( we could have/ fit in around / up to / about)
Paraphrase- find another way of saying the same thing.

6. Positive Points
 People won`t stop unless there is a place to park.
 Will make our shop more sophisticated
 It’s a must!

7. Negative
 Expensive to waste a large area of expensive land just
to keep cars
 Space might be used with parked cars which have no
intention of visiting our shop/ business
 We will have to pay security
 We will have an extra cost with no benefit

9. Reduced prices
 Discounts
 50% off on the second unit
 Lower the prices
 Sales / bargains
Paraphrase- find another way of saying the same thing.

10. Positive Points
 Ensure the well being / care for our
customers
 Taking care of their pockets
 Reducing their costs
 Better competition

11. Negative
 We already find it difficult to keep costs balanced.
 We need to attract customers to earn more,
and not to earn less.
We can not compete with our competitors

13. Different kinds of restaurants
 Leisure
 Enjoyment / pleasure
 Associating fun with buying
 Satisfaction – food and shopping
 Restaurant for all styles and pockets
Paraphrase- find another way of saying the same thing.

14. Negative
 Difficult to manage and control- their reputation
affects ours
 Expensive infrastructure- we will have a great cost in
putting up so many restaurants or places to rent.
 To have to deal with rents is an additional responsiblity
and a problem which might involve adding more
employees to our payrole

16. Children’s play area
 Attractive for young mothers / couples
 Parents can shop more easily
 Reward children for good behaviour

17. Negative
 Possible accidents and problems of lawsuits
 Just as the case of the car park, it is waste to use a
large and expensive area for a playground.
 There is no additional benefit.

19. Internet cafe
 Adolescents mainly
 University students
 Salesmen and people who work out of office
 Join internet with lunch / snack
 Gives the image of a “useful place”

20. Negative
 Seems like a lesser idea in comparasion to others.
 An internet café instead of different restaurants???
What do you do with the rest of the area?
 People who use these places spend 2-3 hours in them.
– will not even enter our shop!

21. Which is the best option?
Remember to
reach an agreement!