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5    Ask your classmates (males and females) the ąuestions in Ex 4 and record their answers. In your class, is there a difference in the way the sexes shop?

6    Do you think men or women are bigger consumers of gadgets and electronic items? Why?

7    Complete the text with an appropriate form of the verbs. Use the present simple. present continuous or present perfect.

The sound of beeping behina a closed bedroom door used to mean one thing: a teenager, or his dad, playmg with the latest hi-tech boys’ toy. Nowadays, however,

inventors (1 begin)_to realise that the fastest growing market is girls'

gadgets.

Women (2 spend)_morę than ever before on cameras, laptops

and mobile phones. Other gadgets popular with women are the pedometer, a device

which (3 count)_the number of steps a person (4 take)_,

and digital musie players.

The high Street chain ‘the Gadget Shop' now (5 have)_a

50:50 split of małe and female customers. Its founder, Jonathan Ehidge, said,

‘I (6 think)_technology (7 always / appeał)_to

women but it hasn"t been targeted the right way before."

A recent survey found that women (8 spend)_nearly 300 euros a

year on new technology. just 50 euros less than men. GirlsStuff.co.uk. the online

retailer, (9 record)_an 800% inerease in the last four months.

But the most surprising statistic is one revealed by a recent survey conducted by the

Consumer Electronics Association: women (10 change)_their minds

about their ideał gift. Forget the old saying ‘diamonds are a girfs best friend’. Today, a majority of women would prefer a state-of-the-art TY to a one-carat diamond ring.

8 What are your favourite gadgets and electronic items? What was the last gadget you bought? If you could have any gadget, what would it be? Discuss your answers with a partner.

If only l*d checked

1    $$ 28 Listen to three people talking about something they regretted. Match the

names of the people to the pictures. Who were the presents for and why?

Dan _ Becky _ Greg _

2    29 What do you think went wrong? Listen to the second part of their stories to

find out.

3    Complete these extracts with the correct form of the verbs.

1    I should (ask)_her what she wanted, then I wouldn’t

(make)_that mistake.

2    If only I (check)_what it meant.

3    But if I (tell)_her, it would (spoił)_the surprise.

4    I wish I (never / have)_the stupid idea in the first place.

4    Work with a partner. Think about a time when you bought either a present for someone or something for yourself and then regretted it. Tell your partner about it. Use Itoish ... I If (only) ... / I should / shouldn’t have ...