Simplified Speech #098 – Convenience stores
Episode description
What’s your favourite thing to buy at the local convenience store? In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Kassy talk about their favourite convenience store snacks, special features of convenience stores in North America, and differences between convenience stores in the United States and Canada.
Fun fact
7-Eleven convenience stores can be found in countries around the world. It is estimated that there are 68,236 locations globally. Japan has the most 7-Eleven locations in the world, with a whopping 20,904 stores!
Expressions included in the study guide
- Bad for [one’s] waistline
- Sidenote
- Religiously
- Rowdy
- To loiter around
- Easy target
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Simplified Speech #098 – Convenience stores
Episode description
What’s your favourite thing to buy at the local convenience store? In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Kassy talk about their favourite convenience store snacks, special features of convenience stores in North America, and differences between convenience stores in the United States and Canada.Fun fact
7-Eleven convenience stores can be found in countries around the world. It is estimated that there are 68,236 locations globally. Japan has the most 7-Eleven locations in the world, with a whopping 20,904 stores!Expressions included in the study guide
- Bad for [one’s] waistline
- Sidenote
- Religiously
- Rowdy
- To loiter around
- Easy target
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Sign inHosts: Andrew Bates and Kassy White
Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Sleepless Aloha by Reed Mathis
Episode preparation/research: Andrew Bates
Audio editor: Andrew Bates
Transcriptionist: Heather Bates
Study guide writer: Kassy White
English editor: Stephanie MacLean
Business manager: Tsuyoshi Kaneshima
Image: CÔPAL (Unsplash.com)
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