Poziom: B1+/B2 · Rozmówcy: Marcus and Lena, a couple
📄 To nagranie pochodzi z lekcji Let’s Talk: Smart or Ethical Shopping? (Lesson 2, Exercise 2) – pełny scenariusz z ćwiczeniami znajdziesz w naszym sklepie.
Transkrypcja nagrania
Lena: Okay, Marcus. It’s Sunday. Our ethical shopping week is over. Show me what you bought.
Marcus: With pleasure. Number one: this water bottle. It says „100% planet-friendly”.
Lena: Nice. Where did you buy it?
Marcus: Online. It came from the other side of the world… wrapped in three layers of plastic. And a plastic bag. And bubble wrap.
Lena: So the planet-friendly bottle was not very friendly to the planet.
Marcus: I fell for it, okay? But wait — number two is better. My old brown shoes had a hole, so instead of buying new ones for eighty euros, I took them to a cobbler. Fifteen euros, and they look new!
Lena: Now that’s ethical. And smart.
Marcus: Number three: this leather jacket. Second-hand, from an online market. Thirty euros.
Lena: It smells a bit… old.
Marcus: It’s vintage. And guess what I found in the pocket? Fifty euros!
Lena: No way! So the jacket paid for itself — and you made twenty euros.
Marcus: Well… no. I sent the money back to the seller. It wasn’t mine.
Lena: Marcus, you are the most honest man in Europe. Okay, I’m impressed.
Marcus: Thank you. Now your turn. What are all those bags?
Lena: Ah. Yes. So… on Tuesday I went to buy fair-trade coffee. And I did! Look.
Marcus: Great. And the other bags?
Lena: Next to the coffee shop there was a shoe shop with a huge sign: „70% OFF — TODAY ONLY!”
Marcus: Oh no.
Lena: It was a bargain, Marcus! I bought four pairs. Normally they cost three hundred and twenty euros. I paid one hundred and twenty. So I saved two hundred euros!
Marcus: Lena, you didn’t save two hundred euros. You spent one hundred and twenty.
Lena: …When you say it like that, it sounds worse.
Marcus: Did you need four pairs of shoes?
Lena: I needed one. Maybe. The other three were… an impulse purchase. But one pair is made from recycled materials!
Marcus: So, final score: I fell for greenwashing, and you fell for a discount.
Lena: But you repaired your shoes and you gave fifty euros back. And I bought fair-trade coffee. That’s something.
Marcus: True. Shall we try again next week? This time with a shopping list and a budget.
Lena: Deal. And I’ll take three pairs of shoes back to the shop.
Marcus: Only three?
Lena: The recycled ones stay. They’re ethical.