Boots Pharmacy Chain Gets New Owner
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Boots is a famous shop in Britain. It sells medicine and beauty items. Boots has a new owner now.
A rich family from Canada bought Boots. They are billionaires. This means they have a lot of money.
Boots is on many high streets in Britain. A high street is the main shopping street in a town.
People want to know how this sale will change Boots. Will prices change? Will shops close? Will service be different?
Nobody knows the full answers yet. But the new owner could change how Boots works in the future.
Vocabulary15 words
- owner
- a person who has something
- billionaires
- people with very, very much money
- high streets
- the main shopping streets in British towns
- sale
- when something is sold to someone
- beauty items
- things like makeup and skin cream
- medicine
- things you take when you are sick
- customers
- people who buy things
- change
- to become different
- rich
- having a lot of money
- shop
- a place where you buy things
- future
- the time that has not happened yet
- prices
- how much something costs
- famous
- known by many people
- service
- help given to customers
- bought
- got something by paying money
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1. A famous shop in Britain 2. A billionaire family from Canada 3. Medicine and beauty items
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Boots is a famous _____ in Britain. It sells medicine and beauty items. Boots has a new _____ now.
A rich family from Canada _____ Boots. They are _____. This means they have a lot of money.
Boots is on many _____ in Britain. A high street is the main shopping street in a town.
People want to know how this _____ will change Boots. Will _____ change? Will shops close? Will service be different?
Nobody knows the full answers yet. But the new owner could change how Boots works in the _____.
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