Second-Hand Festival Comes to Angers
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Angers is a city in France. This weekend, it has special events about second-hand things.
On Saturday, August 29, there is a festival in Belle-Beille. Belle-Beille is a part of Angers. The festival is called 'Second Hand in Party'.
People say buying second-hand is good for every day. It is also good for the environment.
On Sunday, there is a flea market in Saint-Lazare street. A flea market is a place where people sell old things.
People can walk down the street and look at many old items. They can buy things they like.
Second-hand shopping helps people save money. It also helps the planet. When people buy old things, factories make fewer new things.
Making fewer new things means less pollution. It also means less waste.
Many cities in France like second-hand events. People enjoy finding good, cheap items.
These events also bring neighbors together. People talk and have fun outside.
Vocabulary4 words
- festival
- a special day or time when people celebrate something
- environment
- nature; the air, water, and land around us
- flea market
- an outside market where people sell old or used things
- pollution
- dirty air or water that is bad for nature
Quiz
Answer key
1. Belle-Beille 2. A flea market 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Angers is a city in France. This weekend, it has special events about _____ things.
On Saturday, August 29, there is a _____ in Belle-Beille. Belle-Beille is a part of Angers.
People say buying second-hand is good for every day. It is also good for the _____.
On Sunday, there is a _____ in Saint-Lazare street.
People can walk down the street and look at many old _____.
Second-hand shopping helps people save _____. It also helps the planet.
Making fewer new things means less _____. It also means less waste.
These events also bring _____ together.