BULATS tapescript EN000A

R: Part Three. Section One. Questions 23 to 27.
You will hear five speakers talking about the findings of surveys into shopping patterns.
As you listen, decide which survey-finding each speaker refers to.
Choose your answer from the list A to I, and write the correct letter in the space provided.
You will hear the five pieces once only.
You have 20 seconds to read the list A to I.
PAUSE: 00’20’’
R: Now listen to the example.
PAUSE: 00’02”
F: As a proportion of expenditure, total spend on spare time activities at home and
outside the home, holidays and entertainment has more than doubled since 1978.
It has increased from 9% in '78 to 20% now, much faster than the growth in spend
on groceries. The largest growth in this area is in holiday expenditure, where
outlay shot up from £16 a week to £54 per week.
PAUSE: 00’02”
R: They are talking about how expenditure on leisure services has increased
dramatically, so you write ‘I’ as your answer.
PAUSE: 00’05”
R: Question 23. Person 1.
M: Consumers are now spending only £7 more on their shopping for groceries than on
food bought in restaurants, hotels and other such places. It is the younger
generation who are leading this trend, with under-30s spending 11% on food
prepared and consumed outside the home, while the over 75’s spend just 6%.
PAUSE: 00’10”
R: Question 24. Person 2.
F: Consumers may complain about the size of the weekly grocery bill, but the outlay
on food and drink is not as much as in other household areas such as transport and
recreation. Only in the group of consumers who have the lowest income does food
and drink top the list of household costs.
PAUSE: 00’10”
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