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🌇 Surf and turf 1. Introduction Shopping online is a popular activity. Many of us use the internet to look for things to buy and to compare prices, but some of us never make it to the virtual checkout where we have to pay for them. We discuss this activity known as 'surf and turf' — and hear from an expert who thinks retailers need to do something about it. 2. This week's question According to recent research, which items are the most likely to be surfed and turfed? a) Books b) Watches c) Women's knitwear Listen to the programme to find out the answer. 3. Vocabulary surf and turf: online shopping without actually buying anything to turf out: to remove someone from a place or organisation, possibly because they've broken the rules or behaved badly checkout: place where you pay for your shopping, either in a real shop or online retailers businesses that sell you things out of date: past their best, too old to be suitable fall foul of (something or someone) make a mistake and get in trouble with someone ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @six_mins_english