TASK 3

TASK #3
TITLE: A written summary

DEADLINE: 6 November 9 pm

INSTRUCTIONS: WRITE a 60 word summary of the text on page 19 in your book. MAKE a recording and send it to me at miguelgarciaarreza@gmail.com


Traditions for sale

A Christian sat  in Roman prison and wrote a farewell letter to his girlfriend. The letter signalled the birth of a multi-million-dollar industry.

Lovers have honoured St Valentine for years by sending romantic messages. Today  businesses discovered that advertising could persuade people also to send romantic gift.
Other celebration is St George´s Day.

The supermarket making a killing from a festivity that took place earlier that Bonfire Night, Halloween.

The success of these commercialized traditions puts some people´s backs up.