British History & Culture - Shopping in London

A short listening exercise for the TEFL classroom about shopping in London. Harrods is an upmarket department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge and is the biggest department store in Europe. The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique—All Things for All People, _______________. In 1849 Charles Henry Harrod took over a small shop on the site of the current store. During the next ten years Knightsbridge became one of the _________ fashionable parts of London, and in 1860 Harrod sold the business to his ______, who built it into a very successful shop selling medicines, perfumes, stationery, and fruit and vegetables. The trade at Harrods continued to grow and the store rapidly expanded; by 1880 it employed one hundred people. Harrod concentrated on encouraging wealthy people to his store and provided a personalised service for important ____________________. The West End London’s West End is the _________ of the city which contains many of its major tourist attractions, shops, and entertainm