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Exercise 2: Facts
Here are some sentences about Meadowhall, but they're all wrong!
You can find the real facts at the Meadowhall web site. Click on "Information" and then on "Info Pack". Now click on the link Fact Pack 2005 (you need Adobe Acrobat to do this). Look for the correct information about Meadowhall and write correct sentences.
The text isn't very easy to understand. You won't know all the words. But you
don't have to understand everything. Just try to
find the matching sentences in the text and then you'll be able to correct them. So let's
start!
 The Meadowhall Website
1 Welcome to Meadowhall
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Meadowhall is an area of 20,000 acres within Sheffield's Lower Don Valley.
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Meadowhall has a shopping area of 1.3 million square metres.
2 Meahowhall’s Loyality Scheme- Customers
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Till February 1984 there was a school in the place where Meadowhall now stands.
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Work on the Meadowhall building started in January 1988. It took 35 months to build Meadowhall and it opened in September 1990.
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There are 15,000 flowers in and around Meadowhall.
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Meadowhall opened late.
3 Customer Statistics
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Meadowhall is 3 miles south west of Sheffield City Center.
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There are more than 12,000 parking spaces. The parking spaces cost £2.50 per hour.
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You can travel to Meadowhall by bus, tram and boat.
4 Location and Locality
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Meadowhall has 18 entrances. They're all on the lower level.
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There are 16 escalators and lifts.
5 The Meadowhall Team
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Meadowhall has six shopping areas: Low Street, The Arcade, Park Street, Market Garden, The Hamburger Oasis and The Lanes.
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The Arcade is a good place to buy computer games.
6 Customer Services
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All the people who work at Meadowhall have full-time jobs.
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At busy times, 5000 people work at Meadowhall.
7 Transport
- Most of the customers at Meadowhall are men.
- Most of the customers are over 45 years old.
8 Marketing Opportunities- External
- Sheffield is famous for cutlery and the car-making industry.
- Sheffield City Airport opened in December 1998.
It was specially designed for business travellers and you can get flights to Rome and New York.
9 Marketing Opportunities- Retailers
- Sheffield is famous for cutlery and the car-making industry.
- Sheffield City Airport opened in December 1998.
It was specially designed for business travellers and you can get flights to Rome and New York.
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