W: Is this seat taken
M: I don’t think so. The fellow who was here finished his lunch and left.
M: Is this seat taken
W: I don’t think so. The woman who was here finished her supper and left.
M: Excuse me, is this seat taken
W: I don’t think so. The man who was sitting there has had his lunch and left a few minutes ago.
M: Excuse me, is this seat taken
W: No, it isn’t.
M: Would you mind moving over one, so my friend and I can sit together.
W: No, not at all.
M: Thanks a lot.
Although one might not think so from some of the criticism of it, advertising is essential to the kind of society in which people in the United Kingdom, and a very considerable proportion of the world at large, live. Advertising is indispensable as a means of communicating with others, of telling them about the goods and services that are provided, and of which most of them would never get to hear at all if it were not. for advertising. And advertising is extremely helpful to promote a rising standard of living.
In talking about advertising, one should not think only in terms of a commercial on television, or an advertisement in the newspapers or periodicals. In its widest sense, advertising includes a host of other activities such as packaging, shop displays and—in the sense of communication—even the spoken word of the salesman. After all, the resources of advertising are to be found in the market place.
For many years it was considered that it was en
A. every potential consumer in the world
B. large countries in the world
C. people with a high standard of living
D. a large number of people in the world
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