Business English listening comprehension exercise: Americans turning to small businesses

Here's what you do:

1. Click on the video below.
2. Watch the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)
3. Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.
4. Check your answers.

1. What percentage of small business owners on Etsy buy their supplies locally?
  About half
  Almost all of them
  A small percentage

2. How much has the first man increased his business in the past two years?
  by 14%
  by 140%
  by 1400%

3. Where is the small business boom happening?
  North Carolina
  All over the USA
  South Carolina

4. Currently, what's the biggest problem with ordering from overseas?
  long delays
  language barrier
  wrong products being shipped

5. What was the main reason that companies outsourced their labor in the past?
  Cheaper labor costs overseas
  More skilled workers overseas
  To bypass regulations

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