Hi, teachers.
Could you please check (1??)-(6??) in my transcript and my summary of it?
I don't understand the numbered partsT.t
??????
[42:35-43:40](transcribed)![]()
JULIE WAINWRIGHT
(THE REAL REAL CEO)
Well, sure, I mean, that's also a difficult question, but, look, (1??)the demise retail happened before the pandemic. So it put even more pressure on more standard brick-and-mortar stores to reinvent themselves. And I think they will. I mean, people love to be social. They love to go out, and, and do things that are different. Honestly, (2??)the lines (Is it correct? What does "line" mean here, teacher?) outside The RealReal (3??)attest to (Is it correct? Can I use a clause after "attest to"?) people do wanna go on a store, they wanna see things, they wanna have a social event. But I think it puts pressure on our retailers to do something different, engage your customer in a different way, and create more of a great (4??)living-changing environment to get him excited about shopping again. It's not impossible, what was, it was dine... it was an industry under pressure before. COVID pushed it over the edge, and whenever that happens, it means it leaves the door open for innovation, and, um, we've always been innovating, it gives us more opportunities to try new things (5??)to.
(6??)summary: The fall of physical stores even before the coronavirus and the present pandemic push retailers to make changes to survive, and I think they will successfully do.
??????
)the demise retail happened "the demise of retail happened" Retail business died. )the lines Right. What the Brits call queues—people standing one behind the other waiting for their turn.
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
ANNE202(1??)the demise retail happened
"the demise of retail happened" Retail business died.
ANNE202(2??)the lines
Right. What the Brits call queues—people standing one behind the other waiting for their turn.
ANNE202 (3??)attest to
Right.
ANNE202
ANNE202(6??)summary:
"The fall of physical stores even before the coronavirus and the present pandemic push retailers to make changes to survive, and I think they will successfully do."
The decline of brick-and-mortar stores even before the coronavirus and the present pandemic push retailers to make changes to survive, and I think they will survive.