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    Angel Melendez is a sneaker collector from Chicago who resells shoes as a side business. His latest purchase was the Travis Scott x Air Jordan collaboration that increased in value almost six times what he paid after they sold out online. Resale websites have turned sneaker trading into a $1 billion business saturated with teenage resellers. Melendez's first experience reselling was in high school where he made a $40 profit reselling Air Jordans to a classmate. Now he constantly checks release dates and enters raffles, having resold a pair of Nike Air Max shoes for a $600 profit. The extra cash allows these young sneakerheads to fuel further purchases while also saving up for

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    Angel Melendez is a sneaker collector from Chicago who resells shoes as a side business. His latest purchase was the Travis Scott x Air Jordan collaboration that increased in value almost six times what he paid after they sold out online. Resale websites have turned sneaker trading into a $1 billion business saturated with teenage resellers. Melendez's first experience reselling was in high school where he made a $40 profit reselling Air Jordans to a classmate. Now he constantly checks release dates and enters raffles, having resold a pair of Nike Air Max shoes for a $600 profit. The extra cash allows these young sneakerheads to fuel further purchases while also saving up for

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    Angel Melendez is a sneaker collector from Chicago who resells shoes as a side business. His latest purchase was the Travis Scott x Air Jordan collaboration that increased in value almost six times what he paid after they sold out online. Resale websites have turned sneaker trading into a $1 billion business saturated with teenage resellers. Melendez's first experience reselling was in high school where he made a $40 profit reselling Air Jordans to a classmate. Now he constantly checks release dates and enters raffles, having resold a pair of Nike Air Max shoes for a $600 profit. The extra cash allows these young sneakerheads to fuel further purchases while also saving up for

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    The Resale Market

    1 Angel Melendez, a self-proclaimed sneakerhead from Humboldt Park in Chicago’s West Side, is
    obsessed with collecting, trading and reselling footwear. The deadstock, or unworn, sneakers tucked inside
    his backpack, Nike Air Jordan’s newest collaboration with rapper Travis Scott, dropped online for $175 on
    April 30. A week later, the resale prices skyrocketed due to their immense popularity and limited stock –
    5 almost six times higher than the price Melendez paid.
    Trading sites like eBay and StockX boost the sneaker’s secondary market into a $1 billion business.
    The once lucrative resale market is now saturated with teenagers due to the accessibility of resale websites
    and apps.
    Melendez has been reselling sneakers as a side hustle since his freshman year of high school. His first
    10 resale experience was when he spent his birthday money on Air Jordan 11 “Columbia” and resold it to a
    schoolmate for $40 more than what he originally paid for. He used the profit to install a basketball hoop in his
    backyard so he could “get [his] younger brothers into basketball.”
    Melendez has since invested in the sneaker business, constantly checking shoes’ release dates and
    entering various online raffles. His favorite pair that he won is Nike’s Air Max collab with artist Sean
    15 Wotherspoon. Melendez wanted to keep the shoes, but the “money talks” and he resold them for a $600
    profit.
    “It gives me a little bit of comfort with my money,” Melendez said. “[The profits] can help me out
    financially in the next week or two.”
    With extra cash on their hands, these young sneakerheads are not only using it to fuel their next
    purchases but also saving up with a goal in mind.

    Stitch, November 2019

    Writing Test
    How is fashion important to you? Do you care about your style, your clothes, your shoes, or your appearance in
    general? Answer in 60 to 100 words. / 4,5

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    Nom : Note : / 20

    Reading Test
    1. Trouvez les mots suivants dans le texte. /4

    les invendus les sites marchands (2)


    glissé / rangé un petit boulot d’appoint (2)
    baisser / tomber la sortie / le lancement
    monter en flêche les tirages au sort

    PARAGRAPHE 1 (l.1-5)

    2. Expliquez ce que fait Angel Melendez avec son produit préféré (3 éléments). / 1,5
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    3. A quel type de produits s’intéresse-t-il? (2 éléments) /1


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    4. Expliquez ce qui s’est passé avec les nouvelles Nile Air Jordan en utilisant deux chiffres du texte. /2
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    PARAGRAPHE 2 (l.6-8)

    5. Expliquez le paragraphe 2 sans le traduire. /2


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    PARAGRAPHES 3-4 (l.9-15) /3

    Nom de la chaussure Quand ? Ce qu’il a fait de la chaussure Ce qu’il a gagné


    1ère expérience :
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    PARAGRAPHES 5-6 (l.16-19)

    6. Expliquez pour quelle raison Melendez utilise ces chaussures. /1


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    7. Quelles sont les deux attitudes des jeunes concernant l’argent gagné ? /1
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