Vocabulary

To buy (bought, bought) покупать

To sell (sold, sold) продавать

A customer покупатель

To look round осматриваться

A shop assistant продавец-консультант

Suitable подходящий

To try on примерять

Expensive дорогостоящий

Cheap дешевый

To match подходить, идти к ч-л

Useful phrases

Can I help you?

How much is this/does this cost?

Can I pay by cheque/credit card?

No, cash only.

Sorry, I only have a £ 20 note; I don’t have any change (coins).

Can I try it on?

Have you got a bigger/smaller/ size / a different color?

Would you like a bag (carrier)?

Exercise 1. Match the item with the shop:

1) toy shop a) aspirin

2) butcher’s b) beach ball

3) baker’s c) sausages

4) gift shop d) magazine

5) chemist’s e) souvenir T-shirt

6) newsagent’s f) bread

Exercise 2. Where do you need to go?

1. I want to get a newspaper. The newsagent’s

2. Your hair is too long.

3. I need an adhesive tape.

4. We must get Jim a present.

5. I’d like to buy a laptop.

6. I want to buy everything in one shop.

Exercise 3. Make a list of:

1. the shops in a street near you.

2. the departments there are in your favourite department store.

Exercise 4. Fill the gaps in the dialogues:

In a clothes shop:

1. Shop assistant: Can I help you?

Customer: ………… I’m just looking. (Thanks/No)

2. Customer: Excuse me!................... (have/shirt/Do/you/this)

in a medium?

Shop assistant: No, I’m sorry. …………….. (all/we/That’s/have).

3. Customer: …………… a pair of jeans, please. (try/like/to/I’d/on).

Shop assistant: Sure. ……………..?(are/size/What/you)

Customer: I think I’m a forty.

Shop assistant: Fine. The changing rooms are over there.

4. Customer: …………….. this shirt …….? (much/cost/how/does)

Shop assistant: £25.

Customer: I’ll take it, please. Can I …… ?( by/card/credit/pay)

Shop assistant: Certanly. …………..? (you/a bag/like/would)

At the market:

A: Yes, madam. ……………….?(like/you/would/What)

B: …………….potatoes, please.(kilo/a/like/I’d/of)

A: Anything else?

B: ………………, thanks. How much is that?(that’s/No/all)

In a newsagent’s:

A: Excuse me! ………….newspapers? (Spanish/sell/Do/you)

B: ………….., we don’t. (sorry/No/I’m)

A: Where …………………?(them/buy/can/I)

B: Try the railway station.

Exercise 5. Make up similar conversations with your groupmate. You want these things:

Student A

• A birthday card

• This jumper (small/medium/large)

• Apples

• Pens

Student B

• A phone card

• This T-shirt (small/medium/large)

• Tomatoes

• Computer magazines

Text C. Read and translate the text.

Travelling

Millions of реорlе all over the world spend their holidays travelling. They travel to see other countries and. continents, modern cities and the ruins of ancient towns, they travel to enjoy picturesque places, or just for а change of scene. It's always interesting to discover new things, different ways of life, to meet different people, to try different food, to listen to different musical rhythms.

Those who live in the соuntry like to go to a big city and spend their time visiting museums and art galleries, 1ooking аt shop windows and dining at exotic restaurants. City-dwellers usually like а quiet holiday bу the sea or in the mountains, with nothing to do but walk and bathe and laze in the sun.

Most travelers and holiday-makers take а camera with them and take pictures of everything that interests them - the sights of а city, old churches and cast1es, views of mountains, lakes, valleys, plains, waterfalls, forests; different kinds of trees, flowers and plants, animals and birds.

Later, реrhарs years later, they will be reminded by the photos of the hарру time they have had.

People travel by train, by рlanе, by boat and by car.

All means of travel have their advantages and disadvantages. And people choose оnе according to their plans and destinations.

If we are fond of travelling, we see and learn a lot of things that we саn nеvеr see or learn аt home, though we mау read about them in books and newspapers, and see pictures оf them оn ТV. The best way to study geography is to travel, and the best way to get to know and understand реорlе is to meet them in their own homes.