Vocabulary

department store – универмаг

bargain – (торговая) сделка

hardware – скобяной товар

haberdashery – галантерея

to reduce – уменьшить, снизить

luxury – роскошный

used to come – часто приходили

virtually – фактически

sales – распродажа

stationery – канцелярские товары

neither …nor… - ни …ни …

as …as … - так же, как

rags – тряпье, ветошь

open-air market – рынки на улице (на открытом воздухе)

Ex.3 Insert the right preposition where necessary:

1. Some people come … the pavement outside the stores.

2. Harrods is the largest department store … Europe.

3. It has six floors filled … toys of all kinds.

4. It runs … a world wide delivery service.

5. Although neither husbands nor wives are … sale nowadays these markets offer a large choise … other goods.

6. People enjoy … shopping there.

7. It has modern shops together … the atmosphere … a traditional street market.

Ex.4 Put a question to the underlined words:

1. There are 230 selling departments.

2. The escalators cover about 68.453 km a year.

3. Hamleys is the world’s largest toy shop.

4. Men used to sell their wives.

5. Birmingham markets offer a large choice of goods.

Ex.5 Agree or disagree to the following statements:

1. London is not a famous shopping centre.

2. Most of London’s big department stores are in Oxford Street and Regent Street.

3. Harrods is the largest department store in Europe.

4. Hamley’s is the largest restaurant in London.

5. Birmingham is a famous market place in Great Britain.

6. Each Monday, Wednesday and Sunday the colourful rag market can be found.

7. Years ago farmers used to sell the vegetables at the Bull Ring.

Ex.6 Complete the following sentences:

1. Most of London’s big department stores are … .

2. The escalators cover about … .

3. There are 230 selling departments … .

4. Buying and selling has been an important part .. .

5. Years ago farmers used … .

6. Fortnum and Mason sells luxury food … .

7. In the 1800s it sent food parcels … .

Ex.7 Match the titles of different English shops in A with the titles of Russian shops in B:

A	B
1) hardware	1) галантерея
2) haberdashery	2) спальные принадлежности
3) stationary	3) электротовары
4) bedding	4) скобяные товары
5) electrical	5) универмаг
6) department Store	6) канцелярские товары
7) jewelry	7) ювелирный магазин

Ex.8 Expand the statements:

1. London is a famous shopping centre.

2. Harrods is the largest department store in Europe.

3. Fortnum and Mason sells luxury food.

4. Birmingham is a famous market place in Great Britain.

5. Birmingham markets offer a large choice of other goods.

6. Each Tuesday, Friday and Saturday the colourful rag market can be found in Birmingham.

Ex.9 Answer the following questions:

1. Where are most of London’s department stores located?

2. What is the largest department store in Europe?

3. How many departments are there in Harrods?

4. Which is the largest toy shop in London?

5. What parcels did Fortnum and Mason send in the 1800s?

6. What market can be found in Birmingham?

7. What is Bull Ring?

Ex.10 Translate the following sentences into Russian:

1. Billingsgate market is a huge fish market in London.

2. Some of the market porters wear “bobbing hats” made of thick leather and wood, with flat tops for carrying foxes.

3. Smithfield market is one of the largest meat markets in the world. It is opened from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m.

4. Brixton market is a daily market with a west-Indian atmosphere. Unusual caribean-style fruit and vegetables are on sale.

5. Berwide Street market is a lively fruit and vegetable market. It is held in the heart of Soho.

6. Portobello market specializes in antiques.

7. New Covent Garden market (open from 3 a.m. to 11 a.m.) is a fruit, vegetable and flower market.

Ex.11 Describe any markets you have visited and the kinds of thing you have bought.

Ex.12 Say, what you can buy at these shops:

a Department Store, a furniture store, a stationer’s, a jeweller’s, a chemist’s, a pet store.

Ex.13 Read and translate the dialogue. Act it out in class.