4 Shopping

Ex.1. Translate into Russian.

Can I help you? – No, it's OK. I'm being served, thanks.

What size are you looking for?

Can I try the sweater on? – Yes of course. The changing room (fitting room) is just over there.

How was it? Fine? – No, I'll leave it, thanks.

Excuse me. Where do I pay for these? – Over there at a cash desk/till.

And can I pay by cheque / credit card? –Yes, of course.

Ex.2. What would you buy in the following shops?

florist's butcher’s grocer's stationer's

greengrocer's tobacconist's newsagent's baker's

pet shop antique shop

Name as many other different types of shops as you know.

Ex.3. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.

cash desk refund mail order sales try on

bargain tag fit till label

receipt cashier off-the-peg assistant exchange

If you want to buy a ready-made (or we sometimes say (a)___) jacket first find the jackets in the shop and look at the (b) ______ inside to see the size, material and make. For the price, look at the price- (c) _________ . To see if it will (d) _____ you, you can (e) _______ the jacket in front of a mirror. If necessary an (f) ____ will help you. You pay the (g) ____ , who you will find at the (h) _____. He or she will take your money, put it in the (i) _____ and give you your change. Make sure you also get a (j) _____ , which you should keep and bring back to the shop with the jacket if something is wrong with it and you want to (k) ____ it or ask for a (l) ______ of your money. In clothes shops you pay the fixed price, of course. You don't (m) ______. Or you can wait until the (n) ____, when many goods are reduced in price. If you don't like shops, you can stay at home, look at catalogues and newspa­per advertisements and do your shopping by (o) __________.

Ex.4. Explain the difference between...

(a) a receipt and a cheque

(b) a label and a price tag

(c) shopping and window-shopping

(d) a wholesale price and a retail price

Ex.5. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.

In on for with at by inside back

1. These jackets are reduced _________ price.

2. The assistant advised me to try the coat _______ .

3. I want to look ____ the animals ____ the pet shop.

4. He bought many things _____ mail order.

5. There is normally a label _______ a jacket.

6. I took it _______ to the shop to complain.

7. "Is something wrong ______ it?" he said.

8. I asked _______ a refund.

Ex.6. Can you find a "general" word to describe each group of items below?

... e.g. shoes, a blouse, a jacket

... e.g. a sofa, an armchair, a table

... e.g. a television, a washing machine, a food mixer

... e.g. washing powder, stop, toilet paper

... e.g. a teddy bear, a plastic gun, lego

... e.g. writing paper, envelopes

Ex.7. What word or phrase is being defined in these sentences?

1. A shop where you can buy fashionable clothes.

2. A place with many shops either outside or indoors.

3. A person who works in a shop.

4. The place where you can try on clothes in a shop.

5. The place where you pay for things in a shop.

6. To look round the shops without planning to buy anything.

7. The shop where you buy meat.

8. The shop where you buy medicines, baby products, shampoo, etc.

9. The window at the front of the shop.

10. A list of things to buy.

Ex.8. Translate into English:

1. Она примеряла платье в примерочной.

2. Я расплатился кредитной карточкой в кассе.

3. Мы не торгуемся в магазинах одежды.

4. Это платье вам подойдет (вашего размера).

5. В этом магазине не возвращают деньги.

6. Нет, я не буду брать этот костюм.

7. У этого телевизора гарантия один год.

8. Это хорошая сделка. (2 вар.)

9. В этом магазине большие скидки. (2 вар.)

10. Мы покупаем товары для дома и инструменты в магазине хозтоваров.

11. Я люблю покупать готовую одежду.