2. Read the following dialogues. Dramatize it.

A.

MARY. I am hungry. What about having a bite?

DICK. Good idea. Let's drop into this small cafe.

MARY. О. K. Oh, it's very nice here. Let's sit at that table.

DICK. All right.

WAITER. Hello. What will you order? Here's the menu.

DICK. Thank you. Have a look, Mary, what would you like?

MARY. My supper is usually a very simple meal, so I'd like some roast chicken, salad and coffee.

WAITER. I can offer you sliced cucumbers with sour cream.

MARY. Very good.

DICK. I prefer tomato salad. And I will have roast beef and chips. And coffee, of course.

WAITER. Any wine?

DICK. Oh yes, a bottle of port wine and some mineral water.

WAITER. Yes, sir.

B.

PETER. Hello, John! Come in.

MARY. Hello, John! We are just going to have dinner. Will you have dinner with us?

JOHN. Thank you. I haven't yet had dinner.

PETER. Have a glass of juice.

JOHN. Thank you.

PETER. Is dinner ready, Mary?

MARY. Yes, it is. Help me lay the table, please.

PETER. With pleasure.

JOHN. Peter and me had lunch together today. We went to a cafe.

MARY. What did you have for lunch?

JOHN. Roast beef and potatoes.

MARY. Oh!

PETER. What's the matter, Mary?

MARY. Well, you are going to have roast beef and potatoes again!

JOHN. Oh, it's all right. I like roast beef and potatoes.

MARY. О. K. And after dinner I'll treat you to something tasty.

PETER. What is it?

MARY. We shall have a delicious chocolate cake for tea. I have made it myself.

PETER. Oh, great! We haven't had a chocolate cake for a long time.

Unit viishops and shopping

Vocabulary:

branches of big chair-stores -- «ветви» больших сетевых магазинов

charity shop – магазин, который занимается благотворительностью (магазин милосердия);

department stores – универмаги

a shopping mall – торговый центр

amazing – удивительный

jewellery – ювелирные изделия

take back – вернуть обратно

to own – владеть

cheap – дешевый

to sell – продавать

to buy – покупать

clothes – одежда

good quality – хорошее качество

to decide – решать

to call – называть

to look the same – выглядеть одинаково

to offer a wide choice – предлагать широкий выбор

famous – знаменитый

fruit and vegetables – фрукты и овощи

to close – закрывать

to prefer – предпочитать

a pair of trainers – пара кроссовок

French stick or rolls – французский багет или сдобные булочки

сod or haddock – треска или пикша

paperback – уцененная литература

hair remover – средство для удаления волос

sirloin – филейная часть

fillet or chops – филе или отбивные котлеты

to wear – носить

1. Read and translate text a

Shops and Shopping.

The High Street.

In the centre of most towns and villages there is a main street with lots of different shops. This street is usually called the High Street. The high streets in Britain are beginning to look more and more the same. This is because they are full of branches of big chair-stores.

One of the best known chain –stores is Marks & Spencer, which sells clothes and food. The company has over 700 stores word-wide and has a reputation for good quality. If you buy something you that you decide you don’t like, you can take it back and get your money back.

In most high streets there is a charity shop. All the profits from the things sold go to charity. Oxfam is the best known chain of charity shops and it sells second-hand clothes and books.

The corner shop.

Eighty-seven per cent of British people live less than a mile from their local corner shop. A corner shop is a small shop on, or near, a street corner. Many are run by Indian or Pakistani families. Most corner shops sell food and newspapers. They are open until late in the evening, as well as on Sundays.

Harrods.

Department stores are found in all big cities. They are big shops where you can find almost everything you want and which offer a wide choice of things. The most famous British department store, Harrods, started as small shop in 1849.

The present store has more than 300 departments and a staff of over 4000 people. The display in the food hall is amazing. For example, there is a choice of over 500 types of cheese. Harrods is owned by the Egyptian, Mohammed Al Fayed.

Street markets.

Street markets are both fun and cheap. Most markets sell fruit and vegetables, clothes, things for the house, records and jewelers. In London there are about 40 or 50 markets. Some specialize in flowers, pets or second –hand books.

Some towns are called market towns: a market is held there, usually once a week. People come from the surrounding villages to do their shopping.

Camden Lock Market is in London. Traditionally it was a second – hand clothes and antique- furniture market.

Out-off-town shopping.

Many small high street and corner shops are closing because people prefer to drive to a shopping complex outside town. There they can park their cars without any problems and do all their shopping in one place.

In a British shopping complex, you usually find a supermarket, a branch of most of the chain- stores, some smaller shops, a few cafes and sometimes a multi-screen cinema.

Most of new shopping complexes are built near big roads, outside town. Here you can also find “superstores”. These enormous shops sell their products more cheaply than in the high street shops. Many of the superstores are branches of chain-stores from countries outside Britain, such as IKEA or Aldi.