Vocabulary practice:
TASK 1. The following are sections found in a supermarket. Which of these are found in your local supermarket?
1 frozen food 2 international foods 3 deli 4 tinned food 5 bakery 6 fish 7 tea and coffee 8 toiletries 9 paper goods 10 flowers 11 fruit 12 cafeteria 13 toy department
TASK 2 Read, match and write. Make up some sentences with these word combinations.
A. 1. a pound of..; 2. a bottle of...; 3. a box of...; 4. a bar of...; 5. ajar of...; 6. a loaf of...; 7. a dozen ...; 8. a bunch of...; 9. a length of....
B. a) bread; b) honey ; c) chocolate; d) cheese) e) lemonade; f) eggs; g) cereal; h) grapes; i) cloth.
Reading
TASK 3. Read the text.
Helen smith goes shopping
When both her children are at home from University for the holidays, Helen Smith often has to go shopping. Mary and Charles eat her out of house and home. Usually Helen does a big shop once every two or three weeks. On these occasions she drives to a supermarket near her home. She takes with her a list of all the things she wants to buy. If John goes with her, he takes a calculator to add up the price as they go along and to work out the most economical buy. At the entrance to the supermarket, Helen collects a trolley. She then walks up and down the aisles picking out the items she wants. If Charles is helping, she usually ends up with things she doesn't want as well.
When all the aisles have been covered, Helen goes to the checkout and waits in the queue until it's her turn to pay. Then she packs up her car with the goods she's bought and drives home. Helen does not often buy fruit and vegetables in the supermarket, because they are cheaper at the market. Every Friday lunchtime she meets John there and together they buy enough fruit and vegetables to last them the week. When the children are at home, Helen will often have to stock up at a local greengrocer's or small supermarket, which are within easy reach of her home.
If Helen wants to buy something other than food, she goes into the city centre. Often she will take an afternoon off from her work and browse around the shops. If there's a sale on she may find a good bargain on a skirt or jacket. Helen buys most of her clothes when she is not looking for anything in particular. Whenever she needs something, for example, a new outfit for her cousin's wedding last year, it is impossible to find the right thing. Helen is not as gifted as Mary in that. She cannot find any old outfit at a jumble sale and make something stunning out of it. However, she is good at buying presents for people. At birthdays and Christmas, she delights her family and friends by giving them just the right thing. She picks things up when she sees them and often visits Stratford. This is the town where Shakespeare was born. It is not far from Birmingham and is a tourist centre, so it has many gift shops.
With all this shopping and with her translating work, it is surprising that Helen has time for housework. She cleans the house twice a week. One time is a thorough going-over. The other time is just a quick flick. When Mary and Charles are at home, they help a lot. Charles will sort the washing out and put it in the machine. Mary will do the ironing. Having children at home may mean buying more food, but it also means more help around the house.
CULTURE CONTEXT
1. Check-out - a desk in a self-service shop where one shows the goods one has chosen and pays for them.
2. Jumble sale (Br.E.) - a sale of used articles to get money, esp. for some good work.
3. Eat someone out of house and home - make life difficult for someone by eating more food than one can afford to provide.
TASK 2. Read and translate the text. Answer the following questions.
1. Does Helen often go shopping? 2. Does John help Helen to do her shopping? 3. What does John take a calculator for when he goes shopping? 4. Where does Helen buy clothes? 5. What is Helen good at? 6. Where does she prefer to buy presents for her friends? 7. How often does Helen do her house? 8. Who helps her about the house?
TASK 3. Confirm or deny the statements.
1. Helen never buys things and food at the market. 2. Every Friday lunchtime Helen goes to Stratford. 3. Helen buys most of her clothes when she is not looking for anything. 4. John hates going to shops 5. When Mary and Charles are at home, Helen buys more food.
TASK 4. Describe Helen's visit to the supermarket/the Department store.
TASK 5. Make short conversations in the following situations:
Helen is going to do some shopping. She is not sure whether there is enough food in her refrigerator, in her cupboard.
TASK 6. Translate these sentences from Ukrainian into English.
A 1. У нас закінчилось м’ясо( цибуля, картопля, хліб.) Треба сходити в бакалію, булочну, овочевий магазин, рибний, кондитерську, молочний, фруктовий. 2. Це Ніна нам допомогла. 3. Це мама вимила весь посуд. 4. Це Коля був нашим гідом. 5. Моя черга читати. 6. Твоя черга йти по магазинах. 7. Її черга мити посуд. 8. Нехай Олена купить цибулю. 9. Не чекайте на нього, він не прийде. 10. Хто чекає мене? - Роджер. 11. Будь ласка, почекайте нас на станції біля каси. B. 1. В нас майже не залишилось хліба. Зайди в булочну і купи батон і дві здобні булочки. Нам ще треба купити ковбасу, сир, банку шпрот, овочі для салату, цукерки і тістечка. 2. Ніні прийдеться йти до овочевого магазину і купити капусти і моркви. 3. Роберта примусили піти до продуктового магазину.
TASK 7. Read the dialogue, mark the stresses and tunes. Prepare its expressive reading, learn it by heart.
‘YES, DEAR’
Every Saturday Mr.Brown goes to town. He went to town last Saturday. He usually has a drink in the pub with his friends. Last Saturday he had four or five drinks. After the pub he usually goes to the supermarket and gets food for his wife. He got the food last Saturday. He usually comes home on foot. Last Saturday he came home by taxi. His wife was very angry.
Mrs.Brown John? Is that you?
Mr.Brown Yes, dear. I’m back.
Mrs.Brown Did you come home by taxi?
Mr.Brown Yes, dear. The bags were heavy.
Mrs.Brown Did you get everything?
Mr.Brown Yes, dear. I got everything … nearly everything.
Mrs.Brown Nearly everything?
Mr.Brown Yes, dear… I went to the butcher’s but they didn’t have any steak.
Mrs.Brown They didn’t have any steak?
Mr.Brown No, dear, so I got some hamburgers.
Mrs.Brown Did you go to the baker’s?
Mr.Brown Yes, dear… but I didn’t get any bread.
Mrs.Brown You didn’t get any bread?
Mr.Brown No, dear. They didn’t have any bread, so I got some rolls.
Mrs.Brown How many rolls did you get?
Mr.Brown I can’t remember, dear.
Mrs.Brown John?
Mr.Brown Yes, dear.
Mrs.Brown Did you go to the pub again?
Mr.Brown Yes, dear.
Mrs.Brown How many drinks did you have?
Mr.Brown Only four or five, dear,… small ones.
TASK 8. Read the texts below.
A PORTOBELLO ROAD MARKET
London has some of the biggest and oldest street markets in the world and Portobello Road in Notting Hill is no exception. 1/B It has over 1500 stalls which sell all kinds of antiques and collectibles ranging in price from one or two pounds to several thousand pounds. People come from all over the world to visit Portobello Road because they know there is no other place like it.
Portobello Market is several markets rolled into one. From Monday to Friday the market sells fruit and vegetables. The air is filled with the voices of traders shouting and hawking their goods. The antique stall holders open on Saturdays. There are many antique and specialist shops along Portobello Road as well as a large number of cafes and restaurants. 2/__ The market opens at 5.30 am and the hustle and bustle of shoppers, traders and tourists continues all day. As well as antiques, you can find clothes, household items, rare records and furniture. There are many talented street performers to keep an eye out for, too.
So, next time you are in London, make sure you visit Portobello Market. It's an experience not to be missed.
B Queen Victoria Market
The biggest and most culturally diverse market in all of Australia is the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne. 3/ __
In the lower market you will find the Meat Hall that houses 23 butchers and I I fishmongers. There is also the Food Court that seats over 400 people and caters for every taste with dishes from all around the world. The aromatic smells that come from the Food Court are so delicious your mouth will water. Then, there is the Deli Hall that contains 17 delicatessens offering cuisine from many countries including __ France, Italy, Greece, Japan and Poland as well as a range of other shops selling cakes, bread, coffee and pasta. 4/ __
The upper market sells a great variety of fresh fruit and vegetables. There you can also find clothes, leather goods, flowers, fabric, jewellery, bedding, handicrafts and souvenirs.
Queen Victoria Market is the perfect place to shop, and there are many bargains to be found. 5/ __ It is impossible to visit Queen Victoria Market and come away empty-handed. With over 600 traders in the market itself as well as the speciality shops and boutiques lining the surrounding streets, there is something for everyone.
a. Make notes about the age, location, size and specialities of each market. Then, in pairs, compare and contrast them. Which of these places would you like to visit and why?
A: Both markets are very old, aren't they?
B: That's true. Portobello Road Market and Queen Victoria Market both date from the 1870s.
b. Imagine you are a trader in one of these markets. Talk about a typical day at work.
I've been selling clothes in the market for over thirty years. /Is you can imagine, I've seen styles come and go. A typical day for me starts bright and early at five in the morning when I...
c. Look at the pictures. In pairs, decide what you might find in each place. Choose from the list. Skim the texts to see if you have guessed correctly.
• antiques • jewellery • coffee • pasta • seafood • bedding • clothes • household items • cakes • flowers • souvenirs • rare records • furniture • bread • specialities • leather goods • handicrafts
I think we can buy antiques in Portobello Road Market.
Read the texts again. Fill the gaps with one of the missing sentences below. Then, explain the words in bold.
a Here you can also find many different types of cheese and a variety of game meats, including crocodile and kangaroo.
b It is known as the world's largest antique market and has been around since the 1870s.
c There is so much competition that you are guaranteed the widest range, the highest quality and the most competitive prices that you will find anywhere.
d Saturday is, of course, the busiest day of the week.
e Dating from 1878, it is spread out over two main sites; the lower market and the upper market.
To make the texts more interesting to the reader, the writers have used their senses while describing the markets.
♦ Read text A again and find two phrases related to what we can hear.
♦ Read text B again and find two phrases related to what we can smell and taste.
TASK 9 WHAT’S IN YOUR BASKET?
New markets - shopping for food in the 21st century
1) Who shops for food in your family? How often do they go shopping? Where do they buy the food from?
2) Read the following definitions of the words from the text, make sure you understand them:
To boom – to grow very quickly in season – growing naturally in a particular time of the year
To die out – to disappear completely preserves – preserved fruit and vegetables, jam
Groceries – everyday item of shopping to resurrect – to make alive again
To guarantee – to promise to run – to organize
3) Read the text about food shopping. Which different ways of shopping for food does it mention?
Making a long trip to the supermarket and queuing for hours used to be the normal weekly routine for British and American shoppers. But since the 1990s, there is a better way to get your groceries. Supermarket shopping on the Internet has boomed in the UK and the USA.
The major supermarkets have their own websites, and if you order on-line with them, for a small extra sum such as $8/£5 the supermarkets will do your shopping for you and deliver it to your door. If you shop with them regularly, they'll 'remember' your favourite items so you can order them next time without searching for them!
These days thousands of people in the UK and the States regularly do their supermarket shopping in this way. In contrast, in many rural areas of Britain there has been a return to the traditional outdoor market. Farmers' markets, where farmers sell their products directly to the customer, had practically died out in Britain because of the attraction of the large supermarkets, but they have been resurrected recently, both to help farmers make more profits, and to provide customers with 'real' food again, such as fresh meat, eggs, vegetables and preserves. Organic food has become very popular, and some producers run a 'box service', where they deliver a weekly box of fruit and vegetables to your door. Customers can't select the food - they just receive whatever is in season - but it is guaranteed to be fresh and free from chemicals, and now you can often order these on-line too!
4) Underline the correct alternatives in these sentences about the text.
It is cheap/ expensive to order your supermarket shopping on-line and have it delivered.
Supermarket websites can/ can't remember what you have ordered in the past.
Farmers' markets have always been well-supported/ have recently become popular again.
Organic food has a lot of / no chemicals in it.
The customer/ producer decides what fruit and vegetables are used in a 'box service'.
5) Look at the websites and answer the questions.
From how many different countries do the frozen ready meals come? What do you think a ready meal is?
How much does a box from the organic food company cost?
What sort of food does it contain?
What food is depicted on the delicatessen web page?
Imagine you are having a picnic at the weekend. Which of the foods would you like to order?
