Text 10 Dialogue
Exercise 1. Read and translate the dialogue.
A: Can you tell me what size this suit is?
B: It’s forty eight. What size do you take?
A: Forty nine.
B: I think, it should fit you.
A: What material is it made of?
B: Silk, I believe.
A: Oh, no! I would like to have a suit made of cotton velvet. Do you have any?
B: You are lucky, you know! Yesterday we got several cotton velvet suits just your size.
A: Will you bring me one of them?
B: Here you are. This one is the best of the suits!
A: Oh, no! I don’t like this colour. Black things don’t become me. Do you have a brown one?
B: Yes, we have four brown suits made of cotton velvet. Here you are.
A: May I try it on?
B: Yes, of course.
A: Where is the fitting-room?
B: The fitting-room is on your right.
A: Well, it fits me perfectly. But I would also like to buy a shirt.
B: You know, all these suits are bundled with a white shirt each. It is included in the price.
A: And what’s the price of this suit?
B: It’s five thousand rubles. It’s a very nice suit.
A: All right. I’ll take it.
B: How are you to pay? You know, we have an opportunity to withdraw money from your bank account.
A: No, I don’t have my credit card with me right now, but I have cash.
B: That’s very good. Proceed to the cashier, please.
Exercise 2. Make up dialogues:
about a department store;
about one of your shoppings
SPEECH EXERCISES
-Tell about one of the department stores (some stores) and one of your purchases.
-Tell about the clothes you prefer to wear or usually wear.
WRITTEN TASKS
Letter
Write a letter to your pen friend describing one of your shoppings: the things, the pieces of clothing you bought, their colour and design, why you chose this or that piece of clothing. Ask your friend what department stores there are in his/her town. Observe the rules of letter writing.
Compositions
1. Some people prefer going to a big department store to buy different things either food or manufacture goods. Others like visiting small specialized stores. What is your choice?
2. Some people prefer to keep their money on deposit accounts. In this case the money must be kept in a bank for a certain period of time for interest to be paid on this money. And the owners of the money can’t use it otherwise interest won’t be paid. Other people prefer to keep their money at home. In this case they can use it any time. What is your opinion?
Plan:
State the problem
Make your choice and give arguments ( 2-3 ones)
Give other people’s opinion with arguments (2 ones)
Prove that they are not right (1-2 arguments)
Make the conclusion
Test “Shopping. Clothes. Money”
1. Match a verb in A with a word in B (example: A1 B1):
A: 1) to serve; 2) to do; 3) to get; 4) to issue
B: 1) dressed; 2) a cheque; 3) up; 4) a customer
2. Fill in the blank with a necessary word:
The bank pays … on a deposit account.
a) per cent; b) capital; c) interest; d) a cheque
3. Choose the correct grammar form:
Fashion shows … there.
a) hold; b) are held; c) are holding; d) held
4. What sentence contains a grammar mistake:
a) The word “money” means anything which is used as means of exchange.
b) The statement that girls don’t trouble to dress up is not correct.
c) There are large nets of shops and stores in cities.
d) When they arrived they first admired the window dressing.
Put in the right prepositions for the sentences:
5. They went … the first line … the right and looked … the goods … the hosiery department.
a) on, in, at, to; b) in, from, on, at; c) at, to, out, of; d) along, to, at, of
6. … the cash-desk there was a rapping counter where there was a tray … purchases.
a) near, for; b) at, to; c) from, for; d) near, by
7. … the grocery department one can see all kinds … foodstuffs.
a) at, for; b) on, to; c) in, of; d) on, of
8. Choose the correct lexical unit:
Most girls today enjoy looking … .
a) attraction; b) attractive; c) attractively; d) attractable
9. Choose the necessary word:
When I got to work I … my coat.
a) took off; b) put on; c) put; d) got
10. Choose the necessary modal verb for this sentence:
Your question … arise from the fact that the young people are both dressed in jeans and sweaters.
a) can; b) may; c) must; d) should
11. Insert the article where it is necessary:
Because … gold has been universally regarded as … very valuable metal, national currencies were for many years judged in terms of … so-called «gold standard».
a) the, a, a; b) –, a, the; c) –, a, –; d) the, a, the
12. Choose the necessary word:
How … money have you got?
a) much; b) many; c) little; d) few
13. Put in the right prepositions for this sentence:
The bank … turn lends the deposited money … customers who need capital.
a) on, to; b) in, for; c) in, to; d) at, from
14. Choose the necessary form:
I want to go … .
a) shop; b) to shop; c) to a shop; d) shopping
15. Match the products with the places where they can be bought:
1) carrot cake; 2) dress; 3) shampoo; 4) socks
a) at a chemist’s; b) at a café; c) at a hosiery; d) at a clothes shop
Answers to the test
1. A1-B4; A2-B3; A3-B1; A4-B2
2. c
3. b
4. a
5. d
6. a
7. c
8. b
9. a
10. b
11. b
12. a
13. c
14. d
15. 1.b); 2.d); 3.a); 4.c)