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Shops and Shopping in London

parking lots for customers, who come shopping in their cars and buy food for the whole week.

On Saturday morning Mr Borisov went shopping in Oxford Street, as he was to leave London soon. He called at the men’s department of a big department store. He came up to a salesgirl and asked her to help him choose a suit.

1Selfridges [’selfricfeiz] (возможно написание Selfridge’s) — название крупного универсального магазина в Лондоне (основан в 1909 году).

Перед названиями универмагов, содержащих имя собственное, артикль не употребляется (ср. The Central Department Store).

2 a chain [tjein] store — один из сети магазинов, принадлежащих одной фирме / сетевой магазин.

3 One more thing, please. — И еще одно.

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Ex. 9*Agree or disagree. Give your reasons.

1.Oxford Street is the most popular shopping centre in London.

2.Shops and department stores in Oxford Street close late.

3.Most Londoners go shopping to Selfridge’s.

4.Marks and Spencer is as expensive as Selfridges.

5.There is no difference between a supermarket and a hypermarket.

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1.Mr Borisov went shopping for food.

2.He didn’t ask anybody to help him choose a suit.

3.The salesgirl told Mr Borisov what his English size was.

4.The first suit that Mr Borisov tried on fitted him perfectly.

5.Mr Borisov paid cash for the suit.

6.When Mr Borisov bought the suit he left the department store.

Ex. 10. Sayw hat you remember about:

•Oxford Street and its shops;

•Selfridges;

•Supermarkets and hypermarkets;

•Mr Borisov’s purchase.

U N I T IV

WORKING ON WORDS

to prefer smth to ...

to prefer doing smth to

Ex. 11. Ask and answer questions.

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to be popular with smb

Ex. 12. Say w hat places are popular (not popular) w ith shop­ pers (holidaymakers, tourists, theatre goers, etc.); ежplain why.

the Kremlin museums,

•the Bolshoi theatre,

the holiday places on the Volga river, Ashan supermarkets,

old Moscow hotels, the Tretyakov Gallery,

Arbat Street (old and new),

expensive boutiques [bu'tik] in the centre of Moscow, the Black Sea resorts in the Crimea,

the ski resorts in the Caucasus, Macdonald’s restaurants, fitness centres,

the House of Music, Sokolniki Park,

evening courses of foreign languages.

to call at (a place)

Ex. 13. Read the example.

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If I w a n t to b u y a n E n g lish b o o k . I’ll call a t th e H ouse of B ooks in A rb a t.

Say where you w ill go if you want to buys

a new model of a Panasonic TV set, flowers for your friend’s party, some compact disks,

sports clothes,

some food for the weekend,

tickets for the new performance at the Vachtangov theatre, toys for your (your friend’s) children,

•a pair of new jeans,

some souvenirs for your friends in France, a new jacket for winter wear;

a tour of Italy.

U N I T V

KEY STRUCTURES AND SPECIAL POINTS

ARTICLES

Ex* 14* a) Supply articles where necessary.

1.— Where can I buy ... coat?

—There’s ... department store in this district. There’s ... very good choice of coats a t ... department store.

—Is there ... shoe department there too?

—Yes, there is b u t... department is not very large. You’ll have to call at ... Central Department Store. There are ... good shoe de­ partments there.

2.— I w ant... pair of shoes but I don’t know my English size.

—Try on this pair for ... size.

—O h,... shoes are too small for me.

—Here is another pair, ... size larger.

—... size is all right for me, but I don’t like ... style.

3. ... Sainsbury’s ['seinzboriz] is one o f ... biggest and most popular su­ permarkets in London. ... choice of different kinds o f ... food is very large there. It is ... very old company. ... company is more than 125 years old. ... Sainsbury’s is ... chain store and has over 250 shops all over... country.

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Lise [laiz] is walking along ... wide street, she is looking for... new dress. She stops a t ... door of... department store and comes in. She goes to ...

Women’s Wear Department. She has found ... dress. It is ... modem bright yellow dress. She goes to ... changing room and tries on ... dress.

“It’s ... lovely dress, I’ll take it/’ she says to ... salesgirl.

Then she sees ... coat for summer wear in red and white. Very

(After “The Driver’s Seat” by Muriel Spark)

b) Say w hat you remember about the purchase Lise made at the shop.

TENSES

Ex. IS. a) Supply the correct tense-forms of the verbs.

1. Thank you for the wonderful evening. We (to have) to go now,it’s too late.

2. I (not to be able) to go shopping after work today as I (tohave) to stay the office later than usual — there is too much work.

3.Yesterday at the department store I (to have) to try on some jackets. Only then I (can) choose what I (to want).

4.At weekends Tom usually (to wear) jeans and a T-shirt. During the week he (to have) to wear a suit and a tie.

5.— Vanessa, yesterday you (to be) to invite people from ВАС to our today’s conference. Did you do that?

— Yes, sure.

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Jill: You (to be going) to stay in the office during the lunch time? Ben: Yes, I (to have) to check these figures. We (to be) to use them

at the afternoon meeting. And where (to be) Jack? He (to

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promise) to help me. If he (not to come) I (not to be able) to check all the figures.

Jill: He (to have) to go to the sales department. He (to say), he (to be back) in 10 minutes.

Ben: Good.

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A few days ago Elsa (to call at) a big shoe shop in Madison Avenue for a pair of shoes.

When she (to come in) the salesman (to speak) to another customer and Elsa (to have) to wait for a few minutes.

When Elsa (to try on) a pair of black shoes she (to say):

“I (to have) to try on another pair. These shoes (to be) too large for me.99

“But I (not to know) if I (to be able) to find a smaller size in black. This model (to be) very popular and (to sell) very well. We (to sell) a lot of shoes of this model recently. But I (to have) to see.”

Five minutes later he (to come back) with a pair of brown shoes. “Try on these for size. If you (to like) them I (to have) to order them in black,” the salesman said.

Elsa (to put on) the brown shoes. “They (to fit) me perfectly and I (to like) the colour. I (to buy) them.”

(After “The Hot House by the East River” by Muriel Spark)

b) Say what you remember about Elsa’s shopping for shoes.

PREPOSITIONS

Ex. 16. a) Supply the correct prepositions or adverbs.

1.— I’d like to buy a dress ... everyday wear.

—Let’s call... the Central Department Store, there’s a good choice

... dresses there.

2.— I called ... you yesterday morning, but you were ...

—I went shopping ... food.

3.Why do many people prefer supermarkets ... small food shops?

4.— I think this coat is the right size ... me.

—Yes, it fits you perfectly.

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Last Saturday Joan [d30un] went shopping ... clothes. She called ... a big shop ... ready-made clothes ... the 5th Avenue. She wanted to buy a dress ... office wear. ... the shop she tried ... a few dresses ... the chang­ ing room.

When she put ... the first dress she saw that it was too short... her. The second dress was longer than the first one but it was too tight. The third dress looked nice ... her, it fitted her perfectly but it was green but Joan wanted something ... brown. Besides, it cost more than she wanted to spend.

Then she called ... a small shop and bought a dress. It was the right size and colour and it was not expensive ... her. She liked the dress very much.

b)Say w hat yon remember about Joan’s shopping for clothes.

THE WORDS YOU MIX UP

Ex. 17. a) Choose and use.

to say, to tell, to speak

A

1. What did you ...? I couldn’t hear you.

2. ... us about your holiday. Did you have a good time?

3.How many languages do you ...?

4.She ... good-bye and left.

5.I ... to the company manager on the phone yesterday.

6. ... the manager that Mr Lawson phoned him 10 minutes ago.

7.What did the President... about at the conference?

8.Does your director... good English?

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9.Don’t ... anybody what I .... It’s a secret between us.

10.I didn’t want to delay Sue so I ... her not to wait for me.

В

Once when Mark Twain and his friend were in England they visited a party at which they were to make speeches. Mark Twain was the first to ... . He ... for 20 minutes and everyone liked his speech. When the people asked Mark Twain’s friend to ... them something, he

... : “Ladies and Gentlemen! Before this dinner we agreed with Mark to exchange speeches. He has ju s t... you what I wanted to ... and I’m glad you liked it. But I’m sorry to ... I’ve lost Mark Twain’s speech and cannot remember what he wanted to ... you”.

b)Summarize the joke.

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SPEECH EXERCISES

E*. 18. a) Read the dialogue.

On Thursday Mrs Briggs went shopping for clothes. When she was walking along Oxford Street she saw a red dress in the window of a small shop and decided to call there.

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b)Say w hat purchases Mrs Briggs made at the shop.

c)Act out the dialogue.

Ex. 19*a) Read the text.

MARKS&SPENCER: A BRITISH SUCCESS STORY

Marks&Spencer, the British food and clothes company, is Britain’s fa­ vourite shop and the most famous British shop in the world. It attracts a lot of customers, from housewives to millionaires.

It started more than 100 years ago, when Michael Marks, a young immigrant, opened a stall in the market. He had few things to sell, but above his stall he put the now famous notice:

Don’t ask how much — it’s a gennyj

Ten years later he met Tom Spencer and together they started Penny Stalls in many British towns.

Today there are more than 640 branches of M&S all over the world, and more and more people are buying their clothers and food from the shop.

Food departments sell typical British food: tea, biscuits, sandwiches.

The choice of clothes is different from country to country.

In Thailand, for example, they sell more T-shirts because of the cli­ mate. In Japan they sell clothes of small sizes, in Austria — clothes of large sizes.

The quality of clothes is very high; their shelf life is short — from 6 to 7 weeks.

In Britain every man in 5 buys his suits in M&S and one woman in 3 buys her underwear there.

In the 21st century one Chinese in 5 will wear M&S suits. That’s а-lot of suits!

(Based on “Headway” and “Business Basics”)

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b)What does that mean:

•Penny Stalls?

•underwear?

. shelf life?

c)Say:

•What facts show that M&S is a very popular shop;

•How the company started its business;

• How the choice of clothes differs from country to country;

•How many British people wear M&S clothes.

Ex. 20.a) Read the text.

NEW MARKETS — SHOPPING FOR FOOD

IN THE 21st CENTURY

For many years British and American people made tradi­ tional long trips to supermarkets to do their shopping. But since the 1990s supermarket shopping on the Internet has become very popular with British and Ameri­ can shoppers.

Big supermarkets have their own websites, and if you order on line with them, for a small ex­ tra sum supermarkets will do

your shopping for you and deliver it to your door. If you shop with them regularly, they’ll ‘remember’ your favourite products so you will be able to order them next time very quickly.

In contrast, in many small British towns and villages there has been a return to traditional outdoor markets where farmers sell their prod­ ucts to customers.

They disappeared in Britain because of the attraction of supermar­ kets, but they have reappeared recently both to help farmers and to pro­ vide customers with “real food” — fresh fruits, meat. etc.

Organic food* has become very popular and some producers offer “a box service” — they deliver a box of organic food to your door. The customers don’t choose it — they just get fresh seasonal products with

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