V speaking

5. What does the picture show?

• a car boot sale

• a flea market

• a shopping mall

Use the phrases to describe it to your companion

Open-air stalls

Bargain/reduced prices

Second-hand, handcrafted goods

(silk scarves, silver jewellery etc.)

Full/unique/colorful atmosphere

Friendly/loud vendors

Indecisive/excited shoppers

VI listening

7. You will hear a sociology lecture talking about shopping habits in Britain.

a) For the questions below choose the best answer.

1) What were shops in the past?

A They specialized in goods for families.

B Their goods cost much less than today.

C They often had a limited range of goods.

2) What is shopping like today?

A There are price reductions every time.

B Most shops can only be reached by car.

C There are similar shops in most towns.

3) What is the most popular method of payment today?

A cash

B credit card

C cheque

4) Why is shopping on the Internet popular?

A It's convenient and time-saving.

B The stuff are helpful.

C There are fewer new shops opening.

5) Why Internet shopping good for older people?

A They can learn to use computers.

B It is not as tiring as going to the shops themselves.

C Shopping in supermarkets is more expensive.

6) Shoppers may not like ordering on the Internet because

A pictures of the goods are often unclear.

B goods may not be the quality you expect.

C orders take a long time to arrive by post.

7) What does the lecturer believe?

A There are too many disadvantages to Internet shopping.

B Internet shopping will be less popular in the future.

C Shopping habits will continue to change.

b) Now listen to the recording and check if you are right.

*c) Look through the right answers above and tell about shopping habits of the British.

DIY

1. Prepare a piece of information about shopping habits in Russia. Be ready to present it to the audience.

2. Find the information about the history of money, from its origins to our time. This link can help you too.

http://jamesrobertson.com/book/historyofmoney.pdf

UNIT 3 IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS

CHAPTER 2 SHOPS

LESSON 3 WAYS OF PAYMENT

I WARMIMG UP

1. If you are a shopkeeper/customer,

• what type of shoppers/sellers would you prefer to see in a shop/market?

• what is your attitude to haggling?

• what do you think about bargaining in Russia?

2. What do you know about shopping habits in Britain.

3. No one buying can be occurred without paying. Think and show what you know about money and methods of paying. Don’t forget to present your vocabulary lists.

• How many different banknotes exist in your country?

• What colors are they?

• What denominations are they?

• What do the pictures show?

• What do you know about different methods of payment?

II VOCABULARY

3. While shopping you deal with cash or credit cards or…. What other ways of payment do you know?

a) Read the words and expressions and try to remember them.

Credit card

Cash

WAYS OF PAYMENT ATM/cashpoint/hole in the wall (infml)

Transfer

Cheque

Direct debit

For free

Earn

Steal

Win

Inherit

Find

WAYS OF DEALING Lose money

Borrow/lend/give the money back

Waste

Save

Invest

Exchange

Wallet/purse

Bank (notes)/coins

Fortune/amount/sum

WAYS OF KEEPING Investment

Loan

Piggy bank/moneybox

Currency

Pocket money

b) Fill on the gaps with one of the words above.

c) Then, answer the questions.

1.The ……….. of the USA is the dollar, and in Germany it is the Euro.

What is it in your country?

2. If you run out of money during the weekend you can get money out of the…….. .

Do you often use this service? Where is the nearest one?

3. When Isabelle was young her parents used to give her one pound a week

………….. .

Do your parents do the same?

4. Nick applied to the bank for a £2,000 ……… to buy a motorcycle.

Is it possible in your country to buy something expensive by the same procedure?

5. Bills can now be paid easily by ……. which means that the money is taken straight out of your bank account.

Do you use this service?

6. Money comes in two forms; larger amounts come in ……. , and smaller amounts in ……. .

Which form do you prefer to have in your wallet?

7. Sam wrote a …… to pay for his shopping as he didn’t have any cash with him.

Do you often do the same?