Your list. Can you put the list in the best order to save time while you are shopping? The store plan will help you.

lipsticks

transistors

paperbacks

perfumes

jeans

picture books

belts

suits

dolls

hair dryers

table-tennis bats

cassettes

suitcases

writing paper

boots

slippers

portable televisions

lamps

sweaters

jackets

underwear

book shelves

waste-paper baskets

sofas

puzzles

pencils

records

rackets

Girl: Where's the furniture department, please?

Assistant: It's upstairs, on the fourth floor.

Girl: Thanks very much.

Boy: Excuse me, have you any cheap cookery books?

Assistant: Try the bargain department in the basement. If you are unlucky there, the book department is on the third floor.

Boy: Thank you.

Ex. 9 Make up dialogues by analogy.

Buying Souvenirs

A: What do you think ofthose lovely wooden trays?

B: They are biggish, and you are travelling by air.

A: And what about those carved figures?

B: Too heavy.

A: You're probably right. Still, it's a pity. (All the same, it's a pity).

B: These copper ashtrays look nice.

A: Yes, but no one smokes at home. (Yes, but we are non-smokers, all of us).

В: Why not buy one of those amber necklaces?

A: They're too expensive. Such a buy would make a big hole in my supply of money.

B: I suggest those linen napkins, then. They're light, of good quality, and the price is reasonable.

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The Spendthrift

A: Look what a lovely bag I've bought!

B: Not again! Why, you've got a collection of them!

A: But you've no idea how cheap it was! A real bargain!

B: Bargain my foot! You know we must save money!

A: Getting good value is saving money!

B: Oh, come on! Be your age!

A: It's no use quarrelling about trifles. We ought to earn more money, that's what we ought.

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Buying a Present

A: Can I help you, madam?

B: I'd like to buy a silver bracelet for my daughter.

A: Have a look at this one. Like it?

B: Oh, it looks fabulous. She will like it.

A: I think, I'll buy it. Thank you.

B: My pleasure.

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Bargaining

A: How much do you want for it?

B: Forty.

A: Forty pounds?

B: Yeah. It's worth fifty, but I'm in a hurry.

A: I don't know. It isn't in very good condition. Look. It's broken and look at this. It isn't worth forty. I'll give you twenty-five pounds.

B: Twenty-five? Come on. I tell you what - I'll take thirty-five. Since you're a customer of mine. You can have it for thirty-five.

А:

No, that's too much. To tell the truth, I can't afford thirty-five.

В:

Sorry. Thirty-five. That's my last word.

А:

Come on, split the difference. Thirty pounds.

В:

Thirty. OK. All right, thirty.

А:

Can I give you a cheque?

В:

Well, I prefer cash, if you don't mind.