Vocabulary

Dosens –

Grocer – продавец в продуктовом магазине

Butcher – мясник

Milkman – молочник

Baker – пекарь, булочник

Cash – наличные деньги

Bill – счет

To advertise – рекламировать

Well-off – богатый

Customer – покупатель

Cash on delivery – наложным платежом

Banking account – банковский счет

Pleasant experience – приятный опыт

Cash-desk – касса

Cashier – кассир

To wrap up – заворачивать

Home-delivery service – служба доставки на дом

Purchase – покупка

To eat up – поглощать

To regret – сожалеть

Variety – разнообразие, ассортимент

Reasonable – разумный

Branch – отделение, филиал

Answer the following questions:

1. Do you often go shopping?

2. When do you think shopping may be pleasant? What makes shopping pleasant (unpleasant)?

3. Do you like shopping more for food or for clothes?

4. Where do you usually buy clothes? Does anybody help you to choose?

5. What do you think of advertising? Does it help to shop? Do you trust advertising?

6. Do you sometimes go to the market? What do you buy there?

7. Do you think market prices are reasonable?

8. Who does the usual shopping in your family?

Read the conversations:

At a Grocery Store.

- Good morning, Mrs. Smith. How are you this morning?

- I'm fine, thank you. And how are you?

- I'm having a little trouble. I don't have any eggs or butter.

- Oh, that's a shame! I need two pounds of butter and a dozen eggs.

- I can deliver them this afternoon.

- That'll be fine. I’m having a party tonight for 15 persons. I have a list here of about 20 things.

- First, what do you want in the line of meat?

- Can you give me a ten-pound ham?

- Yes, here's a nice one. It's 95 cents a pound.

- That seems expensive. But all right. I'll take it.

- Now what else?

- Well. I want some canned goods, 3 cans of pears and a can of peaches.

- Here they are. Now, do you need any milk?

- Yes, three quarts, please, and a pint of cream... Well, that's all for today. How much do I owe you?

- That's $ 17.70. Here's your change from the 20 dollar bill 2.30.

- Good-bye, Mrs. Smith. Thanks a lot.

Vocabulary

that's shame! - обидно! жаль!

Pound – 1.фунт (единица веса, англ. 456 6 г)

Cent – цент – (0,01 доллара)

Quart кварта – (в Англии-1,14 л; в Америке=0,95 л)

Pint пинта – (англ.=0,57 л)

Conversation: At a Shoe Shop.

Shop Assistant: Good morning, madam. What can I do for you, please?

Mrs. Brown: A pair for this boy.

Shop Assistant: Shoes or boots, madam?

Mrs. Brown: Shoes.

Shop Assistant: Very good. Will you please come this way? Take a seat, please. What size does he take?

Sam: I take size four, and I want a pair of brown shoes.

Shop Assistant: Very good. Will you take off your boots and try this pair on? They are a very good make and will wear a long time.

Sam: Here, they are too tight.

Mrs. Brown: Try a larger pair.

Shop Assistant: Here we are. This pair is a size larger.

Sam: But they are too big.

Shop Assistant: I believe we have a half size. Yes, here we are. Try these on. I hope they'll fit nicely.

Sam: Yes, these feel all right. Let me have this pair, Mother.

Mrs. Brown: Very well. How much do they cost?

Shop Assistant: Nine pounds, Madam.(to Sam) If you take them off, I'll wrap them up for you.

Mrs. Brown: Where do I pay?

Shop Assistant: Over there, at the cash-desk, madam. Here* is the bill. (Mrs. Brown goes over to the cash desk and pays the bill. She comes back with the receipted bill, which she hands to the assistant. He gives her a parcel with the shoes). Anything more, madam?

Mrs. Brown: No, thank you. Good-bye.

Shop Assistant: Good-bye, madam, and thank you.