Unit VII. Shopping. Part 1. Shopping.

WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS:

to go shopping a bakery ['beɪkərɪ] a roll a biscuit ['bɪskɪt] a greengrocery ['griːnˌgrəusərɪ] cabbage ['kæbɪʤ] a potato [pə'teɪtəu] an onion ['ʌnjən] a cucumber ['kjuːkʌmbə] a carrot ['kærət] a beetroot ['biːtruːt] green peas [piːz]  grapes [greɪps] a pear [pɛə] a plum [plʌm] ready-weighed [weid] cream [kriːm] a dairy ['dɛərɪ] grocery cereals ['sɪərɪəls] flour ['flauə] poultry ['pəultrɪ] a butchery ['buʧərɪ] various ['vɛərɪəs] convenient [kən'viːnɪənt] to wear out a department store [stɔː] a department [dɪ'pɑːtmənt] ready-made clothes [kləuðz]  fabrics ['fæbrɪks] china ['ʧaɪnə] electric appliances [ə'plaɪənsiz] hi-fi equipment [ɪ'kwɪpmənt] a counter ['kauntə] a skirt [skɜːt] a blouse [blauz] trousers ['trauzəz] a jacket a tie  [taɪ] a knitwear ['nɪtwɛə] department a sweater ['swetə] woolen a glove [glʌv] a self-service shop a check-out counter a price [praɪs] a purchase ['pɜːʧəs]  to add up a shop assistant [ə'sɪstənt] a customer ['kʌstəmə] a cashier [kæ'ʃɪə]

ходить по магазинам булочная булочка печенье овощной магазин капуста картофель лук (репчатый) огурец морковь свекла зелёный горошек виноград груша слива развешенный сливки молочный магазин бакалея крупы мука птица мясная лавка разнообразный, различный удобный изнашиваться универсальный магазин отдел готовая одежда ткани фарфоровая посуда электроприборы аудио- и видеоаппаратура прилавок юбка блузка брюки пиджак, жакет галстук трикотажный отдел свитер шерстяной перчатка магазин самообслуживания касса, отдел расчёта цена покупка складывать, подсчитывать, суммировать продавец покупатель кассир

Shopping.

Man can’t live without food and clothes so from time to time we go shopping. At the bakery you can buy brown and white bread, rolls and biscuits. At the greengrocery they sell cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beetroots, green peas as well as all kinds of fruits: apples, oranges, grapes, bananas, pears, cherries, plums, etc. Everything is sold here ready-weighed and packed. If you need dairy products like milk, cream, cheese, butter, you can do it at the dairy. At the grocery there is a wide choice of macaroni, cereals, flour, tea, coffee, sugar. Meat and poultry can be bought at the butcher’s. But if you need food products, you’d better go to a food supermarket where they sell various products under one roof and it is very convenient.

When your clothes become old and worn out or small, you go to a department store which consists of different departments: ready-made clothes, fabrics, shoes, sport goods, toys, china and glass, electric appliances, hi-fi equipment, cameras, records, etc. You can buy everything you need there. Things for sale are on the counters and are easily seen. In the women’s clothing department there are dresses, costumes, skirts, blouses, coats and many other things. In the men’s clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, jackets, shirts, ties. In the knitwear department they sell sweaters, pullovers, woolen jackets, caps and gloves.

If you do your shopping in a self-service shop, then you go from counter to counter, choose and put into your basket what you want to buy. At the checkout counter the prices of your purchases are added up. In a small shop the shop assistant helps the customer who then pays the money to the cashier.

Exercise 1. Translate into Russian: the checkout counter; pay the money to the cashier; In the knitwear department; a self-service shop; at the bakery; as well as; old and worn out; ready-weighed and packed; all kinds of fruits; a wide choice of; you’d better go to a food supermarket; various products under one roof; very convenient; live without food and clothes; at the dairy; at the butcher’s; to consist of different departments; electric appliances; buy everything you need; things for sale; the men’s clothing department; go from counter to counter.

Exercise 2. Translate into English: кассир; покупатель; продавец; фарфоровая посуда; готовая одежда; цена; покупка; ходить по магазинам; булочка; огурец; помидор; перчатка; шерстяной свитер; блузка; электроприборы; удобные брюки; универсальный магазин; свекла; морковь; груша; вишня; юбка; булочная; овощной магазин; печенье; пиджак; зелёный горошек; картофель; капуста; слива; птица; мука; крупы; виноград; лук; молочный магазин; мясная лавка; рыба; мясо; ткани; бакалея; спортивные товары; обувь; яблоки; апельсины; бананы; сыр; масло; молоко; сахар; корзина.

Exercise 3. Describe your usual breakfast, lunch and dinner. What do you like to eat? What do you like to eat on holidays, such as New Year?

Exercise 4. Answer the questions:

1. Who does the shopping in your family?

2. How often do you go shopping?

3. What shops do you go to?

4. Which do you think is the most convenient time for shopping?

5. Are you fond of window-shopping?

6. What was your most successful purchase?

Exercise 5. Make up some dialogues: you are buying a costume for a business meeting/you are looking for a present for your girlfriend (boyfriend)/you are buying products for supper/you are buying food for the whole week.