- •Part I money
- •How much do you know about money?
- •It is interesting to know
- •What is barter?
- •Fill in the words from the box . Look up the following words in the dictionary and compose your own sentences with them.
- •In to on from
- •Exercise 2
- •Money Matters
- •It is interesting to know
- •Money: where to get it and to spend it?
- •Who wants to be a millionaire?
- •Eh si hypap ohw ahs on noeym btu sknwo woh ot teg ti thlyoens
- •It is interesting to know
- •Part II clothes Topical Vocabulary
- •Indoor and Outdoor Wear
- •Example: velvet ribbon
- •Father and son
- •It is interesting to know
- •It is interesting to know
- •If The Shoe Fits
- •It is interesting to know
- •Fashion
- •Feelings for fashion
- •Audrey Hepburn
- •It is interesting to know
- •Part IV shopping
- •It is interesting to know
- •Three thousand years of world trade
- •In the beginning
- •The ancient world - bc
- •The ancient world - ad
- •The middle ages
- •Comprehension check
- •It is interesting to know
- •What kinds of shops cater for people’s needs?
- •It is interesting to know
- •When Shopping is a Problem
- •What are your shopping habits?
- •Street Markets
- •It is interesting to know
- •Overchoice
- •Advertising
- •It is interesting to know
- •It costs a pretty packet!
- •Choosing Clothes
- •It is interesting to know
- •It is interesting to know
- •It is interesting to know
- •Know Your Rights!
- •If things go wrong...
- •If I had money…
Comprehension check
Comment on the following:
1 Why did people first start trading?
2 How much do we know about the early traders?
3 Why were luxuries, not necessities, the earliest goods to be traded?
4 What were the Phoenicians the first to do? What did they import?
5 Athens had two 'firsts'. What were they? Why was grain imported by the Greeks?
6 Did Rome manufacture a lot? Why didn't the Romans pay for their imported goods?
7 Why was the bezant important?
8 What did the big companies of northern Europe do?
9 Name the key trade centres in the following periods. Why did they become important?
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1000 ВС 8th century ad 13th century ad 17th century ad |
10 What did imports use to bring to people's lives?
What is ironic about the international markets today?
B. Explain the meaning of the uderlined phrases. Give the Ukrainian equivalents to these phrases. Use them in sentences of your own.
C. Discuss it in your group.
Do you agree that people’s tastes today are more homogeneous? Why? Which products do you know of that are found in most parts of the world today?
Prices and Goods
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Departments and Shops
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Exercise 1
Match the kinds of places where you can buy things with their definitions.
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especially food |
Exercise 2
Shopping habits like everything else have changed a lot in the past twenty years. It was not long ago that names like Hypermarket, Boutique, Cash and Carry, Discount Store, Do-it-yourself Supplies had little or no place in our streets. My grandfather still refuses to shop in any of these places. Say where you think he could go to buy the following things.
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a copy of Time magazine a dozen pink carnations a gold fish a seventeenth-century clock a packet of one-inch nails and a hammer some writing paper and pens an ounce of pipe tobacco and a box of matches a pair of sheets and pillow cases a pair of patent-leather lace-shoes a bar of perfumed soap, vitamins and aspirin a teddy bear some new records and cassettes light bulbs, batteries and plugs a new pair of glasses an expensive evening dress an interesting book |
draper’s tobacconist’s shoe shop music shop bookshop toy shop household goods shop pet shop ironmonger’s optician’s florist’s antique shop boutique chemist’s newsagent’s stationer’s |
Exercise 3
Play the game in chain. Use the words in the boxes. Add any other words or
expressions about shops, departments in them, quality and price of the goods.
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Example:
yesterday and I bought a leather wallet of high quality at an exorbitant price, a pair of expensive kid gloves at a fair price and ... er ... er ... er
costly lace handkerchief at a reasonable price, a dear beaded handbag at a sky high price and ...er..
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handkerchief needle thread tape shaving set wallet pack of blades sewing set powder electric razor gel suitcase briefcase a bottle of scents eau de Cologne lipstick kid gloves eye shadows beauty kit hairdryer eye pencil lip gloss fountain pen curlers mascara travelling bag beaded handbag face cream clips hairgrip safety pin drawing pins ball pen ruler paints blusher etc. |
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Departments: haberdashery hardware hosiery fancy goods perfumery textiles stationery electric appliances glassware ladies’ wear ready-made clothes men’s wear underwear sports wear leather goods knitted goods footwear counter (for gloves, etc.) |
department store supermarket stall boutique booth florist’s bookshop second-hand shop chemist’s bookshop iron-monger’s shoeshop jewellery shop furrier’s household goods shop etc. |