V. Эталон ответа темы № 4. «Покупки»

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«Покупки». Предполагаемые вопросы для собеседования.

1. How often do you go shopping?
2. Do you prefer shopping at supermarkets or small, specialised shops? Why?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of big supermarkets?
4. How do supermarkets and salespeople make us spend more?
5. Do you think people in general spend more because of advertisements?
6. Do you think companies should advertise products that are bad for your health?
7. What are the most famous Russian trademarks and chain shops do you know?
8. Have you ever bought at the flea market?
9. Some people are fond of window-shopping. Do you belong to such people?
10. When did you last go shopping? What did you buy?

Эталон ответа:

When we want to buy something, we go to a shop. There are many kinds of shops in every town or city, but most of them have a food supermarket, department store, men’s and women’s clothing stores, a grocery, a bakery and a butchery.

I like to do my shopping at a big supermarket because you can buy a lot of goods more cheaply there than at small local shops. Prices vary from department to department. They sell a wide assortment of confectionery and bakery, wines, fruits and vegetables, smoked meat and sausage, dairy products, butcher’s meats, a lot of jeweler, electrical appliances, perfumery, household goods, sport goods and foot wear, knitted and leather goods, textiles, stationary, etc.

Supermarkets are brightly-lit and well laid out. The goods are tidily arranged on trays and shelves on which the prices are clearly marked. There’s plenty of room for the customers to walk about.

In the supermarkets most of the goods are sold ready- weighed, ready- packed and wrapped. You can find wide selection of everything here from shoe polish to eggs. In the women’s clothing department, for example, you can buy dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats, beautiful underwear and so on.

In the men’s clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, overcoats, ties, etc. In the knitwear department one can buy sweaters, cardigan, short- sleeved and long- sleeved pullovers, woolen jackets. In the perfumer they sell face cream and powder, lipstick, lotions and shampoos.

Another shop we frequently go to is a greengrocery which is stocked with cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beets, green peas, etc. I like to buy fruits and vegetables there. They smell good and you feel as if you are in an exotic country.

Customers go round the supermarket with a basket or trolley getting goods from the shelves. Having filled your basket you go to the cash desk, where is a short queue. When there is you turn the prices of your purchases are added up. You pay money to the cashier and she gives you back the change.

There are departments, known as «bargain sales», where they sell goods at reduced prices. It is important for housewives because the prices are going up constantly.