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Shops
Tradesmen or shopkeepers generally deal only in certain goods. The grocer sells a variety of foodstuffs such as flour, butter, eggs, biscuits, jam and jellies, cheese, sugar, spice tinned and frozen foods. The greengrocer deals in fruit and vegetables. The florist sells flowers and plants, wreaths and bouquets. We go to a fishmonger for fish and if he is a poulterer as well we can buy poultry there - chickens, ducks, geese or turkeys. A milkshop is called a dairy. There we buy dairy produce - milk, butter, cheese, cream, sore cream and eggs. Then we run out of bread. We go to the baker's and ask for a loaf of white or brown bread. A cake shop sells pastries and cakes of all kinds. The confectioner always does a good trade selling sweets - chocolates, toffees and other tempting things. That makes every child's mouth water.
A draper sells clothes. A tailor sells men's clothes, either ready-to-ware or made to measure. If a woman wants to buy ready-made clothes to a dress shop or a department store. A dressmaker makes ladies' clothes in her own home.
The hatter sells men's hats, but the milliner sells hats for ladies. The hosier sells hosiery or knitted goods like stockings, socks or underclothes, a man's outfitter sells everything a man needs in the way of clothes.
Those who need paper, pens, rubbers, ink, rulers, notebooks, exercise books and bloating-paper can get them at the stationer's. The bookseller sells books and magazines. The watchmaker repairs and sells clocks and watches.
The jeweler sells jewelry and also things of gold and silver, ornaments.
The china-shop has a large stock of china porcelain and earthenware. The ironmonger supplies everything made of iron (hard-ware) from nails to gardening - tools. The furniture-shop sells furniture either for cash, or on hire purchase. A chemist although a qualified pharmacist, sells many things besides medicines - perfume, toilet articles such a soap, toothpaste, spongers, tooth brushes and even cameras and films.
What a long list of shops we can make! In spite of this many large stories called department stores, sell all the goods we have mentioned under one roof.
Answer the questions:
1. Who does the shopping in your family?
2. How often do you go shopping?
3. Do you prefer to go shopping on weekdays or at the weekend?
4. Do you like to go to small shops or to big department stores and supermarkets?
5. Which do you think is the most convenient time for shopping?
6. Some people are fond of window-shopping. Can you say that you belong to such people?
7. What are advantages and disadvantages of big supermarkets?
8. Can you see a different between state-owned shops and private shops? Which ones do you prefer?
Vocabulary:
to buy (to purchase, to shop for) покупать
to sell продавать
to supply снабжать, поставлять
to deliver доставлять (товары)
to display выставлять (товары)
cheap дешевый
expensive (dear) дорогой
to cost стоить
price, at a price цена, по цене
discount, at a discount скидка, со скидкой
sale распродажа
cash-desk касса
salesman (shop assistant) продавец
saleswoman продавщица
customer (shopper) покупатель
consumer потребитель
shopping queue, line очередь
to do one's shopping делать покупки
to go shopping идти по магазинам
baker's / bakery булочная
flour мука
butter масло
egg яйцо
biscuit (сухое) печенье
cheese сыр
sugar сахар
spice специя, пряность
salt соль
tinned foods консервированные продукты
frozen foods замороженные продукты
plant растение
vegetable овощ
fruit фрукты
wreath венок
bouquet букет
poultry домашняя птица
game дичь
chicken цыпленок
duck утка
goose гусь
turkey индейка
butcher's мясной (магазин)
confectioner's кондитерский
dairy молочный
greengrocer's овощной
fishmonger's рыбный
sweet-shop сласти
shop-window (window display) витрина
department store универсальный магазин
counter прилавок
shop (store) магазин
booth ларек
stall (kiosk) киоск
to change разменять
change сдача
to pay платить
How much is it? Сколько стоит
What does it cost?
to wrap заворачивать (покупку)
fitting room примерочная
to try on примерять
to fit сидеть (о платье)
to suit, to become подходить, быть к лицу
to match, to go with сочетаться, гармонировать
style, design фасон
fashion, vogue мода
all the vogue крик моды
up-to date современный
stylish модный
bunch of flowers букет цветов
loaf of (bread) батон (хлеба)
draper's ткани (магазин)
tailor портной
hosiery трикотаж
stockings чулки
socks носки
underclothes нижнее белье
rubber ластик
ink чернила
rule линейка
notebook записная книжка
blotting-paper промокательная бумага
stationer's канцелярские товары
magazine журнал
clock часы (настенные)
watch часы (наручные)
jewellery ювелирные украшения
gold золото
silver серебро
ornament украшение
china-shop магазин посуды
porcelain фарфор
earthenware глиняная посуда
ironmonger торговец железными изделиями
nail гвоздь
gardening tools садовые принадлежности
furniture мебель
cash наличные деньги
on hire purchase в кредит, в рассрочку
perfume духи
toilet articles туалетные принадлежности
soap мыло
tooth paste зубная паста
sponge губка
tooth brush зубная щетка
camera фотоаппарат
film пленка (фото-, видео-)
that will do это годится, устраивает
to be out of stock кончиться, распродать
Act out the dialogues:
1.
- Can I help you?
- Yes, I'm looking for a sweater.
- We've got some sweaters over here. What color are you looking for?
- This blue one is nice.
- Yes, it is. Is it for yourself?
- Yes, it is. Can I try it on?
- Yes, go ahead.
- No, it's too small. It doesn't fit me. Have you got one in a bigger size?
- No, I'm afraid not. What about the red one?
- No, I don't like the color. Red doesn't suit me. OK, I'll leave it. Thank you.
- Goodbye.
2.
- Can I help you, sir?
- Yes, I'm looking for something for my wife. Have you got any perfume?
- Yes, sir. Try this. It's our new perfume for this season. It's called Reward.
- Can I try it? Mm. It's very good. How much is it?
- This bottle costs $37.
- Hm. Have you got it in a smaller bottle?
3.
- Excuse me.
- Yes, madam, can I help you?
- I'd like a box of chocolates for my friend.
- Yes, madam, 500 grams?
- How much is that?
- Ten dollars. These are particularly good chocolates.
- OK, I'll have them.
Translate into English in writing:
1. Мне нужно сделать сегодня кое-какие покупки.
2. Завтра мы идем покупать мне пальто.
3. Больше всего я люблю в этом универмаге отдел ювелирных изделий.
4. Когда открываются (закрываются) магазины в вашем городе?
5. Такие костюмы сейчас в моде.
6. По дороге домой зайди в гастроном и купи: немного сахара, банку вишневого варенья, бутылку томатного соуса и два батона хлеба.
7. Выбор продуктов в этом супермаркете очень широкий.
8. У меня мало времени на приготовление пищи, поэтому я часто покупаю замороженные продукты.
9. В нашем гастрономе всегда в продаже свежее мясо.
10. На рынке некоторые продукты можно купить по более низкой цене.
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