A big department store

Shella This isn't Oxford Street.

Jane Yes, it is.
Mrs. Hunt No, it isn't, Sheila's right. This is Knightsbridge. First we’re going to a big department storeto shop.

Jane What are we looking for?

Mrs. Hunt Oh, I don't know... clothes or food or jewellery. We can buy anything there.

Jane I haven't got much money. Is it an expensive shop?

Mrs. Hunt Yes, it is.

Jane Do they sell books?

Mrs. Hunt Yes. Which book are you looking for?

Jane I want a book about jazzto give to Simon. His birthday’s soon.
Mrs. Hunt But he's got a lot of books.

June I know, but he hasn't got many books about jazz.

 

Lipstick

Salesgirl Can I help you?
Sheila Yes, I want a lipstick.
Salesgirl Red?

Sheila No, I'd prefer either orange or pink.
Salesgirl We've got a lot of pink lipsticks but we haven't got many orange ones.
Pink seems very popular this year. Do you like this one?

Sheila No, that looks a little too bright. Which colour are you wearing?
Salesgirl I'm wearing “Pretty Pink”. Would you like to Try it? Oh yes, it suits you.
Sheila Yes, I'd like that one. How much is it?
Salesgirl Thirty-five pence (35p).

Sheila And how much are those bottles of perfume?
Salesgirl A pound (£1) each. How many would you like?
Sheila I’d like one of them.

 

Dresses

Jane I look awful in this blue dress. It's too long and it's not bright enough.
Mrs. Hunt No, you're wrong. You don't look awful. It's a lovely dress and you look very pretty in it.
Jane No, I don't. I'm trying on the orange dress.
Mrs. Hunt Oh Jane, orange is too bright.

Jane No, it isn't. Orange suits me. This dress looks nice.
Mrs.Hunt I don't like it.

Jane Why?
Mrs. Hunt Because it's too short and...

Jane Mum I've got a lot of blue dresses but only ft few orange ones.
Mrs. Hunt Ah, here's Sheila. Ask her.
Sheila Jane, you look very pretty. Is she buying that dress, Mrs. Hunt?
Mrs. Hunt Well... both of you like it... Yes, she's buying it.

After lunch

Jane Where are we going after lunch?

Sheila We can go to the shops In Oxford Street.

Mrs. Hunt Sheila, do you like big shops?

Sheila I like some of them but I prefer small shops. Most of the department stores are too bigfor me.

Mrs. Hunt Jane likes all of them. All of her new things are from a big shop.
Jane Yes, I've got two books, a dress, a skirt, a blouseand some scarves.

Sheila How many scarves have you got?

Jane Four... one of them's for me and three of them are for friends.
Sheila Which skarve’s for you?

Jane Either the brown one or the green one.

Sheila What have you got, Mrs. Hunt?

Mrs. Hunt Nothing.

Sheila Nothing? Buy something!

Mrs. Hunt Yes... after lunch... but we haven't got much time now.

PART 3
In the shops

Jean Do they sell food here?

Louise I don't know. Ask that girl.

Jean Do you sell food here?

Louise No, not that girl.

Jean Which one?

Louise The one in the food department.

 

Red dresses

Mrs. Johnson You're right, Dick. I look nice in green.

Mr. Johnson Yes, I know. Green suits you.

Mrs. Johnson But this dress isn't long enough.

Mr. Johnson You're right. It's too short. I prefer the bright orange dress. It isn't too short.
Mrs. Johnson I don’t like it. It's too bright.

Mr. Johnson It's pretty.

Mrs. Johnson I look awful in very bright colours.

Mr. Johnson No, you look lovely. Buy the red one.

 

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1 Today the women are going to Oxford Street to shop. Сегодня женщины идут на Оксфорд Стрит за покупками.

a the women .женщины Определённый артикль the показывает, что имеются в виду не женщины вообще или какие-то неизвестные женщины, а знакомые читателю (слушателю) персонажи курса миссис Хант. Шейла и Джейн.

б Oxford Street Оксфорд Стрит Центральная улица Лондона, знаменитая богатыми и дорогими магазинами. Обратите внимание на отсутствие артикля.

в to shop делать покупки, идти за покупками, ходить по магазинам

2 Both of the girls обе девушки

Слово girl по-английски значит девочка или девушка. Русский перевод зависит от контекста.

3 They don't want Simon and me with them. Они не хотят, чтобы Саймон и я шли с ними (букв. Они не хотят Саймона и меня с ними).

4 Thank goodness! Слава богу!

Восклицание, выражающее удовлетворение, облегчение, радость.

5 Women are terrible shoppers. Женщины невыносимы, когда они идут за покупками (букв, женщины ужасные покупательницы).

Итак, вы знаете существительное a shop магазин, глагол to shop ходить по магазинам, делать покупки и существительное a shopper тот. кто ходит за покупками, покупатель.

6 They spend a lot of time and they only buy a few things. Они тратят много времени и покупают немного вещей.

7I only spend a little time and I buy a lot of things. Я трачу немного времени, а покупаю много вещей.

a a lot of things много вещей

a lot of time много времени

alot of много

очень употребительное выражение, особенно удобное тем, что употребляется как с исчисляемыми существительными (т.е. равно по значению известному вам слову many), так и с неисчисляемыми (т.е. аналогично слову much).

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