Answer the following questions.

1. What is a corner shop? What do corner shops sell? When are they open? Who does shopping in corner shops nowadays?

2. What kind of goods do department stores offer? Why did the customers like them better than corner shops? What is the High Street? Why do the High Streets look almost the same?

3. What do they sell in charity shops? What is the best known   chain of charity shops in Britain?

4. What can be found in a shopping complex? In what way is it different from other kinds of shops?

5. Why don’t they close shops at lunchtime in Britain?

6. What are the main shopping districts in London?

7. Why do you think some people prefer street markets? Are they both fun and cheap? What do they specialize in?

8. Why don’t the British expect or welcome bargaining?

9. Why is shopping a kind of ‘profession’ for many Americans?

10. What is the Fifth Avenue in New York famous for? What is the best time to shop there? Why?

11. What do they sell in drug-stores? What is a shopping mall?

PART 1

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

Additional Vocabulary: to afford smth; to buy smth a bargain; to be a stock size; to queue (BrE) / to stand in a line (AmE); to wear well;

casual wear; closing time; a fitting room; a popular brand; ready-made clothes; a reasonable price.

Mind the preposition: to buy from someone; to buy smth at some price; to be beyond one’s means; to be free of charge; to be of good quality; to be of the latest fashion; to be loose on someone ; to be tight on someone; to dress in good (bad) taste; to go out of fashion; to pay at the cashier’s desk; to pay by credit card; to pay in cash; to show smth at its best; to waste money on smth.  

Conversation Clichés

1. What have you got of the Что у Вас есть из последних

latest designs (styles)?  моделей (фасонов)?

2. Here’s the best quality. Вот лучшее качество.

3. This seems to be poor stuff. Это, пожалуй, плохого качества.

4. What size do you wear? Какой размер вы носите?

5. May I try it on?                      Это можно примерить?

6. It’s a good (bad) fit.      Это хорошо (плохо) сидит.

7. This is in general wear now.   Это все сейчас носят.

8. It wears well and it keeps Это хорошо носится и

shape.                            хорошо сохраняет форму.

9. You haven’t given me the Вы неправильно сдали сдачу.

right change.

10. Shoes (jeans, etc) feel Туфли (джинсы …) удобны.

comfortable.

    VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Underline the correct word (word-combination) after checking with the dictionary.

1. Any of numerous stores under the same ownership that sells the same line of goods is – a chain store – a hypermarket - a supermarket.

2. A large enclosed shopping area containing various shops is -

a department store - a shopping mall.

3. The sale of goods in quantity for resale is called - retail - wholesale.

4. A desk or counter (in a shop) where payments in cash or cheque are made is - a cash- desk - a reception desk.

5. Something bought is – an income – a profit - a purchase.           

6. One of several divisions of a shop is – a board - a branch   -   a department.

7. An amount of money which may be taken off the full price is called - an allowance- a cheque - a discount.

8. A sum of money for which something is (to be) sold or bought is -   charge - fee - price - salary.

9. A person who receives and pays out money in a store, bank, etc is - a booking-office clerk - a box-office clerk - a cashier.

10. A written statement that something (money or goods) has been received is - a prescription - a receipt - a recipe.

11. A person who buys things is - a customer - a deliverer - a supplier.

12. An advantageous purchase is - a bargain - a refund.

13. To look at the displays in store windows without going inside the stores to make purchases is - to look for bargains - to window-shop.

14. A building for storing goods is - a department store – a store-house.

15. Disposal of items at reduced prices is a - discount - a sale.

16. Someone who uses money carefully is – cheap - thrifty - worthless.