Project 4: Shops and Shopping

Part 1: Shopping for food

1.     What shopping used to be (What goods and where people used to buy):

·        Markets, stalls, different small shops, food

2.     Shopping nowadays (What goods and where people buy nowadays):

·        Supermarkets, different departments, food.

Words:

p.102-105 (SB),

self-service - самообслуживание,

counter (to take off the counter) – прилавок (брать с прилавка),

a basket (a grocery trolley) - корзинка (тележка),

all kinds of household goods – все виды товаров для дома,

save a lot of time – экономить время,

a cash-desk - касса,

your turn came – ваша очередь подошла,

pay - платить,

change - сдача,

wrap - заворачивать,

parcel - покупка. 

Part 2: Shopping for clothes

1. Introduction (several words about shopping for clothes)

2. How I bought a shirt/skirt.

Words:
a department store
cost
price
shoes
a pair
size
in (out of) fashion
to try it on
a size larger/smaller
it suits (doesn't suit) me
a shop asisstant 
a wide choice of
ready-made clothes (clothing store)

ПРИМЕРНЫЙ ТЕКСТ 

(для тех, кто не смог составить сам):

Shopping

            It is well known that many people do like shopping, especially women. In any case we often go shopping, when we need some goods to buy.

            There are a lot of goods and shops in the world. We buy white and brown bread at the baker’s; sugar, rice and flour at the grocer’s; beef and pork at the butcher’s; fish at the fishmonger’s; milk, cream and butter at the dairy; biscuits and cakes at the confectionary; sweets and chocolates at the sweet shop; medicine and pills at the chemist’s…           

            Different people do shopping in different ways. Some prefer shopping in small corner shops which are usually located in the neighbourhood, some people prefer big supermarkets.

            Our choice usually depends on what we need to buy. If we need something like bread or milk, we go to the nearest corner shop. But if your fridge and breadbasket are empty, you will go to a supermarket.

            Big department stores are widespread in Great Britain. The most famous ones are Harrods, House of Fraser, Marks and Spence…

            Once a week we visit Lenta (OKEY, Ashan) supermarket with lots of departments and buy all the goods we need. Last time we bought two pounds of fresh beef; a kilo of green apples; three bottles of milk; two cartoons of cream; two bars of black chocolate and a jar of strawberry jam for my Granny.

At the baker’s department my Mom had a small talk with the shop assistant:

-          Shop assistant: “Hello, Madam! What can I do for you? ”

-          Mother: “Two loaves of bread, please?”

-          Shop assistant: “Brown bread or white bread, Madam?”

-          Mother: “Brown and white, please!”

-          Shop assistant: “Shall I wrap them up or put them in a plastic bag?”

-          Mother: “Plastic bag, please!”

-          Shop assistant: “Here you are, Madam!”

-          Mother: “Thank you!”

Sometimes we buy clothes and shoes. This kind of shopping is the best for me! Last Friday I tried a pretty-nice skirt (shirt) of my size at the ready-made clothes department. It suited me much and I asked my Mom if I could have it for school. “How much does it cost?” asked mother. It cost 8 pounds, which was not very expensive and we bought it.

            For our family shopping is not only a necessity, but also a pleasure!