Customer: I’d like a summer frock.
Salesgirl: Certainly. What is your size?
Customer: 46. I’m stock size.
Salesgirl: The dresses on that rail are all size 46. Look them through and you may find something to your taste.
Customer: I want to try on this cotton dress.
Salesgirl: Sure. Here you are. The fitting room is over there.
Customer: Thank you. (a couple of minutes later) Does it fit?
Salesgirl: Perfectly but I don’t think the color really becomes you. It’s too dark.
Customer: Have you got something a shade lighter?
Salesgirl: I’m afraid, we haven’t. Would you mind trying this light-blue one on?
Customer: But it’s artificial silk. It’s too hot for summer wear.
Salesgirl: Will you drop in in a couple of days? We are expecting most of our summer stock at the end of the week.
Customer: Yes, of course. Thank you. Good-bye.
Salesgirl: Good-bye.
Tasks
1. Read the dialog for detailed understanding.
2. Retell the dialog as if you were a customer.
3. Act out your own dialog on the analogy.
Dialog C. Buying Food Stuffs
Mother: Ann, will you, please, do the shopping today? I’m very busy.
Ann: Of course, I shall. What am I to buy?
Mother: I want to make a festive dinner tomorrow. Your aunt Liza and her husband promised to come and see us on Saturday.
Ann: What are you going to cook? Shall we have something special?
Mother: For the first course I want to make chicken broth. Buy a chicken, but mind, it mustn’t be very fat.
Ann: Must I buy anything else at the butcher’s?
Mother: If they have lean mutton, buy 2 kilos, I’ll make mutton chops for the second course.
Ann: Is that all?
Mother: I’m afraid we’ve run out of potatoes and tomatoes. Drop in at the greengrocer’s and get two kilos of potatoes and one of tomatoes.
Ann: I believe, that is all now?
Mother: Not yet. Will you look in at the cake shop and buy a chocolate cake? Aunt Liza is very found of it. That seems to be all. Here is the money.
Ann: Give me a shopping bag and I’ll start.
Tasks
1. Read the dialog for detailed understanding.
2. Retell the dialog as if you were one of the participants.
3. Act out your own dialog on the analogy.
Dialog D. At the greengrocer’s
Jane: Good morning. Have you got any nice pears?
Salesman: We have some, but they are not very good, I’m afraid.
Jane: Let me see what you’ve got. Oh, yes, they are very hard, aren’t they, Natasha?
Natasha: Yes, they are. Haven’t you got any better ones?
Salesman: Sorry, we have no other pears. Try some of these apples instead. Look, aren’t they nice?
Jane: Let’s take two pounds of the apples, Natasha, and some strawberries. Have you got any?
Salesman: Oh, yes, we have some very good ones.
Jane: How much are they?
Salesman: They are 40 pence a pound.
Jane: Well, one pound of these, please. Here’s money.
Salesman: And here are your apples and your strawberries and here’s your change. Thank you.
Natasha: Just a moment, Jane. Have they any sweets in the shop? Let’s get some chocolates to take home.
Jane: They haven’t got any chocolates here. They’ve only got fruit and vegetables. Let’s go to the confectioner’s. They have all sorts of sweets.
Natasha: O.K., let’s go there.
Tasks
1. Read the dialog for detailed understanding.
2. Retell the dialog as if you were one of the participants.
3. Act out your own dialog on the analogy.
Vocabulary
1) a department store – универсальный магазин
2) the grocer’s/grocery store – магазин «Бакалея»
3) the baker’s/bakery – булочная
4) the butcher’s/butchery store – мясной магазин
5) the greengrocer’s/greengrocery – овощной магазин
6) the confectioner’s/confectionery – кондитерский магазин (кулинария)
7) the outfitter’s – магазин верхней одежды
8) the chain-store – один из филиалов, принадлежащих одной торгующей организации
9) hardware store – магазин инструментов (столярных и т.п.)
10) mall – торговый центр
11) stripped malls – торговый центр под открытым небом
12) enclosed malls – торговый центр в помещении
13) a ready-made clothes department – отдел готовой одежды
14) tailor-made clothes – одежда, сшитая на заказ
15) a shop-assistant – продавец (a salesman – продавец, a salesgirl – продавщица)
16) a counter – прилавок
17) a cashier – кассир
18) a cash desk – касса
19) a customer – покупатель
20) to give the bill – выдать счет
21) to reckon up – подсчитывать
22) a check – чек
23) change – сдача
24) to weigh on scales – взвешивать на весах
25) goods – товар (packed goods – упакованный товар)
26) household goods – хозяйственные товары
27) toilet supplies – туалетные принадлежности
28) to wrap up – завертывать
29) a size – размер
30) to wear (wore, worn) – носить, быть одетым
31) to try smth on – примерять что-либо
32) fashion – мода (trend in fashion – направление в моде)
33) in fashion – в моде
34) out of fashion – не в моде
35) fashionable – модный
36) old-fashioned – старомодный
37) to fit – сидеть, годиться, быть впору, fitting room – примерочная
38) to match – подходить по цвету, тону
39) to suit – устраивать, подходить по цвету, идти (об одежде)
40) to become smb., to be becoming – идти/быть к лицу (о цвете)
41) to go with – гармонировать
42) to look through – просматривать
43) artificial – искусственный
44) to drop in – заглянуть, заглядывать
45) to run out of smth – истощить свой запас
46) to have hardly any – почти не осталось
47) to do the shopping, to go shopping – делать покупки
48) to pinch – жать (об обуви), Syn. – to be tight (об одежде и обуви) – быть 49) тесным/жать, Ant. – to be loose (об одежде и обуви) – быть 50) свободным/большим по размеру
Topical Vocabulary
Departments: footwear, knitted goods, leather goods, textiles, “Mix-and-Match”, “Unisex”, cosmetics, stationery.
Kinds of clothes: a coat, a costume (for women), a shirt, tee-shirt/T-shirt, a blouse, a cardigan, a sweater, a skirt, a suit (for men), a pull-over, a dressing-gown, pajamas, a nightgown, frock, a jersey, shorts, trousers/pants, jeans, corduroy trousers (corduroys), breeches.
Parts of clothes: a collar, a sleeve, a belt, a pocket.
Articles of clothing: socks, stockings, a scarf, a muffler, a kerchief, gloves, mittens, a tie, a handkerchief, tights, underwear (undies).
Footwear: slippers, sandals, sport shoes, walking shoes, court shoes, running/jogging shoes, sneakers, rubber boots, training boots (trainers), winter boots.
Textiles: silk, cotton, velvet, woolen cloth, print; plain, flowered, striped, chequered, polka dot, lace and thread.
Jewelery: a ring, a bracelet, ear-rings, a chain, a brooch, a necklace.
Cereals: buckwheat, rice, semolina, wheat, millet, oatmeal (oatmeal porridge).
Meat: poultry, game, beef, veal, pork, mutton, chicken, goose, turkey, duck, tinned meat.
Fish: herring, sprats, smoked fish, tinned fish, pike, perch, salmon, Siberian salmon, sardine, sprat, sturgeon, trout, crab, lobster, shrimp (prawn), squid.
Dairy products: cream, sour cream, yogurt, cheese, cottage cheese, curd(s),.
Confectionery: sweets, candies, toffee/taffee, biscuits, cake, pie, chocolate, pastry, cookie.
Vegetables: green, onions, garlic, potato, tomato, cucumber, carrot, a turnip, a melon, a water-melon, cabbage, cauliflower, marrow/squash, eggplant/aubergine, beets/beetroot, radishes, peas/green peas, beans, soy beans, sunflower (sunflower oil), lettuce,parsley, celery, dill.
Fruit and berries: apple, pine-apple, pear, peach, apricot, lemon, orange, grapefruit, tangerine, banana, mango, grapes, plum, strawberry, raspberry, black current, blueberry, blackberry, cranberry, cloudberry, hips