Exercise 1. Give the English for:
1) следовать новым направлениям; 2) одежда, сшитая на заказ; 3) широкое разнообразие товаров; 4) хозяйственные товары; 5) работать по системе самообслуживания; 6) платить в кассу; 7) давать чек и сдачу; 8) заворачивать товар; 9) класть в пакет (сумку); 10) делать покупки в магазине инструментов, в торговом центре; 11) чем я могу вам помочь; 12) для повседневной носки; 13) примерять туфли; 14) быть в моде; 15) эти туфли жмут; 16) найти что-либо по вкусу; 17) это платье мне идет?; 18) на тон светлее; 19) летний ассортимент; 20) готовить праздничный обед; 21) у нас закончилось масло; 22) сколько стоит килограмм яблок?; 23) вот ваша сдача.
Exercise 2. Give the Russian for:
1) a mixture of tradition and modernity; 2) vast buildings, many stores high; 3) departments are carefully named; 4) “Mix-and-Match”; 5) new trends in fashion; 6) to have branches in most British towns; 7) toilet supplies; 8) household articles; 9) to be well laid out; 10) to be tidily arranged on trays; 11) a very wide selection of attractively packed goods; 12) to be an art of its own; 13) to have a food counter; 14) to have one’s shoes cleaned; 15) window shopping; 16) a pair of strong walking shoes for everyday wear; 17) What size do you take in clothes…?; 18) flat-heeled/flat-heeled shoes; 19) this skirt is a perfect fit; 20) I’m a stock size; 21) quick-frozen food.
Exercise 3. Answer the question to the text:
1. What are big stores in London?
2. Where can you buy ready-made clothes?
3. What is called tailor-made clothes?
4. What is offered in the chain-stores?
5. Do supermarkets in London differ from Russian ones?
6. How do large stores operate?
7. Where do women in the US prefer to go shopping and why?
8. What is window shopping?
9. What is there in American drug-stores besides medications?
Exercise 4. Match the words on the left and on the right to to act out dialogs:
| a kilo a bag a bottle a packet a box a dozen a tube a tin a cake a bar a loaf a bunch a pound a jar a roll | Of | milk sugar toothpaste matches bread sardines tea butter honey potatoes paper chocolate grapes eggs soap |
Model:
Customer: A bottle of juice, please.
Shop assistant: Anything else, sir/ma'am?
Customer: No. That's all.
Shop assistant: 2 pounds 50 cents./2 dollars 50 cents./2 Euros 50 cents.
Customer: Here you are.
Shop assistant: Here is the change and the receipt, sir/ma'am.
Exercise 5. a) Make up a situation of 5-7 sentences using the corresponding topical vocabulary:
1) buying clothes;
2) buying footwear;
3) buying textiles for making clothes;
4) buying serials;
5) buying dairy goods;
6) buying fish;
7) buying meat;
8) buying confectionery goods;
9) buying vegetables;
10) buying fruit and berries.
b) Act out dialogs using the corresponding topical vocabulary and the appropriate conversational formulas from the list given bellow:
Can I help you?; I'm looking for.../I'd like...; It's over there/It's to the right (left) from..; Look at...; Just a moment; O.K. I'll take it; I'll wrap it up for you; Anything else, sir/ma'am?; Here you are; Here is the receipt/your change
1) buying clothes (between customer and shop assistant);
2) buying footwear (between customer and shop assistant);
3) buying jewelery (between customer and shop assistant);
4) buying textiles for making clothes (between customer and shop assistant);
5) discussing the shopping list of food items for festive dinner.
Exercise 6. Ask questions to match the following answers. Think of all possible variants.
1. A: …
B: Here you are. That’s 10.50. Anything else?
2. A: …
B: Those are seventy pence a pound and these are sixty pence.
3. A: …
B: I would recommend you this one. This brand is sold better than that.
4. A: …
B: That’s wonderful! We have just run out of carrots and potatoes.
5. A: …
B: I bought this sweater at the Seventh Avenue Store.
6. A: …
B: It’s on the fifth floor, to the left of the escalator.
7. A.: …
B: It costs 70 dollars.
8. A: …
B: Yes, there is the food section on the second floor.
9. A: …
B: I’m afraid these gloves won’t go well with this hat.
10. A: …
B. Cut 3 meters, please. I’d like to sew a cardigan.
Exercise 7. Insert prepositions where necessary:
1. What size do you take … shoes?
2. What size … collars do you wear?
3. I should like a pair … black laced boots.
4. Let me try this cardigan….
5. Give me another one, … a size bigger.
6. You may pay … the goods … the cash-desk.
7. A wide variety … food products that save preparation time is available … supermarkets.
8. We’ve run … … salt. Let’s drop … … the grocer’s and buy some.
9. Supermarkets usually operate … the self-service system.
10. This frock … artificial silk is too hot … summer wear.
11. Will you wrap … the pull-over, please?
12. Most shopping in the US is done … the mall.
13. The main business of American drug-stores consists … selling stationery, candy, toys, furniture.
14. The gloves don’t go … my shoes.
15. I want white shoes to match … my new bag.
Exercise 8. Paraphrase the sentences:
1. Strong shoes with high heels are popular this spring.
2. We are short of rice. Go to a food store and buy 2 kilos.
3. This brown skirt goes well with my jacket.
4. This black suit is of right size for my husband.
5. My mother prefers to buy food in a shop where there are no salesgirls or salesmen.
6. As a rule goods in shops are arranged on long tables or shelves.
7. A woman serving in the shop helped me greatly to choose a gift for my niece.
8. Could you roll this nightgown into paper?
9. Women in the US like to do shopping at large areas with many shops and restaurants in nearly buildings.
10. These flat-heeled shoes squeeze me tightly. Will you give me another pair of the same model, just a size bigger?
11. At the outfitter’s Jane put practically all the fur coats on to see if they fit well.
12. Generally my roommates and I go to shops for buying food 2 times a week.
Exercise 9. Find the opposites:
1. To my thinking this hat is old-fashioned.
2. This summer frock is a bit loose on me.
3. My girl-friend prefers tailor-made clothes.
4. We are well stocked of different cereals.
5. In this shop there are shop-assistants to serve customers.
6. This dress is made of pure silk.
7. A little choice of foodstuffs is offered in the market.
8. These sandals pinch.
9. I want to buy shoes. Where is a customer?
10. She's always preferred enclosed malls.
Exercise 10. Insert the words from the vocabulary of the Unit:
1. The dress doesn’t … well. It is a bit too loose in the waist and tight round the hips.
2. This color doesn't … you.
3. I want a gray jacket … my skirt.
4. The gloves don’t … with my shoes.
5. Does the price... you?
6. He went to the... to by some cereals.
7. Unfortunately, I'm not.... So I buy tailor-made clothes.
8.... silk is too hot for summer wear.
9. These shoes.... I need the same color and style but a size larger.
10. I will... this jacket... to see how it fits.
11. This is a... of Wal-Mart, which is famous all over the world.
12. People go to the... to buy suits, costumes, pants and shirts, blouses and skirts.
13. I think, I'll take this blouse. – Very well, ma'am. I'll... it... for you.
14. The cashier... the bill and told the whole sum I had to pay.
15. It is a bit loose. – Yes, it is. I'll bring another one a... smaller.
16. In order to know the exact mass of something you should... it....
17. It's absolutely out of date. Buy something, which is... now.
18. There are many... lining up at the cash desk.
Exercise 11. Translate into English:
1. Она искала шляпу в тон своему светло-коричневому пальто.
2. Мне кажется, вам не идет этот цвет.
3. Жакет не очень хорошо сидит на тебе, он узок в плечах.
4. Ей очень идут шляпы с большими полями.
5. Такие костюмы сейчас в моде.
6. По дороге домой зайди в гастроном и купи килограмм сахара.
7. Ассортимент продуктов в этом супермаркете очень широкий.
8. Покрой этого платья ей очень идет.
9. Какого цвета шарф ты мне посоветуешь купить, чтобы он гармонировал с моим темно-синим пальто?
10. У меня мало времени на приготовление пищи, поэтому я часто покупаю мороженые полуфабрикаты и овощи.
11. Этот цвет мне идет, но это платье плохо сидит.
12. Меня не устраивает цена этих туфель.
13. Срок годности этого йогурта истекает через неделю.
14. В нашем универмаге сейчас большая распродажа готовой одежды.
15. Мне хотелось бы примерить вот эту шелковую блузку.
16. Ей пришлось поменять туфли. Ведь те, которые она купила, жали ей.
17. Я смогу приготовить праздничный обед, если ты зайдешь в мясной магазин и купишь килограмм мяса.
18. Эти туфли уже не в моде. Неужели ты их еще носишь?
19. К сожалению, эти джинсы мне велики. У вас есть такого же цвета, но на размер меньше?
20. Я предпочитаю покупать продукты именно в этом магазине, потому что они всегда свежие и обслуживание на высоком уровне.
21. Как мне пройти в кондитерский отдел? – Это на противоположной стороне торгового зала.
22. До которого часа открыта аптека?
23. Мне нужно сделать сегодня кое-какие покупки.
Communicative exercises
Exercise 1. React to the statements using the phrases of agreement and disagreement in the form of situations of 5-7 sentences:
1. Supermarket at home and abroad are rather different.
2. Unfortunately there are no real malls in Russia.
3. Shops with speedy lifts, well-planned lightning, ventilation are expensive.
4. Discount store are becoming more and more popular.
5. Long line is what I hate about shops that operate on a self-service system.
6. If there is a flaw in the item you bought you can return it to the shop and demand a refund or an adequate substitute.
7. Do not buy any goods after the expiration date.
8. Very often we have to make a choice between comfort and beauty of our clothes and footwear.
9. In general men don't like shopping.
10. There are some kinds of shops that men/women do not like.
Exercise 2. Use the vocabulary of the Unit to act out dialogs discussing:
1. Shopping list to prepare a big meal.
2. Choosing a gift.
3. Favorite places where you can buy food.
4. Favorite places where you can buy clothes.
Exercise 3. Speak on:
1. Buying food.
2. Buying clothes and footwear.
3. Shopping opportunities at home and abroad.
UNIT 6. GREAT BRITAIN
Part I
Pre-reading questions:
1. What things do you associate with Britain? Why?
2. Is Britain a conservative country? In what way?
3. Can you describe an ordinary British person? What is his/ her appearance, character, behavior?
4. How many British traditions do you know? What are they?