SHOPPING (1)

         When we want to buy something, we go to a shop. There are many kinds of shops in every town or city, but most of them have a food supermarket, a department store, men’s and wo­men’s clothing stores, grocery, a bakery and a butchery.

         I like to do my shopping at big department stores and su­permarkets. They sell various goods under one roof and this is very convenient. A department store, for example, true to its Йname, is composed of many departments: ready-made clothes,  fabrics, shoes, sports goods, toys, china and glass, electric p appliances, cosmetics, linen, curtains, cameras, records, etc. You can buy everything you like there.

         There are also escalators in big stores which take custo­mers to different floors. The things for sale are on the counters so that they can be easily seen. In the women’s clothing de-  partment you can find dresses, costumes, blouses! skirts,coats, beautiful underwear and many other things. In the men’s clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, overcoats, ties, etc. In the knitwear department one can buy sweaters, cardigans, short-sleeved and long-sleeved pullovers,          woolen jackets. In the perfumery they sell face cream and powder, lipstick, lotions and shampoos.In a food supermarket we can also buy many different things at once: sausages, fish, sugar, macaroni, flour, cere­als, tea. At the butcher’s there is a wide choice of meat and poultry. At the bakery you buy brown and white bread, rolls, biscuits. Another shop we frequently go to is the greengro­cery which is stocked by cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beetroots, green peas and what not. Everything is sold here ready-weighed and packed. If you call round at a dairy you can buy milk, cream, cheese, butter and many other pro­ducts.

          The methods of shopping may vary. It may be a self-ser­vice shop where the customer goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket what he wishes to buy. Then he takes the basket to the check-out counter, where the prices of the purchases are added up. If it is not a self-service shop, and most small shops are not, the shop-assistant helps the cus­tomer in finding what he wants. You pay money to the cashier and he gives you back the change.

QUESTIONS:

1.   What do we do when we want to buy something?

2.    What kinds of shops are there in every town?

3.    Where do you like to do your shopping?

4.    What departments is a department store composed of?

5.     Where are the things for sale?

6.     What can we buy in the knitwear department?

7.      What can we buy in a food supermarket?

8.      What methods of shopping are there?

VOCABULARY:

supermarket — супермаркет

store — магазин, отдел

various — разнообразие

under one roof — под одной крышей

to be composed of... — состоять (из чего-то)

ready-weighed and packed — в расфасованном и упако­ванном виде

fabrics — ткани

escalator — эскалатор

customer — покупатель