SHOPPING (3)

          When we want to buy something we go to a shop or mar­ket. There are many kinds of shops in every city. We can men­tion food supermarkets, department stores, clothing stores, grocery, bakery and butchery.

          As to the human preferences, I can prove that most women like purchasing of clothes, men like automobiles and their ac­cessories to buy. 

I like to do my shopping at large department stores and supermarkets. There is a great assortment of various goods in one building and this is very convenient. Department stores are composed of many departments: shoes, ready-made clothes, fabrics, sports goods, toys, glasses, electric appliances, cos­metics, jewelry etc. You can buy or try on everything you like.

         There are also escalators in big stops that help customers to get to different floors. All things for sale are on the counters so, that they can be easily seen. For a example, in a women’s clothing department, you can find dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, shorts, tops, lingerie and many other things. In a men’s clothing department you can find suits, trousers, over­coats, ties, shirts, shorts, T-shirts, etc. The knitwear depart­ment is involved in selling sweaters, cardigans, short-sleeved and long-sleeved pullovers, woolen jackets and other woolen clothes.

         Cosmetics and jewelry departments are women most wan­ted place to visit; it is the women pilgrimage place. However, men are also often visitors here. In this department you can find gold and diamond wedding sets, diamond jewelry, gem- stone jewelry, golden jewelry, pearls, a great variety of neck­laces and bracelets made of different types of gold, silver, rings, etc. At the perfumery department, they sell various creams and powders, lipsticks, lotions and shampoos.

       In a food supermarket, we can also buy many different things at once: sausages, fish, sugar, macaroni; flour, cere­als, tea, apples, apricots, pine-apples, plums, cherries, and so on. At the butcher’s department there іs a wide choice of meat and poultry: pork, beef, mutton, chicken, etc. At the bakery, you buy brown and white bread, rolls, and biscuits. Another shop we frequently go to is the greengrocery, which is stocked with cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beetroots, green peas and so on and on and on. Everything is sold here ready-weighed, wrapped and packed. If you call round at a dairy you can purchase milk, creams and cheeses of dozen kinds, butter and other dairy products.

         The methods of shopping may vary. It depends on either women or men make a shopping tour. 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 chosen products are read by computer and the only thing to do to finish your shopping tour is to pay and come back home. If it is not a self-service shop, most small shops are of this kind, the shop assistant helps the customer in finding what he wants. You pay money to the cashier and keep back your change, then take your products and go home.

         But there is a very good service called On-line Market. It really helps you to save your time and get goods of high quali­ty. You have just to look through catalogues of any Internet shop, choose the things you want to buy, order them and wait until they get them to your home.

 

 

 

QUESTIONS:

1.   Where can we go when we want to buy something?

2.    What kinds of shops are there in the city?

3.    What departments are there in department stores?

4.     What are women most wanted places to visit in the shops?

5.     What can we buy in a food supermarket?

6.      What kind of meat is sold at the butcher’s department?

7.      What can we buy at the greengrocery?

 

 

 

VOCABULARY:

to mention — упомянуть

to prove — доказать, утверждать

bakery — булочная, пекарня

butchery — зд. мясной отдел

ready-made clothes — готовая одежда

fabrics — ткани

toy — игрушка

electric appliances — электрические приборы

jewelry — драгоценности; ювелирные изделия

to try on — примерить, опробовать

customer — клиент, покупатель

blouse — блузка

skirt — юбка

shorts — шорты

tops — топики

lingerie — дамское белье

suit — костюм

trousers — брюки

over coat — пальто

tie — галстук

shirt — рубашка; блуза; сорочка

T-shirt — футболка, тенниска

knitwear — вязаные, трикотажные вещи

cardigan — шерстяная кофта на пуговицах без воротника

diamond — алмаз; бриллиант

wedding — свадьба; венчание, бракосочетание

gemstone jewelry — ювелирные изделия из драгоценных камней

pearl — жемчуг

necklace — ожерелье

bracelet — браслет

ring — кольцо

sausage — колбаса; сосиска

flour — мука

cereal — крупа, крупяной продукт (полученные из зер­новых культур)

apricot — абрикос, абрикосовый

ріnе-аррlе — ананас

plum — слива

cherry — вишня, черешня

poultry — домашняя птица

pork — свинина

beef — говядина

mutton — баранина

chicken — курица, курятина

roll — булочка; рулет (мясной и т. п.)

frequently — зачастую, часто

greengrocery — овощная или фруктовая лавка

cabbage — (кочанная) капуста

onion — лук, луковица

cucumber - огурец

carrot — морковь     

beetroot — свекла

green pea — зеленый горошек

to wrap — заворачивать

dairy — молочный магазин, молочная

to purchase — покупать, закупать (приобретать что-л. за деньги)

creams — сливки

cheese — сыр

butter — масло

to vary — изменять(ся), менять(ся)

check-out counter — прилавок контроля