Dialogue 1
Shopkeeper Hello, can I help you?
Customer Yes, I want one liter of milk, a loaf of bread, ten eggs and some cheese.
Shopkeeper What kind of cheese do you want?
Customer Cottage cheese; that one on the right.
Shopkeeper OK, anything else?
Customer Also, I want a kilo of tomatoes and a bunch of green onions.
Shopkeeper That makes 120 rubles. How do you wish to pay? by cash or card?
Customer By card.
Shopkeeper Thank you! Take your receipt.
Dialogue 2
Alfiya So, what shall we buy?
Diana I want a blue shirt to match my jeans and a new purse; mine is too old.
Alfiya OK, and I’d like to buy a pair of dress shoes, something not
very expensive.
Diana Oh, look! Here’s a nice pair and they are really cheap! Do
you like them?
Alfiya Let me try them on. Yes, indeed, they fit me perfectly! But I
don’t like the color.
Diana Do you want them in black? Try these!
Alfiya Yes, they are a nice match for my black dress.
Vocabulary
| boots | сапоги |
| bunch | пучок, букет |
| cash | наличные деньги |
| clothes [kləuðz] | одежда |
| cottage cheese | творог |
| currency ['kÙrənsi] | валюта |
| customer ['kÙstəmə] | клиент, покупатель, потребитель |
| dress | платье, одеваться |
| grocery ['grəusəri] | продуктовый магазин |
| hat | шляпа, шапка |
| jeans | джинсы |
| loaf | буханка |
| mall [mo:l] | торговый комплекс |
| purse [pə:s] | дамская сумочка, кошелек |
| receipt [ri'si:t] | кассовый чек |
| shirt | рубашка, кофточка, блузка |
| shoes | туфли |
| shop | магазин |
| shopping center | торговый центр |
| skirt | юбка |
| store | магазин |
| sum [sÙm] | сумма |
| supermarket | супермаркет |
| to buy – bought – bought | покупать |
| to fit | подходить (по размеру), сидеть (об одежде) |
| to match | подходить (по цвету), сочетаться |
| to pay – paid – paid | платить |
| to sell – sold – sold | продавать |
| to try on | примерять |
| trousers (AmE pants) ['trauzəz] | брюки |
Pronunciation
Listen and repeat.
[ò] sh op, sh oes, sh irt, ca sh, sh opping center
[ei] p ay, p ai d
[u:] b oo ts, sh oe s
[ə:] sh ir t, sk ir t, p ur se
Read the following words in transcription and write them in your notebooks.
[mol] [dʒi:ns] [tòi:p] [klou¶z] [sto:]
[pænts] [dres] [louf] [òu:z] [hæt]
Oral exercises
Practice the following sentences with the words given below. Listen and repeat the sentences until you can say them fluently.
a) shoes: I wanted shoes to match my dress.
a purse, jewelry, a hat
b) tomatoes: I’ll also take a kilo of tomatoes.
potatoes, carrots, cabbage, ball peppers
c) 120: That makes 120 rubles.
12; 338; 470; 600; 1,836
Cross out the odd word.
a) shirt, cake, pants, skirt, dress
b) onion, apple, pear, peach, orange
c) oatmeal, semolina, salt, buckwheat, millet
d) pen, notebook, shoe, clip, stapler
e) store, egg, shop, grocery, supermarket
