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a department - a pair -
a department store - shoes -
boots - ,
salesman(woman) - size -
() coat -
customer - suit -
do shopping - 蠠 trousers -
counter - ꠠ jacket -
cashier - shirt -
on sale - t-shirt -
price - , tie -
sell - socks -
buy - hat -
try on - dress -
expensive - 頠 blouse -
cheap - 頠 skirt -
pay - tights -
fitting - ࠠ underwear -
match - - sneakers -
slippers - 蠠 watch - //
gloves- 蠠
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Customer - Have you winter coats on sale in your shop?
Shop ass.- Of course. The department you want is on the second floor ().
Customer - Thank you. And where do they sell warm boots?
Shop ass.- This floor, over there on the left.
Customer - Thanks a lot.
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Shop ass,- What can I do for you?
Customer - I'd like to try on a coat.
Shop ass,- Here is a nice one. Its your size, isn't it?
Customer - Can I try it on, please?
Shop ass.- Certainly. The fitting room is over there.
Customer - I think the coat suits me well.
Shop ass.- Perfectly. This coat is very nice, but it's expensive.
Customer - That doesn't matter ( ). I'll buy it. How much is it?
3.
Jack. - Will this tie match my new suit?
Mary - Not quite, I'm afraid. It's too dark, don't buy it.
Jack - And what about this one?
Mary - Yes, dear. It suits you well.
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It's 11 o'clock in the morning. Helen Sokolova is in one of the biggest department stores in the city. Many things are bought and sold here every day. Though it's still early, there are a lot of customers near the counters: some are buying things, others are just looking around.
Helen: Excuse me. How do I get to the shoe-department?
Shop-assistant: It's over there the right, please.
(In the shoe-department).
Helen: I'd like to try on a pair of boots, please.
Shop- assistant: What size do you take in boots?
Helen: 34, and I want very warm boots, too. It's very cold in the street.
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Shop assistant: Oh, yes, it's terribly cold. Thirty four... You have very small feet. Will you try this pair on? How do you feel?
Helen: I think they are a size too big. Perhaps you can find a different pair.
Shop assistant: Just a moment. You are lucky ( ). Here's a lovely pair, but it's more expensive.
Helen: Oh, it suits me perfectly well. How much is it?
Shop assistant: 70 dollars.
Helen: Where do I pay?
Shop assistant: Over there at the cash-desk.
Helen: Thank you for your help.
Shop assistant: You are welcome.
Then Helen buys some dark-brown gloves to match her new boots and looks at her watch. She sees it is rather late ( ), so she leaves the store and goes home.
4. :
1. Which is the biggest department store in Ufa? 2. How many different department stores are there in it? 3. What kind of things do you have to buy more often? 4. Do you always try on a thing before you buy it? 5. Do you like buying expensive or cheap things? 6. Is a cheap thing always worse than an expensive one? 7. Who goes shopping in your family as usual? 8. May we try on underwear?
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1. Ask a shop-assistant to show you: a pair of gloves to match your coat; a pair of shoes to match your dress; something cheaper; a light-green hat; a dark-brown coat; a light-grey shirt.
2. Ask a shop-assistant to let you try on: that pair of sneakers; that watch; those nice white trousers; that black jacket; a lovely blouse over there; a grey suit.
3. Ask a shop-assistant to let you have a look at: this dark-green tie; those black tights; those brown socks.
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grocers - booksellers -
butchers - the goods -
greengrocers - change - ,
jewellry - wrap -
coins - shop-window -
fruiterers - ⠠ banknotes -
outfitters - clothes -
Shops and shopping
When we want to buy something we must go to the shop where it is sold. In the shop-window we see what is sold in the shop.
Sugar, tea, coffee, salt, ham, bacon, macaroni and so on are sold at the grocer's. Bread is sold at the baker's, meat at the butcher's. We go to the greengrocer's for vegetables and to the fruiterer's for fruit.
When we want to buy clothes, we go to the men's and boys' or ladies' and girls1 outfitter's. We buy boots and shoes at the boot and shoe shop. We buy jewellry and silver and gold watches at the jeweller's. We buy books at the bookseller's.
The salesman and salesgirl stand behind the counter. The cashier sits at the cashdesk. The customers go up to the counter. The salesman or salesgirl weighs the goods which we want to buy on the scales and tells the price. At the cashdesk we give the bill and the money to the cashier, who gives us a check and our change. The salesman wraps up the goods and gives them to us. We put them in our shopping bags.
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Some shops have many departments. We can buy nearly everything we need there. These are called department stores. In some shops there are no salesmen, but only cashiers. The customers choose the goods they want and pay at the cashdesk. These are called selfservice shops. We pay with money - banknotes and coins.
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1. Where do we buy tea, coffee, ham, macaroni? 2. Where is bread sold? 3. Where can you buy meat? 4. Where do we go for vegetables? 5. Where are clothes sold. 6. Who stands behind the counter? 7. Who sits at the cashdesk? 8. What does a cashier give us? 9. How do we call shops with many departments? 10. Where do we pay? 11, What are selfservice shops?
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Humour:
A young housewife is very fond of window-shopping. When her husband leaves for ( ) his office she runs to the neighbouring () department store and visits every department of it, but doesn't spend a single penny. One day the shop-assistant of a department asked her: "Are you shopping here, Madam? "Certainly, I am", the young woman answered angrily (). "What else do you think I am doing here?" "Well, Madam, I think you are taking an inventary ( ).
