Highlight the meanings of the English proverbs and make up situations to illustrate them.

1. Forbidden fruit is sweet.

2. Tastes differ.

3. Honey is sweet but the bee stings.

4. Take it or leave it.

14. Answer the following questions:

1. What is a department store? 2. What can one buy at the footwear department? 3. What size of shoes do you wear? 4. What are the best shoes for everyday wear in your opinion? 5. Do you always wear high heels? 6. When do women wear sandals? 7. What are your evening shoes like? 8. What are shoes made of? 9. When do you wear high boots? 10. Do you always try shoes on before buying them? 11. What shoes are in the fashion now? 12. Are shoes on platform (plat) still in fashion? 13. Do you buy ready-made clothes or have them made to measure? Why? 14. Can you afford very expensive dresses? 15. Do you buy small articles (such as hats, gloves, stockings, handbags) to match your dress (coat, shoes)? 16. Where can one buy a tea-set, a coffee-set, plates, dishes, etc.? 17. What do you usually buy at the stationary? 18. Do you use make up? 19. Where are socks, stockings, tights sold? 20. They sell hats, caps, berets, fur caps at the millinery, don’t they? What hats are in fashion now? Are knitted caps in fashion? Can you knit, by the way? How much wool does it take to knit a small brimless cap? 21. What did you buy for your girl-friend as a birthday present? 22. What do they sell at the knitted goods department? 23. What is your favorite department? 24. Do you like to do window-shopping?

Discuss the following points in class.

1. What is preferable for you — to buy food in a big supermar­ket or in small shops? Why?

2. Where are the best shops for food in your city or town?

3. Speak about foodstuffs sold in your shops. Say whether they are shipped in or grown locally; say which are expensive and inexpensive; say what foodstuffs which you might have seen in the shops abroad are not sold in this country.

4. Do they sell foodstuffs under the counter nowadays? What kind of goods can those be?

5. Do you pay attention to the brand name when you buy food? If not, how do you make your choice?

6. What is your personal style of shopping for food? Do you buy at once or do you take your time to look around for lower prices?

7. How often do you buy very expensive foodstuffs? What kind of products are those? When does it happen?

Translate into English.

A)

1. Покупать продукты в супермаркете очень удобно: все покупки можно сделать одновременно.

2. Супермаркеты оборудуют таким образом, чтобы поку­патели проходили мимо большого количества полок и видели широкий ассортимент продуктов.

3. В супермаркетах Великобритании цены на товары проставлены очень отчётливо и, как правило, в конце стоит число 99.

4. Рядом с нашим домом есть все магазины: мясной, молочный, овощной, рыбный, а также бакалея и бу­лочная.

5. Я никогда не составляю список продуктов, когда со­бираюсь идти в магазин, но всегда планирую, в какие магазины я зайду.

6. Когда мы с подругой приходим в супермаркет, я беру корзину, а она — тележку. У нас разный стиль: я покупаю только то, что мне нужно; а она — всё, что красиво упаковано.

7.Натуральные продукты питания предпочтительнее консервированных и замороженных, хотя могут сто­ить дороже.

8. У кассира не было сдачи с крупной купюры, и при­шлось ждать, пока расплатится следующий покупа­тель.

9. Лучше не покупать продукты по сниженной цене: они могут быть просрочены.

10. Мой сосед — старый холостяк. Он всегда покупает одно и то же: буханку хлеба, десяток яиц, пару ки­лограммов картофеля и пару банок мясных консервов.

11. Когда есть деньги, я покупаю что-нибудь повкуснее — хороший кусок мяса, салями, банку шпрот, кусочек ветчины, коробку шоколадных конфет, банку бол­гарских огурчиков. Потом устраиваю пир.

12. Больше всего я не люблю стоять в очереди, поэтому стараюсь пройти через экспресс-кассу.

13. Уже стоя у кассы, она вдруг вспомнила, что забыла купить молока, и пошла назад к прилавку с молоч­ными продуктами.

14. Кассир сидела за кассовым аппаратом и наблюдала за тем, как покупатель выкладывал продукты на ленту конвейера.

15. Очередь двигалась очень медленно, потому что у всех были груды покупок.

B)

Когда вы закрываетесь?

Когда закрывается этот магазин?

До скольки вы открыты в рабочие дни?

Открыто с девяти до пяти.

Закрыто с двенадцати до двух.

Где здесь торговый центр?

Там есть универмаг?

На каком этаже продовольственный отдел?

Где я могу это купить?

Где я могу заплатить?

Вы принимаете кредитные карточки?

Можно заплатить персональным чеком?

Вы принимаете иностранную валюту?

Это больше, чем я могу заплатить.

Цена неоправданно велика .

Цена больше, чем я рассчитывал.

Можете предложить мне лучшую цену?

Вы можете дать мне скидку за расчет наличными?

Можно купить это в рассрочку?

Здесь в счете нет ошибки?

Проверьте еще раз.

Вы неправильно дали мне сдачу.

Дайте мне, пожалуйста, чек.

17. Be ready to talk on one of the following topics. Tell your friend:

1. How you bought presents for your family.

2. The shopping I did before my birthday party.

3. Why do you prefer to buy ready-made clothes.

18. Say what you buy when you make:

A cabbage soup; a meat salad; a cake; a vegetable salad; a mushroom soup; rissoles

19. Read the jokes and dramatize them:

1. Once a little boy entered a shop and said to the shop man; ‘’How much will I have to pay for ten pounds of sugar, two pounds of coffee and three pounds of butter?’’ The shop man took a piece of paper and a pencil, wrote something down and said: ‘’Four dollars and sixty cents.’’ Then the boy said: ‘’How much change will you give me if I give you five dollars?’’

‘’I shall give you forty cents,’’ answered the shop man.

‘’Thank you,’’ said the boy, ‘’I don’t want to buy anything. It is my homework for tomorrow, and I cannot do it myself.’’

2. The grocer was busy with his customers when he noticed a small boy standing near an open box of sweet biscuits.

‘’Well, my boy,’’ said the grocer, ‘’What do you want?»

‘’Nothing,’’ answered the boy.

‘’Nothing? Well, it looks as if you were trying to take a biscuit.’’

‘’You are wrong, mister. I’m trying not to.’’

3. Mother: I sent my little boy for two pounds of plums and you sent only a pound and a half.

Salesman: My scales are all right, madam. Have you weighed your little boy?

Part II

Vocabulary

1) foodstuffs-продукты питания

2) counter- прилавок, стойка

3) purchase-покупка

4) trolley-тележка для продуктов в магазине

5) wire basket-проволочная корзина

6) transparent wrappings-прозрачная упаковка, обертка

7) to mark the price-выставлять цену на товаре

8) to reduce the price- снизить цену

9) to have a good eye for a bargain-покупать с толком

10) check-out-контрольно-кассовый пункт

11) cashier-кассир

12) barcode-штрих-код

13) cash register-кассовый аппарат

14) receipt-квитанция об оплате

15) pre-planned goods-заранее запланированные товары

16) fishmonger’s-рыбный магазин

17) dairy shop- молочный магазин

18) customer-покупатель, клиент

19) bargain-удачная покупка, дешевый товар

20) advertising-реклама

21) choice of goods-выбор товаров

22) to waste money-растрачивать деньги, бросать деньги на ветер

23) sky-high price-очень высокая цена

24) to shop around-подбирать подходящий товар, подыскивать,

присматриваться к ценам

25) haberdashery-секция галантереи в магазине

26) hosiery-магазин трикотажных товаров (чулок, белья)

27) drapery-магазин тканей

28) millinery-магазин дамских шляп

29) Separates-секция одежды, которую можно надевать в разных комбинациях

30) Leisurewear-одежда для досуга

31) Knitwear-трикотажные изделия

32) Nightwear-одежда для сна (рубашки, пижамы)

33) Accessories-аксессуары

34) changing room-примерочная, раздевалка

35) faulty item-бракованная, имеющая дефекты вещь

36) bargain-hunter-завсегдатай распродаж

37) clothes markets- вещевые рынки

38) flea markets-блошиные рынки

39) festive gifts- праздничные подарки

40) last-minute shoppers-неожиданные покупатели

41) queue-очередь

42) to pay in cash/ credit card-оплачивать наличными/кредитной картой

43) make a bargain-совершить (заключить) сделку, договориться

Text 1

Shopping For Food

Buying foodstuffs in a modern supermarket can be considered a sort of art. It is the art of combating a temptation.

Supermarkets play a dirty trick on the customers: practically every shopper is tempted to buy things he or she does not need or cannot afford.

The mechanism of this lamentable deceit is simple. Firstly, su­permarkets are laid out to make a person pass as many shelves and counters as possible. Only the hardest of souls can pass loaded racks indifferently and not collect all sorts of food from them.

Secondly, more and more supermarkets supply customers with trolleys instead of wire baskets: their bigger volume needs more purchases. One picks up a small item, say, a pack of spaghetti, puts it into a huge trolley and is immediately ashamed of its loneliness. He or she starts adding more.

Thirdly, all products are nicely displayed on the racks and all of them look fresh in their transparent wrappings with marked prices. A normal person cannot ignore attractively packed goods. And so one cannot but feel an impulse to buy. And, finally, supermarkets don't forget about those who look for bargains. The so-called "bar­gain bins" filled with special offers wait for their victims. No one can tell for sure if the prices are really reduced, but it is so nice to boast later that you have a very good eye for a bargain.

So when a simple-hearted customer approaches a check-out, his or her trolley is piled high. Looking at a cashier, running her pen over barcodes, he or she starts getting nervous while the cash register is adding up the prices. And, getting a receipt, he or she gives a sigh of relief if the indicated sum does not exceed the cash he or she has.

Of course, one can give a piece of advice to the simple-hearted: compile a shopping list and buy only pre-planned goods. But is it worth losing that great sensation of buying? One can really wonder.

A lot of people prefer to do their shopping in small shops. The daily shopping route of some housewives includes visits to the baker's, butcher's, grocer's, greengrocer's, fishmonger's and a dairy shop. In the end of the route their bags are full of loaves of bread, meat cuts, and packs with cereals, fruit, vegetables, fish and dairy prod­ucts. Only very strong women can call in at the tobacconist's after all that.

The explanation for this housewives' craze is very simple. In ev­ery shop their buys are weighed, wrapped up, their money taken and the change given back. Meanwhile they can have a chat with salesgirls and shop-assistants about their weak hearts and broken hopes.

So, friends, go shopping as often as you can. Because the simple truth is: a visit to a good shop is worth two visits to a good doctor.

Text 2

Shopping for consumer goods

Shopping is a very important part of life, but shoppers are faced with a confusing and rapidly changing situation. The confusion arises from the claims made by advertising, a wider choice of goods than ever before, and new places to shop. The prices of clothes, shoes, and make-up have gone sky-high, so it's vital that you do not waste your money and that you shop carefully for value.

Be sure of what you want — never shop vaguely, because when you get home your purchase may not match anything else you've got.

Shop around for the best price and quality. Start with a depart­ment store, where they stock a wide range of goods and souvenirs. There you can find many departments: haberdashery, hosiery, drap­ery, millinery, ladies wear, menswear, and footwear. If you are look­ing for a skirt and a top to go with it, you'll need "Separates". You'll find shorts or T-shirts in "Leisurewear", jumpers in "Knitwear", and a nightdress in "Nightwear". In "Accessories" they sell belts, gloves, and purses. Try on all the trousers or dresses they have in the line although it may be quite boring to wait if the changing room is occupied. Check out the racks with the sign "sale". Although it usu­ally seems to be the small sizes that are offered in sales, you can sometimes find some super buys.

Feeling cheered up by your new purchase; don't forget to keep the receipt, in case an item turns out to be faulty. You'll need the re­ceipt if you want to exchange the item or have your money refunded. If you are a bargain-hunter, try clothes markets. They often don't have the high overheads of town shops and can therefore keep prices lower, though they can stock substandard goods. Flea markets are not the best place to buy anything. The prices are low, but the qual­ity is, too.

Don't put off the purchase of festive gifts until there are only two days left before a holiday. Department stores are swarming with last-minute shoppers, so you may have to queue for half an hour at the checkout till. From everywhere you can hear people swapping rumours, 'They have sold out all the scarves', and ‘They have run out of that cream'. You inevitably get involved in exchanging remarks with other people in the queue or with salesgirls. Sometimes the talk gets so interesting that the cashier's question whether you want to pay in cash or by credit card takes you by surprise. Anyway, you pay and feel happy that you have made a bargain, which puts you in a good mood.

Dear friends, make shopping entertaining. Shop together with your friends. Enjoy attractively designed displays and well-dressed shoppers browsing through trendy items. Then you will definitely like it.