Dialogue 1. - Pleased to see you. I suppose you’ll help me to choose a birthday present for my sister.
- Pleased to see you. I suppose you’ll help me to choose a birthday present for my sister.
- OK. Let’s go to the crockery and glassware department of the universary department store and buy her a vase.
- Oh, no, she is not fond of crockery and glassware.
- Then, let’s go to the perfumery department and buy her a bottle of scents.
- I am afraid I don’t know her taste.
- What shall we buy then?
- I don’t know. I am at a loss.
- Let’s, buy her an umbrella.
- Oh, that’s a wonderful idea. Moreover, as far as I know, her umbrella is out of order.
- Settled.
Dialogue 2
- Could you do me a favour?
- Which one?
- To choose a present for my father.
- Willingly. What are you going to buy?
- I was going to buy him a book. I went to the bookseller’s, but I couldn’t find anything of interest there.
- Why not go to the department store? We can kill two birds with one stone: you will buy a present for your father and I shall buy a camera for myself.
- Agreed. What would you choose if you were me?
- If I were you I should choose something of haberdashery, say, a tie or gloves.
- Oh, no, that is not what I want.
- And what do you say to a wallet? Or, maybe, a shaving set or a fountain-pen.
- As far as I know he needs none of them.
- I see you are hard to please. Well, it seems to me I .have an idea. .Why not buy him a silver tie-pin?
- That’s a good idea, indeed. Come along.
Dialogue 3
- Can I help you, madam?
- Yes. I’d like a summer frock.
- What size do you take in dresses?
- I wear size 48 in dresses.
- Come this way, please. Have a look at these dresses. I think you can find something to your taste.
- But these dresses are made of artificial silk and I would like a dress made of natural silk. Artificial silk is too hot for summer wear, to my mind.
- Then come this way, please. Have a look at this one. It’s your size. The style is fashionable and the colour is becoming you.
- May I try it on?
- Certainly.
- And where is your fitting-room?
- Over there, to the right.
(In the fitting-room)
- Does it fit me?
- Yes, it fits you perfectly.
- How much is it?
- Have a look at the label. The price is written there.
- Yes, I see. Well, I take this dress.
- Thank you for the purchase.
- Thank you.
Dialogue 4
- Are you being served, madam?
- Not yet.
- What can I do for you?
- I am looking for a blouse.
- What colour would you like?
- Something in blue.
- Will this light-blue one do?
- Oh, no, I think it’s too light for my age.
- Then have a look at this one. It’s a bit darker.
- Oh, yes, I like it. It’s just what I have been looking for.
- Will you try it on? The fitting-room is over there.
- I think, there is no need. I take it. .