Listen to the following dialogues and read them in pairs.

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] shop, shoes, shirt, cash, shopping center

[ei] pay, paid

[u:] boots, shoes

[ə:] shirt, skirt, purse

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