1. Compose dialogues using the key words for the situations given below.
a) A customer and a shop assistant at the butcher’. (I’d like, learn meat for lunch, joint, nice, juicy, pork, how much, I’ll have).
b) A customer and a shop assistant at the grocery store ( Have in stock, two pounds of, Ceylon tea, condensed milk, one tin of mustard, anything else, a bottle of orange juice, all in all).
c) Two girls at a dairy shop ( let’s, don’t like, prefer, yogurt, loose milk, bottled milk, a carton of milk, cheese, need, dozen, butter, cake)..
d) Husband and wife in the supermarket shopping for a week’s supply of food.
e) Advise your new neighbor on the best food stores in the area.
Topics for Oral Composition.
1. Do you remember your first purchase? Talk about it.
2. Speak about your most successful and satisfying shopping.
3. Do you prefer to shop in the supermarkets or in small shops? Why?
4. Describe your favorite food store/department store.
5. Describe the shopping centres in your vicinity.
6. Describe a disastrous shopping tour in your life.
7. When did you buy your first present for your father/mother?
8. Speak about your shopping experience in some new place (in a foreign country, during a holiday trip, etc.)
9. Do you prefer to do shopping on your own or in company? Why?
10. What is the best place for shopping foods and goods in your city?
11. What is the best time for shopping (morning, evening, weekend)? Why?
Appendix
Text c
Read and translate.
Here is the list of the most popular grocery shops one can find in the USA:
Supermarkets
These are the markets that sell all kinds of fresh foods, packaged foods, and supplies for keeping house (e.g. paper goods, cleaning agents). Everything is self-service, with the possible exception of the meat department, where you may ask for help, for instance, in getting a special cut or meat.
Small
General Markets
These are like the supermarkets in every way except in size and, in some instances, prices. They tend to be centrally located.
Convenience Stores
As the name implies, these stores are usually conveniently located and open long hours. One can buy basic grocery items (milk, bread, etc.) when other stores are closed.
Gourmet and Speciality Shops
These refer to shops selling foods that are somewhat out of the ordinary and not customarily found in super-markets - fancy confection, coffees, teas, jams, cheeses e like, often imported.
Organic and Natural Foods
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known as "health foods". The central idea of this king of
food is that it has gone through relatively little processing
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refining, preserving - and is therefore "natural", such as
whole grains, seeds. "Organic" means that the food in its
growing stages was not treated with chemical fertilizers and
pesticides. Most health-food stores also
sell
nutritional supplements-vitamins, minerals-sometimes at higher prices
than drugstores.
Stores specializing in fish, meat, poultry and dairy produce.
Ethnic Foods (e.g. Tropical Foods, Japanese, and Chinese groceries, German and Polish groceries, Greek and Middle Eastern groceries etc.).
Text D
Read about three people who sell these goods.
Answer the questions:
What are the differences between their shops?
What are the advantages of each type of shopping?
How do you refer to shop?
Which method of shopping don’t you like?