Then we went to the department store which was right across the street

Nick and I are fond of computers and video and hi-fi equipment, so we couldn't go past our favourite department. There were a lot of computers, video cassette recorders, TV sets, hi-fi centres and tape recorders. Nick bought three new CDs and I bought two video cassettes.

And then, at last, we found the men's clothing department. There were a lot of suits, trousers, jackets, shirts and many other things. Nick needed a suit because he was going to the theatre with his girlfriend and her parents to see Pygmalion. As you probably remember, Nick is very tall and slim. So it's always difficult to find clothes that would suit him perfectly.

The shop assistant asked Nick's size and offered him a nice suit. But when Nick tried it on I couldn't help laughing. The jacket was too big for him and the trousers were too short. He looked so funny! The shop assistant thought for a moment and then suggested that Nick should try on some jackets and some trousers separately. An hour later Nick looked like an English gentleman. The pinstriped jacket matched the black trousers perfectly. The shop assistant also showed Nick a wonderful tie and he immediately agreed to buy it.

We had to go home by taxi because our bags were so huge that we could hardly lift them. We came home completely broke but happy.

Vocabulary

To go shopping ходить по магазинам

salary ['saelari] зарплата

To need badly очень нуждаться

supermarket ['su:pa,ma:kit] универсам

department store [di'pa-.tmant sto:] универмаг

to go through [0ru:] зд. пройтись

on one's way по дороге, на пути

choice [tfois] выбор

impressive [im'presiv] впечатляющий

counter ['kaunta] прилавок

sausage [-sosid3] колбаса

poultry ['pauttri] птица

bakery ['beikari] хлебный отдел

roll [raul] булочка

biscuits ['biskits] печенье

dairy ['deari] молочные продукты

cream [kri:m] сливки

Nicely packed красиво упакованный

cashier [kse'Jie] кассир

basket ['ba:skit] корзина

Right across the street прямо через дорогу

video equipment [i'kwipmant] видео-аппаратура

hi-fi [,hai'fai] equipment аудио-аппаратура

To go past пройти мимо

men's clothing department отдел мужской

Одежды

suit [su:t / sju:t] костюм

Slim стройный

To suit perfectly быть впору, прекрасно подходить

Size размер

To try on примерять

I couldn't help laughing Я не мог не рассмеяться

to suggest [sa'd3est] предлагать

separately ['sepratli] отдельно

gentleman ['d3entlmen] джентльмен

pin-striped ['pinstraipt] jacket пиджак в тонкую

Полоску

To match соответствовать, подходить, сочетаться

immediately [i'mi:diatli] сразу же, немедленно

huge [hju:d3] огромный