Buying Food Stuffs

Mother: Ann, will you, please, do the shopping today? I’m very busy.

Ann: Of course, I shall. What am I to buy?

Mother: I want to make a festive dinner tomorrow. Your aunt Liza and her husband promised to come and see us on Saturday.

Ann: What are you going to cook? Shall we have something special?

Mother: For the first course I want to make chicken broth. Buy a chicken, but mind, it mustn’t be very fat.

Ann: Must I buy anything else at the butcher’s?

Mother: If they have lean mutton, buy 2 kilos, I’ll make mutton chops for the second course.

Ann: Is that all?

Mother: I’m afraid we’ve run out of potatoes and tomatoes. Drop in at the greengrocer’s and get two kilos of potatoes and one of tomatoes.

Ann: I believe, that is all now?

Mother: Not yet. Will you look in at the cake shop and buy a chocolate cake? Aunt Liza is very fond of it. That seems to be all. Here is the money.

Ann: Give me a shopping bag and I’ll start.

Dialogue D.

At the greengrocer’s

Jane: Good morning. Have you got any nice pears?

Salesman: We have some, but they are not very good, I’m afraid.

Jane: Let me see what you’ve got. Oh, yes, they are very hard, aren’t they, Natasha?

Natasha: Yes, they are. Haven’t you got any better ones?

Salesman: Sorry, we have no other pears. Try some of these apples instead. Look, aren’t they nice?

Jane: Let’s take two pounds of the apples, Natasha, and some strawberries. Have you got any?

Salesman: Oh, yes, we have some very good ones.

Jane: How much are they?

Salesman: They are 10 roubles a pound.

Jane: Well, one pound of these, please. Here’s money.

Salesman: And here are your apples, and your strawberries and here’s your change. Thank you.

Natasha: Just a moment, Jane. Have they any sweets in the shop? Let’s get some chocolates to take home.

Jane: They haven’t got any chocolates here. They’ve only got fruit and vegetables. Let’s go to the confectioner’s. They have all sorts of sweets.

Natasha: OK, let’s go there.

2. Give the English equivalents for the following:

1) гораздо дешевле чем..... 2) вещи, сделанные на заказ... 3) сколько это стоит? 4) давать чек и сдачу… 5) заворачивать товар.... 6) класть в пакет (сумку).... 7) все что нужно.... 8) платить в кассу.... 9) для повседневной носки.... 10) примерять туфли.... 11) быть в моде.... 12) жать(о туфлях)…. 13) Какой у вас размер? 14) найти что-либо по вкусу.... 15) на тон светлее.... 16) заглянуть через пару дней.... 17) летний ассортимент.... 18) готовить праздничный обед.... 19) вот ваша сдача.

3. Answer the questions on the text:

1. Where must you go when you want to buy anything? 2. What is sold at the grocer’s (at the butcher’s; at the greengrocer’s; at the confectioner’s; at the outfitter’s)? 3. Clothes bought in a shop are tailor-made, aren’t they? 4. Where do you go to buy jewellery? 5. What does a salesgirl do? 6. Does the cashier give us a bill or a check? 7. Where do we put the goods bought in a shop? 8. Are there any shops where we can buy nearly everything we need? 9. What is a self-service shop?

4. Give the words corresponding to the following definitions:

1. long tables, on which goods are shown; 2. a person, working at a cash desk;

3. to roll something into paper; 4. maker of suits, trousers and overcoats; 5. a woman serving in a shop; 6. the department, where socks and stockings are sold; 7. a person, who comes into a shop to buy something; 8. things that are bought and sold; 9. the department, where people buy thread, pins and needles; 10. a thing, with the help of which a salesgirl weighs the goods; 11. a shop, where there are no salesgirls or salesmen.

5. Insert the missing articles and translate the sentences:

1...... bread is sold at..... baker’s. 2. We go to..... greengrocer’s for.....carrots, cabbage and other vegetables. 3...... butcher’s is at..... corner of our street. 4. I had to do..... lot of..... shopping yesterday. 5...... customers ask salesman or salesgirls to show..... things they want to buy. 6. If they buy some food-stuffs..... salesgirl first weighs..... thing on..... scales and only afterwards wraps it up and gives it to them