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Exercise 3. Answer the following questions.

1. Why does Elinor do part of her shopping at the big self-service stores in town?

2. What can she buy there?

3. Why does she have to be careful when shopping at such stores?

4. Where does Elinor go before getting the bus home?

5. How big is the market?

6. What sort of goods are on sale there?

7. What is Elinor proud of?

Ø SPEAKING

Exercise 1. Compare the ways of shopping, using the words given in brackets. Add explanations where possible.

Using local shops is more convenient than going to the centre.

Large shops are cheaper than small local shops. This is because they sell more things, so they can reduce prices.

a) Supermarkets / small grocers (cheap)

b) Expensive clothes / cheap clothes (good quality)

c) Department stores / small shops (interesting)

d) Staff in small shops / staff in supermarkets (happy)

e) Street markets / ordinary shops (economical)

f) Local ‘corner’ shops / other shops (expensive)

g) Buying by post / going to shops (difficult)

h) Products in advertisements / the real thing (good)

Exercise 2. Where do you prefer doing the shopping – at a supermarket, a local grocery or a market? Work with a partner to fill in the table: advantages / disadvantages of going shopping to the supermarket, local grocery, market.

Exercise 3. Do you prefer shopping at your local small store or at a big supermarket? Give your arguments for and against.

UNIT 2

Shopping for Foodstuffs

Exercise 1. Find Russian equivalents to the following:

1) tinned foods; 2) ready-packed goods; 3) ready-bottled vegetable oil; 4) ready-to-serve foods; 5) loose milk; 6) a bunch of leeks; 7) a jar of marmalade; 8) a tin of luncheon meat; 9) 3 rolls of toilet soap; 10) a packet of frozen peas; 11) half a dozen of fresh herrings; 12) self-service; 13) counter-service; 14) a box of mint chocolates.

Exercise 2. There are a number of special words in English which are used to describe different kinds of containers. Look through the information about different kinds of containers.

Exercise 3. Using the information above match the words on the left with the words on the right: