Shopping Day

Hello, dear 8th Formers! 

Learn to speak about shops and your shopping day!

How I Went Shopping 

    One day my friend Jack and I decided to go shopping. I took a large sum of money and Jack took his father's salary. Jack needed some new clothes badly. There are a lot of shops, supermarkets and department stores in the centre of the city, so we decided to go through some of them.

The first shop on our way was a large supermarket. The choice of goods was very impressive. It seemed to us that on the counters and shelves there was everything one could want. We could see sausages of different kinds, fish, meat, poultry. At the bakery there was bread, rolls, biscuits. At the dairy department there was milk, cream, cheese, butter. Everything was nicely packed and when we came to the cashier our baskets were full.

Then we went to the department store which was right across the street. Jack and I are fond of computers and hi-fi equipment, so we couldn't go past our favourite department. There were a lot of various smart gadgets there. Jack bought a new MP 3 - player and I bought a laptop. And then, at last, we found the men's clothing department. There were a lot of suits, trousers, shirts and many other things. Jack needed a suit because he was going to the theatre with his girl friend and her parents. A moment later, a shop assistant came up to us and asked what we were looking for. We said we were looking for a suit for Jack who was rather tall and slim. The shop assistant asked Jack's size and offered him a nice suit. But when jack tried it on we saw the suit didn't fit him. It was a bit too big for him. So, we asked the shop assistant to bring us another suit of a smaller size. Some time later Jack looked like a real gentleman. The suit, which was of black colour, suited him perfectly. The shop assistant also showed Jack a wonderful tie and Jack 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.

The new words:

1. salary - зарплата, жалованье

2. needed badly  - сильно был нужен

3. impressive - впечатляющий

4. counter - прилавок  

 5. shelf (shelves) - полка (полки)

6.  poultry - мясо птицы

7. rolls - булочки

8. cashier -  кассир 

customer

cashier

aisle 

basket

trolley

scales

fitting room or changing room 

escalator

cheque

barcode

cash

wallet or purse 

a shelf - shelves 

sale 

purchase