Make notes under these headings. Use your notes to talk about your last (ideal) meal at a restaurant.

ü eating-places you visit

ü cuisine you prefer

ü restaurant service

SHOPPING

Lead-in

 

a) In pairs, say if you think these are the same or different and why.

a supermarket and a market

a chemist’s and a pharmacy

a shopping centre and a department store

a shopping centre and a shopping mall

a library and a bookshop

 

b) Where can you buy these things? Match the words to the names of shops. What else can you buy in each place?

apples, a plane ticket, old clocks, a book, a pair of trousers, a packet of painkillers, a diamond ring, lilies, an armchair, grapes, pralines, a bottle of perfume, lamb chops, lace tablecloths, a leather suitcase, stamps, a woollen skirt, a leather jacket, hairspray, a bouquet of roses, a washing machine, a magazine, sugar, a gold necklace, a loaf of bread

lace shop travel agent's confectioner's supermarket bookstall antique shop bookshop boutique butcher's jeweller's bakery department store post office flower stall newsagent's florist's greengrocer's hair & beauty salon chemist's designer fashion house

 

You can buy apples at a greengrocer's.

1.Look at the title of the article below. What do you think the article is about?

Look at “Lead-in” ex., then read the text and tick the three places the speaker mentions.

3.Read the article again and match the headings to the correct paragraphs.

A Recommendation С A Shopper's Paradise

В Opening Hours D Places to Go and Things to Buy

 

Exotic shopping in Paris

Paris, the capital of France, is a shopper’s paradise, with plenty of large department stores as well as thousands of delightful smaller shops.

Antique lovers can find fantastic furniture in the small antique shops on Bonaparte and Jacob Streets, and collectors can find rare books on the bookstalls lining the banks of the River Seine. There are also some great department stores which sell everything from perfume to furniture. Galleries Lafayette, Paris’ largest department store on Boulevard Haussmann, offers a great variety of high quality woolen skirts, leather jackets and designer clothes. The Marais is a group of little streets with some of the trendiest boutiques. There you can buy fashionable clothes, shoes and jewellery. For shoppers with big bank accounts, there is a wide range of jewellers’ and designer fashion houses along the Rue de Rivoli, such as Cartier, Chanel, Nina Ricci and Christian Dior.

Shops in Paris are usually open from eight or ten in the morning till about seven in the evening, from Monday to Saturday. The big sales come after Christmas and before the autumn collections.

Don’t miss the chance to go shopping in Paris. There is always something to suit everyone’s pocket and taste.

 

Vocabulary

 

4. a) Fill in the words from the list, then make sentences using the completed phrases.

fashion, rare, designer, shopper's, high, bank, woollen, autumn, department, antique

 

1 a(n).............paradise 6..........................skirts

2.........................lovers 7.......................clothes

3.........................books 8....................accounts

4 a(n)...................store 9.......................houses

5........................quality 10.................collections

 

b) Fill in the synonyms from the list.

chance, trendy, plenty of, a wide range of, fantastic

 

1 fashionable =............ 4 opportunity =

2 a great variety of =....................................

.................................... 5 a lot of =....................

3 wonderful =...............

c) Fill in the correct words from the list.

line, fit, offer, suit (2), buy, miss, old-fashioned, scruffy, smart, stylish, trendy

1 You can...........cheap clothes during the big sales.

2 Flower stalls..........................the banks of the river.

3 She is very…………. She always wears the latest fashions.

4 At Galleries Lafayette, shoppers can always find something to...................... their taste and pocket.

5 The Italians have a reputation for being very…………… - both men and women dress very well.

6 He looks really…………. His clothes are old and a bit dirty and he hasn’t shaved.

7 Don't........................................... the chance to visit the big department stores.

8 You ought to wear a …………… suit for your job interview.

9 The large department stores........................a great variety of products.

10 That green blouse really……………..you. Where did you get it?

11 Now I’ve lost a bit of weight, this blouse………..me.

12 That tie is very……………. People don’t wear such wide ones any more.

 

d) Match the words and definitions.

bargain, basket, customer, discount, manager, receipt, refund, sales, shop assistant, trolley, shop window, till

1 ______________ a time when shops sell things at lower price than usual

2 ______________ something that you buy for what you think is a good price

3_______________ a place at the front of a shop where you can see the products

4_______________ a piece of paper which shows you have paid for something

5_______________ a reduction in the price

6_______________ a person who works in a shop

7_______________ a cart on wheels that you use for carrying things

8_______________ money that is paid back to you when you’re unhappy with

something you buy

9_______________ a container for carrying or holding things made of strips of light materials

10______________ a person who buys things in a shop

11_______________ the person who is in charge of a shop, hotel, etc.

12________________ the drawer or box where money is kept in a shop

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