UNIT 8
SHOPPING
Exercise 1. Learn the following words.
shop [
ʃɔp] магазин
supermarket ['sju
ːpəˌmɑːkɪt] супермаркет, универсам
market ['m
ɑːkɪt] базар, рынок
store [st
ɔː] магазин, универмаг
department [d
ɪ'pɑːtmənt] отдел
department store [d
ɪ'pɑːtməntstɔː] универсальный магазин
chemist’s ['kem
ɪsts] аптека
jeweller’s ['
ʤuːələz] ювелирный отдел
perfumery [pə'fju
ːmərɪ] парфюмерный магазин
dairy ['d
ɛərɪ] молочный магазин
grocery ['grəusər
ɪ] магазин бакалейных товаров
greengrocery ['gri
ːnˌgrəusərɪ] овощной или фруктовый магазин
bakery ['be
ɪkərɪ] булочная, пекарня
butchery ['bu
ʧərɪ] мясной магазин
confectionery [kən'fek
ʃənərɪ] кондитерская, кондитерский магазин
fishmonger’s ['f
ɪʃˌmʌŋgəz] рыбный магазин
newsagent’s ['nju
ːzˌeɪʤənts] газетный киоск
Exercise 2. Complete the chart.
Things you can buy
Types of shops
Bread, butter, sugar, washing powder,
potatoes, chocolates
Supermarket
Fresh fish, frozen fish
Rings, earrings, necklaces
Milk, butter, cheese
Newspapers and magazines
Cakes, biscuits, sweets
Pills and mixtures
Potatoes, carrots, cucumbers
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Exercise 3. Rearrange the letters to make the names of shops.
1. You can buy steak at a ___________ BRUTYCEH.
2. You can buy bread at a ___________ YKERAB.
3. You can buy newspapers at a ________ WSNAT’SEGNE.
4. You can buy medicine at a __________ HMECIT’SS.
5. You can buy fish at a __________ MSHIGSR’FONE.
6. You can buy cheese and milk at a ________ IRDYA shop.
7. You can buy vegetables at a _________ NGYERCOGENCR.
8. You can buy earrings at a __________ JEESWELR’.
9. You can buy many things at once at a ________ SRMREPUEAKT.
10. You can buy tea, coffee and sugar at a _______ RERGOCY.
Exercise 4. Pay attention to the synonyms:
at the grocery = at the grocer’s
at the greengrocery = at the greengrocer’s
at the bakery = at the baker’s
at the butchery = at the butcher’s
Exercise 5. Ask each other where you can buy these things, for example:
- cucumbers, carrots and potatoes;
- a ring and earrings;
- milk, cheese and butter;
- a magazine and some newspapers;
- some pills and mixtures;
- cakes and sweets;
- fresh fish.
Exercise 6. Learn the following words.
shopping ['
ʃɔpɪŋ] посещение магазина, покупка товаров
do the shopping делать покупки, покупать (что-л.)
go shopping ходить за покупками, ходить по магазинам
buy [ba
ɪ] покупать
sell [sel] продавать
I want to buy bread, butter and tea.
What kind of shop should I go to?
I think you should
go to the grocery.
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pay [pe
ɪ] платить
weigh [we
ɪ] взвешивать
serve [s
ɜːv] обслуживать
stand in a queue [kju
ː] стоять в очереди
pack [pæk] упаковывать
Exercise 7. Fill in the chart.
Types of shops
Shopping activities
grocery, …
pay, …
Use the following words and expressions: grocery, confectionery, pay,
buy, supermarket, weigh, do the shopping, stand in a queue, newsagent’s,
butchery, serve, perfumery, fishmonger’s, go shopping, sell, bakery, department
store, go shopping, greengrocery, chemist’s.
Exercise 8. Learn the following words.
price [pra
ɪs] цена
basket ['b
ɑːskɪt] корзина, корзинка
trolley ['tr
ɔlɪ] тележка
cash desk ['kæ
ʃˌdesk] расчетная касса (в магазине)
cashier [kæ'
ʃɪə] кассир
customer ['k
ʌstəmə] покупатель, клиент
change [
ʧeɪnʤ] сдача
counter ['kauntə] прилавок
purchase ['p
ɜːʧəs] покупка
Exercise 9. Use the correct variant.
1. When you enter the shop you take a basket / a cash desk.
2. People who buy things are customers / shop-assistants.
3. You pay money at the office / cash desk.
4. When you want to buy something you ask about the price / the change.
5. If you want to buy a lot of things you put them in a suitcase / in a trolley.
6. You give money to the cashier / to the customer.
7. If you give more money than you need the cashier gives you the
basket / the change.
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Exercise 10. Remember the following speech patterns. Be ready to use them in
dialogues of your own.
How much is this dress? (How much does this dress cost)? – Сколько
стоит это платье?
It costs … dollars / roubles. – Оно стоит … долларов / рублей.
I would like to buy… – Я хочу купить…
Where can I buy…? – Где я могу купить…?
Can I try this dress on? – Я могу примерить это платье?
It suits me. – Это меня устраивает. (Это мне подходит).
I take it. – Я покупаю это.
Exercise 11. Read the following dialogues.
At a Clothes’ Shop
Shop-assistant: Good morning. Can I help you?
Customer: Yes, please. I would like to buy a blue dress.
Shop-assistant: What size do you wear?
Customer: Size 42.
Shop-assistant: Have a look at this dress. You can try it on.
Customer: Thank you. It suits me. How much is it?
Shop-assistant: It’s 45 dollars.
Customer: Where must I pay?
Shop-assistant: Over there. At the cash desk.
Customer: Thank you.
At a Grocery
Shop-assistant: Good morning, madam. Can I help you?
Customer: Yes, please. I need a kilo of fresh fish, a kilo of potatoes and a
loaf of fresh bread.
Shop-assistant: Here is a loaf of bread. We always sell very fresh bread.
Here are potatoes. They are ready-weighed and ready-packed.
Customer: Thank you. It is very convenient to buy ready-packed
vegetables. What about fresh fish?
Shop-assistant: Sorry, madam, but we don’t have any at the moment.
Would you like to buy frozen fish?
Customer: No, I don’t like it. How much shall I pay?
Shop-assistant: 24 dollars.
Customer: Here is the money.
Shop-assistant: And here is your change.
Exercise 12. In pairs make up similar dialogues between a shop-assistant and
a customer.
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Exercise 13. Translate the sentences into Russian.
1. Я хочу купить килограмм моркови и килограмм свежего мяса.
2. Где я должна платить? 3. Мы продаем только свежий хлеб. 4. Вот
деньги. – А вот ваша сдача. 5. У нас нет свежей рыбы в данный момент.
6. Я могу вам помочь? 7. Где я могу примерить это платье? 8. Какой размер
вы носите? 9. Это мне подходит. 10. Сколько это стоит?
Exercise 14. Read and translate the text.
When we want to buy something, we go to a shop. There are different
kinds of shops in most towns and cities, such as a supermarket, a department
store, men’s and women’s clothing stores, a grocery, a bakery and a butchery.
Many people like to do shopping at big supermarkets. They sell many
things under one roof and the prices are not very high there. Supermarkets
are brightly-lit and well laid out. The goods are ready-weighed, ready-
packed and wrapped.
In the men’s clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, ties and
shirts. In the perfumery they sell face cream, lipstick, shampoos. At a
greengrocery you can find cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers and other fruits
and vegetables.
People go round the supermarket with a basket or a trolley. When they
have chosen everything they need they go to the cash desk. Sometimes they
have to stand in a queue. Then they pay money to the cashier and the cashier
gives them back the change.
Those who don’t like supermarkets can do their shopping at a small
local shop.
Exercise 15. Answer the following questions.
1. Do you often go shopping?
2. What kinds of shops do you know?
3. What shops do you usually go to?
4. What do you buy at a grocery (butchery, bakery, perfumery)?
5. Where do you go for fish (for milk)?
6. Are the prices high in supermarkets?
7. Where do you buy tea, coffee and sugar?
8. Where do you go after you have chosen everything you need?
9. Do you like to stand in a queue?
10. Do you prefer big supermarkets or small local shops?
Exercise 16. Speak about different types of shops and things you can buy there.
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UNIT 9
SEASONS AND WEATHER
Exercise 1. Learn the following words.
season ['si
ːzn] пора года
autumn ['
ɔːtəm] осень
spring [spr
ɪŋ] весна
summer ['s
ʌmə] лето
winter ['w
ɪntə] зима
month [m
ʌnθ] месяц
January ['
ʤænjuərɪ] январь
February ['februər
ɪ] февраль
March [m
ɑːʧ] март
April ['e
ɪprl] апрель
May [me
ɪ] май
June [
ʤuːn] июнь
July [
ʤu'laɪ] июль
August ['
ɔːgəst] август
September [sep'tembə] сентябрь
October [
ɔk'təubə] октябрь
November [nəu'vembə] ноябрь
December [d
ɪ'sembə] декабрь
climate ['kla
ɪmət] климат
weather ['weðə] погода
warm [w
ɔːm] теплый
cloudy ['klaud
ɪ] облачный
cold [kəuld] холодный
favourite ['fe
ɪvərɪt] любимый
frosty ['fr
ɔstɪ] морозный
hot [h
ɔt] жаркий
rainy ['re
ɪnɪ] дождливый
snowy ['snəu
ɪ] снежный
windy ['w
ɪndɪ] ветреный
Indian summer ['
ɪndɪən 'sʌmə] бабье лето
nature ['ne
ɪʧə] природа
period ['p
ɪərɪəd] период
year [j
ɪə] год
blow [bləu] дуть
change [
ʧeɪnʤ] изменяться
shine [
ʃaɪn] светить
Exercise 2. Revise the following phrases with prepositions.
in
winter
on
Monday
spring
Tuesday
summer
Wednesday
autumn
Thursday
Friday
in
the morning
Saturday
the afternoon
Sunday
the evening
on
the first of May
in
January
the second of July
February
the twenty-seventh of
September
March…
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Exercise 3. Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
1. There is a lot of snow ___ winter. 2. The sun is bright ___ July. 3. We
have a holiday ___the eighth of March. 4. We have an English lesson ___
Tuesday. 5. The nature is very beautiful ___ spring. 6. Children go to school
___the morning. 7. There are a lot of vegetables ___ autumn. 8. We don’t study
___ summer. 9. I like to play computer games ___ the evening. 10. School year
begins ___ the first of September.
Exercise 4. Remember the following speech patterns.
What is the weather like today? – Какая сегодня погода?
It looks like rain / snow. – Похоже, что будет дождь / снег.
The days get longer / shorter. – Дни становятся длиннее / короче.
Exercise 5. Fill in the gaps with the correct word. Use sunny, rainy, windy, snowy.
1. When it rains people say that the weather is __________; when it snows
they say it is __________; when the wind blows it is ________ ; when the sun
shines the weather is ____________ . 2. Winter is __________ and _________
in Belarus. 3. There are many _______ days in autumn. 4. We had a ________
summer last year. 5. When it is _________ we take umbrellas.
Exercise 6. Say what the weather is like if:
you are going shopping;
you are going to skate;
you are going to stay at home on an October evening;
you are going to sunbathe;
you want to work in the garden;
you have to take an umbrella;
you are going on a picnic;
children are playing snowballs in the yard;
all the airports in the country are closed;
you have to wear rubber boots.
Exercise 7. Read the text and translate it into Russian.
There are four seasons in the year: winter, spring, summer and autumn.
December, January and February are winter months. In Belarus the weather is
very cold in winter, sometimes it is frosty and snowy. Rivers and lakes are
covered with ice. The days are short and the nights are long. Children like
skiing, skating and playing snowballs.
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Spring begins in March. The days get longer and the nights get shorter.
The snow begins to melt. In April and May the weather gets warmer and
warmer. Sometimes it is hot in May. You can see green leaves on the trees and
flowers in the fields.
Summer is the hottest season. June, July and August are summer months.
The sun shines brightly. It is often hot, sometimes there are heavy rains with
thunder and lightning. People swim in lakes and rivers. Children like this season
very much, because they don’t go to school.
Autumn starts in September. In September the weather is still warm, but
the days get shorter and the nights get longer. It’s the time of harvest. There are
a lot of fruit and vegetables. October and November are very cold and rainy.
Sometimes there is even frost and snow.
Each season is pleasant in its own way.
Exercise 8. Answer the following questions.
1. How many seasons are there in a year?
2. What are winter months?
3. It is frosty in winter, isn’t it?
4. Is there much snow in Belarus? And in your country?
5. What do children like doing in winter?
6. What are spring months?
7. What is the weather like in spring?
8. What is the hottest season of the year?
9. What are summer months?
10. What do people do in summer?
11. Why do children like summer?
12. What are autumn months?
13. What is the weather like in autumn?
14. Are there many fruits and vegetables in autumn?
15. What season do you like?
Exercise 9. Ask your friend:
what the coldest season of the year is;
if people ski and skate in your country;
if it was snowy last winter;
when people have to take umbrellas with them;
what season is the best for picnics;
if he / she likes very hot weather;
what the weather is like in spring;
what holidays we have in winter;
what his / her favourite season is.
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Exercise 10. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Летом погода теплая, а зимой – холодная. 2. Зимой реки и озера
покрыты льдом. 3. Какая сегодня погода в Минске? 4. Самый жаркий
месяц – июль. 5. Сентябрь, октябрь и ноябрь – осенние месяцы. 6. Я не
люблю дождливую погоду. 7. Весной снег тает. 8. Летом дети и взрослые
купаются и загорают. 9. Весной дни становятся длиннее, а ночи – короче.
10. Осень – это время сбора урожая.
Exercise 11. Read the following dialogues and act them out.
* * *
- It’s very cold today, isn’t it?
- Yes, but it was colder yesterday.
- But I hope it will get warmer soon, in two days at least.
- Then it would be lovely at the weekend.
* * *
- It’s a lovely day today, isn’t it?
- Yes, it is. It has been a beautiful spring this year.
- Yes, the farmers must be happy, I think.
- Oh, yes, they can do a lot of work when the weather is fine, can’t they?
- Sure they can.
* * *
- Dark clouds gather in the sky and it’s going to rain.
- It looks more like snow. The clouds are too heavy and low. In fact it
seldom rains at the end of November.
* * *
(on the phone)
- Oh, Jane! Is it you? Are you in London?
- Yes, I am.
- What is the weather like in London?
- It’s nasty. The temperature is only ten degrees above zero. It’s raining
and it’s cold.
- That’s a pity. But in Moscow the sun is shining and it is very warm. We
are going on a picnic on Sunday.
- Have a nice time!
- Thank you.
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Exercise 12. Learn the following words.
average ['ævər
ɪʤ] средний
condition [kən'd
ɪʃn] состояние
amount [ə'maunt] количество
direction [d
ɪ'rekʃn], [daɪ'rekʃn] направление
tropical ['tr
ɔpɪkl] тропический
sub-tropical [s
ʌb'trɔpɪkl] субтропический
atmosphere ['ætməsf
ɪə] атмосфера
excellent ['eksələnt] отличный, превосходный, прекрасный
Exercise 13. Read the text and translate it into Russian.
Climate and Weather
Climate is the average weather conditions of a place. It is made up of the
average summer and winter temperature, the amount of sunshine, the direction
of the winds and so on. Climate can be cold, hot, dry, wet, mild, tropical, sub-
tropical and continental.
Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time or over a
certain short period. Weather can be good, bad, fine, excellent, rainy, snowy,
stormy, hot, cold, warm and pleasant.
People usually say: “A nice day”, “Not a bad day” or “It’s nice weather for
the time of the year” if the weather is fine.
We can say: “It looks like rain”, “It looks like snow” or “It’s bad weather”
when the weather is bad.
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Exercise 14. Learn the following poems by heart.
When the rain is splashing down
On the fields and on the town
Singing winds begin to blow
And the flowers start to grow.
Raindrops
Raindrops are such funny things
They haven’t feet or haven’t wings.
Yet they sail throughout the air
With the greatest of ease
And dance on the street
Wherever they please.
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UNIT 10
TRAVELLING
Exercise 1. Learn the following words:
travel ['trævl] путешествовать
visit ['v
ɪzɪt] посещать
arrive [ə'ra
ɪv] прибывать, приезжать
depart [d
ɪ'pɑːt] отправляться; уезжать (куда-л.)
leave [li
ːv] покидать; уезжать
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