Shopping in Great Britain. Objectives: to activate using lexical units on the topic; to improve students’ listening, reading, writing and speaking skills; to develop the skill of critical thinking and imagination; to broaden students’ outlook, to compare British and Ukrainian shopping traditions.
Where can you buy rice?a fishmonger’s b baker’s c grocer's. Shopping in the supermarket becomes more and morepopular, because it’sa convenient b boring c interesting. You can use ....a cars b trolleys c bikes. Fish shops are closed on .....a Mondays b Sundays c Tuesdays. Buying clothes in Britain is a problem for...a Travellers b Europeans c Americans. Who usually buys clothes for their chlidren?a Grandparents b Parents c mother. Choose the correct answer
Listen to the tapescript again and fill in the blanks with the missing words connected with the topic “Shopping”When you want to buy something you go to a ______ or a market. Some people are fond of shopping, others are not. But all of them go shopping now and then. In Britain buying food is usually done at the ________, at the butcher’s, at the confectionery or at the greengrocers. If you need either sugar or rice, you go to the ________. If you need fish, you go to the fishmonger’s. At the ________ you can buy dairy products like milk or cream. But nowadays shopping in the supermarket becomes more and more popular, because it’s convenient as they operate on the self-service system. It means that you walk round the shop and choose what you want. You don’t put goods into your bag before paying for them. You can use __________. At the exit you pay for all goods at the cashier. Supermarkets don’t close for _______. If you are a traveler in Britain, you should know some shopping habits of the country. For example, you should remember that fish shops are closed on _________. You should know that sales are popular with British shoppers. They are held _______ a year by shops and department stores to get rid of old stock. Some shops and supermarkets in Britain had got leading positions. Sainsbury’s supermarkets are leaders in ______ and drink selling. These very big supermarkets are for richer people who want to do shopping once a week or even a month. Tesco’s supermarkets are leaders, too. But they’ve got a different image. They sell goods at lower __________. British Home Stores (BHS) is a group of large shops selling mainly _________ but also food and other products for the houses. Buying clothes in Britain is a problem for Europeans, because they have different size system. Ready-made clothes __________ in London usually use both British and European sizes and tags. There are some traditions about shopping in Britain. Mothers usually buy clothes for their small children, but British teenagers usually _______ clothes by themselves. The British usually buy food in the supermarkets once a week. The food shopping in most British families is usually done by mothers. Don’t forget that British use “please” a lot. As for “___________” remember that in Britain in informal situations and some shops, lots people say “cheers” instead.
Make up a dialogue. Speak about your shopping habits. Use the pattern given below.- Hello! Haven’t seen you for ages! How are you?- Hi! I’m just super! What about you? - Oh, everything is great! Where are you going?- I’m going to do the shopping. Would you like to join me?- No, thanks. I don’t ……