英语角话题shopping

Shops

VOCABULARY

Types of shops

department store shopping mall shopping center small shop

snack bar supermarket toy shop book store stationer’s shop

green grocery/vegetables shop butcher’s shopping online out-door/open-air market

What to buy:

∙almost everything

clothes toys j ewellery food electrical appliances ∙household goods

toilet paper tissue stationery cleaning products

cigarettes meat sweets medicine

newspapers shampoo soap baby products

fruit and vegetables

Who sells:

sales manager cashier salesperson

sales / shop assistant security guard

Price

fixed price bargain do the bargaining cut the price down low high acceptable so -so

at a good price a good buy

∙expensive & cheap

Key words and expressions

shopping list window shopping go shopping

do the shopping I’m looking for… I’m just looking.

Words about discount:

on sale bargain

free of charge save up to 40%

buy one get one free half price sale

buy two get one free big sale/Special offer

closing sale 特价优惠bargain sale

Questions and answers

1.Where will you go shopping this week?

∙I will go shopping in the supermarket. Because it is near my home.

2.Who will you go shopping with when you go shopping?

∙My mom will go with me, because she likes shopping a lot.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1.Which shop is near your home？

∙There is a middle size supermarket near my home it called Carrefour.

∙It sells so many things such as vegetables, fruit, meat, clothes and daily use products.

∙I often go there with my mother.

∙It is very busy and crowded on weekends, we often have to wait in a long queue.

2.Where do you usually go shopping?

∙I usually go shopping in a big shopping mall.

∙Because there is almost everything I want to buy.

∙I have a lot of choices in big shopping mall.

∙And there are many popular brands and sometimes there is big discount.

3.What's the difference between shopping in shopping centres and in small shops?

∙I think the products in the shopping centres are more expensive than the products in small shops.

∙But the product quality in big shopping centre is better than small shop.

∙There is discount and membership card in big shopping centres.

∙We needn’t bring a lot of cash when we were shopping in the big shopping mall.

4.What is your favorite shop? Why?

∙My favorite shop is Itoyokado becauseit is much bigger than other shops.

∙And it often has some discount or special offer.

∙I also have the membership card of Itoyokado

∙Their service is better than the other shops.

5.How often do you go shopping?

∙I often go shopping once a week.

∙I usually go to the Lotus centre with my parents.

∙Because it is near my house and very big.

∙My parents have its membership card. So we like to go there.

6.Do you like bargaining when you go shopping?

∙Of course. I like bargaining when I go shopping.

∙Because I can get cheaper things.

∙Also they always ask too much money from us.

∙If I can bargain with them, I will feel very proud and I can buy more things with extra money.

7.What do you consider when you do shopping?

∙I think I will consider the price first.