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3.Speak on the following topics:
a. your last shopping trip;
b. your last visit to a department store;
c. buying presents;
d. food shops;
e. shops and shopping in your town;
f. shopping as a pleasure and necessity;
g. window-shopping;
h. the customer is always right

4.Fill in the chart and explain it.

Big shops Small shops
Advantages 1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
Disadvantages 1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.

Hints: impersonal; the intimate atmosphere; little capital; soulless; to
attract customers; overcrowded; regular customers; well organized; to
rent large premises; to stock a wide assortment of goods; higher prices;
personal contacts; large scale; profits; management problems; arranged
tidily.

5.Make up dialogues:

a) buying a present for your friend’s housewarming party/ birthday
party
b) buying a special kind of suit for yourself (a plum color; better
quality; what size do you take in suits?; the latest style; a bit
loose; to go with the suit)
c) in a music shop;
d) at the stationery department;
e) in a perfumery department;

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