AT A READY MADE CLOTHES DEPARTMENT

Mother: We’d like to buy a light summer frock for my daughter.

Saleswoman (dressing Lucy): What size d’you wear?

Lucy: 46

Saleswoman: How d’you like this blue one, made of silk? The colour is of the latest                                                                             fashion.

Lucy: It’s a nice dress, but I don’t quite like the colour. I don’t think it’s very becoming , and the skirt is rather short to my mind. Will you, please, show me that pale-green one?

Saleswoman: Certainly. It looks like your size. Here you are.

Lucy: Thank you. I’ll try it on. May I?

Saleswoman: Very well. This way, please. (they go to the fitting-room. Lucy puts the frock on and comes up to the mirror. She wants her mother to have a look at her and asks her to come in).

Lucy: Isn’t it pretty, Mother? The cut is beautiful, too. But I’m afraid it’s a bit loose on me.

Saleswoman: Oh, no. It suits you perfectly. Take my advice and buy it.

Mother: How much is it?

Saleswoman: … roubles.

Mother: You wouldn’t call that very cheap.

Lucy: Oh, dear, but we’ve got the money.

Mother: That’s really more than we wanted to pay.

Saleswoman: Well, .. roubles is not very much really if your daughter likes it so much. And you want her to look smart, don’t you? She is a good-looking girl, too.

Mother: Is she?

Lucy: You forget, Mother, that I am getting my grants in a day or two.

Mother: All right, darling. Let’s take it if you really like the thing. (To the saleswoman): Will you write a check? (The saleswoman writes it) Thank you . Where’s the cash-desk?

Saleswoman: To the left, please.

 

Text 1.

Buying a present

       My friend will have a birthday party in a week, so I have decided to look for a birthday present for her. I went to the Central Department Store which is situated in the centre of our city. It’s a multistoreyed building where one can get everything in the way of food and manufactured goods. I must confess it was so difficult to make a suitable purchase in such a huge shop with a lot of counters and shelves. When I arrived at the Central Department Store I first admired the window dressing. Then I went along the ground floor and looked into the shop – windows of the grocery, where I could see all kinds of food staffs: meat, fish, tinned food, sausage, fruit, wine, sweets, chocolates, etc. There were some commercial counters on the ground floor and I found myself in a fantastic motley city of different things. Then I went upstairs to the first floor, where I couldn’t help admiring at seeing various goods. There were on sale: haberdashery, stationery, hosiery, leather-wear, knitwear. To tell you the truth, I was impressed by a great choice of silk skirts and shirts, different kinds of frocks and coats, leather boots and shoes, woolen pullovers and sweaters, jeans and suits, jackets and blouses, bags and wallets. There one can get everything in the way of clothes wanted by men, women and children: footwear, knitwear, ready-made clothes, furs, and what not. I admired the cut and the style of a light summer frock. It was the latest fashion and I made up my mind to try it on. A pleasant-looking shop-assistant proposed me to put the frock on and look in the mirror. But unfortunately it was a bit loose on me and did not suit me perfectly. On the second floor of the Department Store I could see all kinds of household utensils: crockery, china, electric appliances, cutlery, pots and pans, vacuum-cleaners, washing-machines, cameras, radio and television sets, computers, stereo cassette recorders and many other things one may want in the house. Besides, there were perfumery, florist’s gift and souvenir departments. The shop-assistant suggested looking at a beautiful water-colour. I liked that nice picture very much and I was sure my friend would like it too. The price of the present was not very high, I must admit. So I have paid the money at the cash-desk. The cashier gave me a receipt and I came up to the shop-assistant with it again. I produced my receipt and obtained a wrapped parcel with a shirt. She thanked me and added they were always glad to see me at their shop. I felt very excited at the thought that I had bought a very nice birthday present and left the shop.

       On my way home I suddenly remembered that my mother had given me a few errands.

       We’ve run out of bread and I had to drop in at the baker’s to buy a loaf of white bread, a loaf of brown one, five rolls and half a dozen small cakes. There was a long queue at the grocer’s, but I had nothing to do but stand in the line for half an hour to buy a kilo of sugar and some sausage. Then I bought some fruit (bananas and apples) at the vegetable stall near the bus stop.

       I was lucky to buy everything I wanted. Frankly speaking. I like to go shopping.

 

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