Ex. 4. Questions on the topic:

1. Do you like to go shopping? Why? (Why not?) Is shopping anything but a boring necessity for you? 2. What shops do you visit frequently when you go to buy foods? How often do you go to buy foods? 3. When do you find it necessary to draw up a shopping list? 4. Do you prefer to do your shopping at the small local shops or the big stores and supermarkets? Explain your preference. 5. How are the goods arranged in large self-service shops? Are these shops overcrowded? 6. What do you consider to be the advantages and disadvantages of small shops on the one hand and large shopping centres on the other? Do you prefer self-service or counter service? 7. Is there any supermarket near your house? Do you often go there? What can you buy there? 8. Do you like the self-service idea at our supermarkets? What are the advantages for the housewives? Describe a housewife's typical morning shopping for food. 9. Do you ever go to buy food(s) at the market? Why do many housewives prefer to buy food (vegetables and fruit especially) at the market? 10. Do you normally prefer frozen or tinned foods? Why? Are there any kinds of food you find preferable in their frozen or tinned forms to their natural state? 11. Do you ever do your ordering by phone? Is it convenient? 12. Is there any department store near your place? Is it a big store? How often do you go there? 13. Would you prefer to do all your shopping in one huge department store or in a number of specialist shops? Why? 14. Say something about helpful and unhelpful shop assistants. 15. Do you think that shop assistants should act according to the principle "The customer is always right"? How should customers treat shop assistants? Do you find that shop assistants are, in general, polite and helpful? If not, why do you think this is so? 16. Do you like to go shopping alone or do you prefer to have a friend with you? Why?

 

Text 6.

What sort of shopper are you?

Are you safe with money?

If your answer is (a), you are probably impulsive and imaginative with a gift for enjoying yourself. The enjoyment is probably worth a lot, but you may lose in other ways. You probably buy something that you will lose interest in very quickly, that isn't really what you want or very good value for money. If you are like this, try this experiment: On the days you haven't any money to spend, take time to look around at what is available, and read articles about things you are likely to want to buy in the future. Then you will have some idea of what is good value before you rush out and buy. Score 1.

       This advice also holds good if your answer was (b) or (c), so that when it comes to the point of actually buying something, you know what is available. You are more likely to get good value and choose wisely, because you give yourself more time. Score 2 each.

 

Weekend shopping

If (a), then you are strong minded, unlikely to be suddenly tempted by special offers and displays and can probably make a budget work. But you may miss a real bargain or a lot of fun if you are too rigid. Score 3.

       Answer (b)? Watch what it is that makes you change your mind. Are you pleased you did when you get home, or rather cross about it? Did you get a real bargain or a pig in a poke? Remember the supermarket is specially designed to tempt you and make you buy all sorts of things you don't really want. There may even be background music to put you in a melting mood. You are probably just the sort of customer they hope to get! Score 2.

       Answer (c)? You could either be a very skilful and experienced shopper, or a very careless one. An experienced housewife, for example, would know the local shops and go out to see what they have in stock that she could use. Food in season is fresh and often cheap – and she would recognize it and know how to prepare it. She would also know the prices of things very well and would immediately recognize good value. Experience of knowing how much to spend on each item would make it possible for her to budget as she went along: a little extravagance on one item could be saved on another. If you reckon you could be this kind of clever shopper. Score 4.

       On the other hand, if you haven't a clue about prices, or what is in season or where to shop for good value, and are just being careless and lazy in not making a list, score 1.

 

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