Unit 11 Shop Till You Drop
1.Listen,read and practice in pairs.
Do you like to go shopping?Do you "shop till you drop?
What kinds of stores do you like to drop by?
Do you often watch out for big sales?
Today LiMeng,Xiaohong
Daniel and Louise are at Rundle Mall going through the stores.
LiMeng:I'm thinking of a pair of sunglasses.Which store is good?
Daniel:OPSM is good.They have a big collection.
Shall we go and look around?
Xiaohong:I hope they are running a sale this weekend.
Louise:They sometimes do,but not on the"hot"ones
(They go into OPSM at 29 Rundle Mall.)
Daniel:Look here.They have the big brands--Calvin Klein,DKNY,Guess,Nike and....
LiMeng:I like this oval-shaped pair.I wonder how much they are
Assistant:Would you like to try them on?It's the latest design.
Kind of cool this summer.(LiMeng triem on)
Xiaohong:They look cute.Are they on sale?
Assistant:Sorry,Miss.But these here are on sale.They're $20 less now.
Would you like to put these on and see how they look?
LiMeng:No,thanks.Here you are.We'll just look around first.
Daniel,shall we ask what other stores the girls want to drop into?
Daniel:Right.Louise,I remember you and Xiaohong were talking about bags.
Which stores do you have in mind?
Louise:The Myer Centre is worth going to.
It's got many stores which have really cool designs.
Xiaohong:Oh,yes.I remember going there once and buying a nice pendant for $16.
Louise:Wait!Where's my purse?It's not in my bag.It's got $100 in it!
7.Listen,read and act.
What would you do if you found your purse or wallet missing?
Would you report it to the police? How would you describe the incident?
Let's see how these boys and girls do it.
Officer:Now,kids.Tell me about the stores you've been to this afternoon.
Xiaohong:We first stopped at a kiosk which makes great drinks and got some juice each.
And then...
Louise:Then we went into Westco Jeans.After that,I suppose we went into Jeanswest.
LiMeng:After looking at the jeans,we walked up the street and went into OPSM.
Xiaohong:Wait.Between the jeans stores,we also visited a shoe store.
Louise:Then at OPSM I found my purse gone.
Officer:OK.Do you remember what was inside your purse?
Louise:I had my strdent ID card,my bank card,
my bus ticket and $100 which I just withdrew from an ATM this afternoon.
Xiaohong:Just a minute.I recall you trying on a pair of jeans.
You dropped your keys on the floor.Did you drop your purse as well?
12.Listen and read.
Big and little sales
Every year,shop owners,supermarket managers
and whole sale and retail businesspeople offer several big sales
to their customers in order to sell more goods.
The sales may be during holidays,such as New Year's Day,
Easter,Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
The sales can also be a spring sale,summer sale,winter sale,
back-to-school sale,Valentine's Day sale,Mother's Day sale,clearance sale,
closing sale,moving sale,men's sale,women's sale,children's sale and so on.
The sales offer various products,from drinks to food,clothing to bedding,
stationery to kitchenware,dairy products to accessories
and electrical appliances to paintings and still more.
At the time of the sales or during sales seasons,
people flock to the shopping centres
and stand in long queues and hope to get the best buy.
It really is the time to see many people consume and enhance their purchasing power.
Besides the store sales,there are other kinds of sales,yard sales,
family moving sales,porch sales,corridor sales and many others.
Some people collect their family's unwanted things and put them in their yard
and sell those things to their neighbours or visitors who want to buy them.
Usually at this kind of sale,you can get a very good offer.
The purpose of these sales is not oly to make money,
but also to associate with friends,exchange ideas,make friends,
get rid of things which you no longer need and maybe just to find somebody to chat to.
The persons who want to sell their own family things
sometimes carefully categorize the items and list the prices
Very often the owners give something to the visitors for free.
In such cases,they may deliberately put some things in a box
and mark the box with the word"Free"
Yard sales,porch sales or family moving sales seem to be more relaxed and cozy
when compared with the department store sales.
Away from the department stores,
people take their time to carefully choose the items they want
while chatting with the owners.
Often,buying and selling doesn't seem to be as important to them.
They often seem to mainly be enjoying the casual
and relaxed communication which can happen in such sales.
14.Listen,read and act.
Louise calls the jeans store and gets a big surprise.
Louise:Hello!Is that Westco Jeans?
I wonder if anyone in the store happened to find a purse.
...Oh,really?My name is...Would you hold it for me pease?
I'm coming over soon.(She hangs up the phone)
Xiaohong:What happened?Do they have your purse?
Louise:I can't believe it.A customer found my purse on the floor
and handed it over to the staff.The store is holding it for me.
LiMeng:How will they know the purse is yours?
Daniel:She has her ID card in it.They can check by using the photo.
Lucky for you,Louise.
Officer:Yes.How lucky you are!I suppose they're waiting for you.
Louise:Thanks a lot for your time,Sir.Bye now.
Other three:Goodbye,Sir and thank you.