17. SHOPPING AND SERVICES
20. 1. 2010
Shopping and services
Services:
What services can people use?
- In Britain, lots of people take the washing to the laundry. In the Czech Republic people do it at home because everybody has a washing machine, but people use dry-cleaner´s.
- When we want to have our hair cut, we go to the hairdresser´s. She can wash our hair, cut it, dye and dry it or do a special styling. We can either visit her in her salon or we can find a hairdresser who comes to our home. Men go to the barber´s where they can have their face shaved and hair cut.
- Women like going to beauty parlor and nail studios for manicure and pedicure.
- When you need glasses or have your eyes checked, you can go to the optician´s. There is a variety of glasses of different shapes and colours, contact lenses or sunglasses, or goggles for cycling and skiing.
- If you need a professional photo, you may go to the photographer´s. If you have your own digital photo, you can bring it on a CD to the shop or you can send it to the shop on the internet. Then you get your photos by post.
- If your car is broken, it can be repaired in a car repair shop.
- When clocks or watches are broke down they can be repaired at the watchmaker´s.
- Estate agent´s offer houses, flats to people who want to lease or buy them.
- When we want to go on holiday we can buy one at the travel agent´s.
- Post service delivers us letters, packages or money. Nowadays, the post service is not as important as it used to be because people use email.
- If we don´t like cleaning we can pay an agency for cleaning our flat (they hoover our carpets, dust our furniture, clean the windows or do the laundry and do the ironing). This is not very usual in our country.
Shopping:
a) What kind of shops do you know and what can you buy there?
Butcher´s – meat (pork, beef, chicken), ham, salami, cheese, minced meet etc.
Baker´s – bread, rolls, buns, doughnuts, cakes, cookies
Grocer´s – all kinds of food (milk, youghurt, butter, cheese, soups, sugar, oil, drinks)
Shoe shop – shoes, boots, sandals, slippers, trainers, socks, stockings
Clothes shop – sweaters, T-shirts, shirts, jeans, tops, underwear, gloves, caps
Off licence – liquors
Bookshop – books, textbooks, dictionaries, calendars
Florist´s – flowers, flower pots
Greengrocer´s - fruit and vegetables
Chemist´s – shampoo, cosmetics, detergents, washing powder, handkerchieves etc.
Stationer´s – notebooks, pencils, pens, birthday cards
Newsagent´s – newspapers, magazines
Pharmacy (Chemist´s) – medicines, remedies, herbal tea
Goldsmith´s – rings, bracelets, chains, watches
b) Describe a typical shopping:
We take a shopping basket or a trolley and go into the shop. There are lots of shelves with products so that we can choose what we want. In some shops (goldsmith´s or butcher´s) there are counters and the shop assistants show us and hand us the goods. In clothes shops there are changing rooms (fitting rooms) where we can try the clothes on. Then we go to the cash register. We can pay in cash or by card. After having paid we get a receipt that gives us a guarantee. If there is something wrong with the goods, we can take the goods back and get a refund.
c) Shopping malls
For many people shopping malls are a place where they spend their free time. They have long opening hours and they are open at weekends. There are lots of shops concentrated in a big hall. Most of them are clothes shops and boutiques, some shops with jewellery, accessories and cosmetics. In most shopping malls you can find fast food stalls and cafés, children´s court and sometimes also a cinema. Peole often go window shopping there. (Window shopping is browsing shops when you do not want to buy anything. You are only watching.)
d) Advertising
Advertisements are a part of our lives today. We can see them on TV, on billboards, in magazines, on the internet. Ads want to persuade us to buy something. They mostly cost a lot of money – that is why advertised products are more expensive. Advertisements are successful because people mostly choose a trademark which they know (from TV, radio, billboards). Lots of things are advertised: bank products, all kinds of goods, food, fast food restaurants, cars etc.
Some people think that billboards are dangerous because they attract attention of drivers and then, drivers do not concentrate on driving.
Advertisements on TV are called „commercials“. Most TV stations put commercials between films.
e) Your task: Who does the shopping in your family? How often and where do you buy food?
What is your favourite shop? How much do you spend in shops per month? What do you spend most money on? Do you like advertisements and why /why not?
Are you satisfied with shopping facilities in your town?
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