Unit 6 Shopping

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Unit 6Shopping

• Preparation
• Listening-Centered Activities
• Reading-Centered Activities
• Further Development

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Listening 1

• Color
• Size
• Material theyre made of
• Price
• Good fit or not

blue
38
leather
1,450 drachmas
not
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Listening 2

• Keys
• Exercise 1
• 1) At Your Service.
• 2) To give advice when problems arise with goods
  or services.
• 3) Its 01-2468041.
• 4) Jack Mills.
• 5) The head of the Consumer Aid Association.

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Language Points

• appreciate (l.2)
• 1)understand and enjoy value higely
• eg You cant fully foreign literature in
  translation.
• 2)thank someone for something they have done
• eg We greatly all your help.
• 3)realize and understand
• eg I your anxiety about your sons illness.

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• occur (l.17)
• 1)happen
• eg When did the accident ?
• 2)exist be found
• eg Misprints on every page.
• 3) to sb come into (a persons mind)
• eg An idea has ed to me.

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• prefer (l.65)
• 1) sth (to sth)
• eg I coffee (to tea).
• 2) doing (to doing)
• eg Tom s traveling by train.
• I walking to cycling.
• 3) (sb) to do
• eg I to live in the country.
• Their parents s them to be home early.
• 4) torather than
• eg The hero red to die rather than surrender.
• 5) that
• eg I should that you did not go there alone.

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Translation

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• ??????????????
• ??????????????????????,?????????
• ????,??????????????

All the arrangements should be completed prior to
your departure.
Such behavior may result in the executive being
asked to leave.
Our products compete with those of other
factories in terms of quality, reliability and,
above all, variety.
The teams performance was greatly affected by
the heavy rain.
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Translation
I appreciate your reasons for objecting to the
proposal.

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• ??????,???????????
• ?????????,???????
• ??????????

To some extent, she should be responsible for the
accident.
Im deeply troubled by the thought that life is
just too comfortable.
Women tend to live longer than men.
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• All that glitters
• The buyer needs a hundred eyes,
• He who will not economize
• Never buy what you do not want because it is
  cheap
• Beware of little expenses,
• The cautious

• it will be dear to you.
• seldom err.
• for a small leak will sink a great ship.
• the seller not one.
• is not gold.
• will have to agonize.

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On Bargains

• There are a lot of bargains in stores and markets
  when we go shopping. I think these bargains are
  good for consumers even if the prices has been
  reduced only a little.
• There are many reasons why there are so many
  bargains. Some shops mark down prices in order to
  attract customers, some in order to defeat their
  opponents in the market competition, and some to
  sell their goods as quickly as possible. Though
  they cut prices, shops can still make money from
  the goods. But we, the customers, can spend less
  money on the same commodities,so we welcome
  bargains.
• Though there are a lot of bargains, we shouldn't
  buy things if we dont need them. Otherwise we
  are just wasting money. We should buy only what
  we really need. If we can do that, bargains can
  really be useful for us and we can really save
  money.
• So I think bargains are good and we need them.
  However, we should always be careful when we are
  tempted by a bargain. It pays to be an
  intelligent shopper.

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Media and Shopping

• I think media such as TV, radio and newspapers
  affect peoples shopping behavior greatly. The
  most common way is through advertisements. We can
  see or hear ads everywhere, in the newspapers, in
  the street, on the buses or on the radio. We are
  usually interested in these ads and often want to
  buy the products advertised. This is just what
  the manufacturers hope for. They spend a lot of
  money to advertise their products through various
  media. The ads can provide you with a lot of
  information about the various items. So ads are
  beneficial not only to manufacturers but also to
  shoppers.
• In modern society, computers have also become a
  new medium. People get information about the
  products on the Internet. This is a faster,
  easier and more exact way for both shopping and
  advertising than any way. I think the Internet
  will play an increasingly important role in
  peoples shopping.

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• (MMaria AAssistant)
• Maria Almar is looking round the shops in Athens
  before she catches the afternoon flight back to
  Zurich. Maria is looking for a pair of shoes.
• M Excuse me. Do you speak English?
• A Yes, madam. Can I help you?
• M Im looking for a pair of blue shoes to wear
  with a dress.
• A Blue?
• M Yes, youve got some in the window at 1,450
  drachmas. Could I try them on, Please?
• A What size is It? M 38.
• A Just a moment, please. Yes, here we are.
  M Are they leather?
• A Oh, yes. M I like the style.
  A Do they fit all right?
• M They feel a bit tight actually. Have you a
  larger size?
• A We havent got that shoe in a 39, Im afraid.
• M Have you anything similar in blue that would
  fit me?
• A No, we havent. Im sorry.
• M Ill leave it then. Thank you very much.

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• (JJack BMr Black MMary)
• J Welcome to At Your Service, the consumer
  program that gives you advice when something goes
  wrong with goods or services youve bought. If
  you have a problem which youd like us to help
  you with, heres the number to ring 01-2468041.
  Thats 01-2468041. My name is Jack Mills, and
  with me to answer your questions today is the
  head of the Consumer Aid Association, Mary Smith.
• J Now lets go straight to our first caller, Mr
  Black from London. Good morning, Mr Black. How
  can I help you?
• B Well, I was looking for a second-hand car and
  I saw this advertisement in the local newspaper
  and it was the car I wanted. It was 1,150 and it
  was described as perfect. I went to see the car.
  It looked very good, so I bought it
• M Mr Black, could I interrupt?
• B Yes, please.
• M Did you pay the full asking price for the car?

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• B Yes, I paid 1150 or it. It seemed all right
  when I bought it. But a few days later, I had
  some trouble starting it, and when it was
  started, it didnt run very well. So I took it to
  the local garage. They had a good look at it and
  they said everything was wrong with it. It had
  been damaged in an accident and the repairs
  hadnt been very good. So it wasnt worth the
  money Id paid for it. In fact, they said it was
  only worth 400. Thats a lot less than Id paid
  for it. So I went back to the man, but he didnt
  really want to know and I dont know what to do
  now.
• M Mr Black, the most important point here is
  Was the seller a dealer or was this a private
  sale? B I dont think he was a
  dealer.
• M Well, unfortunately, with private sales the
  buyers has very little protection under the law.
  Did the man say that the car was perfect?
• B Yes.
• M When you bought the car, you bought it
  understanding that it was faultless, that there
  was nothing wrong with it at all?
• B Yes, yeah.
• M Im sorry to be a little pessimistic, Mr
  Black. I think its probably worthwhile making a
  claim under the Small Claims Procedure. It may
  be your best choice.
• B I see. Thank you very much.

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