3. Read the end of the story and check your answers.

On the way to the room I’ll tell some jokes, and then you, Peter, will tell us interesting stories.” So they began to walk up to their room. At last they came to the thirty-fourth floor. They were very tired by that tame and they decided to have a rest. “Well,” said Tom, “now it is your turn, Peter. Tell us a story with a sad end”.

“I’ll tell you a story. It will be sad enough. Listen. We have left the key to our room in the hall downstairs”.

Think of your own ending to the story.

Unit 7

A new shopping centre

1. Match the advertisements with the shops in Selton’s new shopping centre.

Example: 1-c

2. Look at the people in the shopping centre. What do you think these people want to buy?

3. Listen to the reporter from Selton News interviewing people in the shopping centre and answer the questions below.

Where are they going?

What do they want to buy?

Make up the similar dialogues.

Reading

1. Read the text and say why the Hawks didn’t buy a suit for the first time.

THE HAWKS GO SHOPPING

The other day my wife took me on a usual shopping round. In fact I hate going to the butcher’s, grocer’s and other shops but, of course, I have to help my wife about the house.

First we bought some pork and beef at the butcher’s. Then we dropped in at the grocery and greengrocery. My wife wanted to buy sugar, salt, tomatoes and cucumbers. We called at the baker’s where we bought a loaf of brown bread, some buns and biscuits.

On our way home we were passing Selfridge’s. “Let’s drop in here for a while. We need a suit for everyday wear”, my wife said. I agreed.

Selfridge’s is still one of the biggest and most popular stores in London. They sell everything here. All the things for sale are on the counters. The customers walk round and choose what they want. The store has several departments: women’s clothes, men’s clothes, shoes, toys, sport goods, umbrellas, leather goods, china and glass, food and so on.

When we entered the shop we went straight to the men’s department. A salesgirl showed us a number of suits but we didn’t like any of them. One of them was a bit loose on me, another was too tight. As to the third our opinions were quite different. I liked the suit. My wife found it too expensive. She wanted a suit as good as that one but less expensive. The salesgirl showed us a cheaper suit. It was of good quality but I didn’t like the style. We were about to leave the counter.

Then they delivered a new selection of goods. They were not only suits but different kinds of clothes: coats, raincoats, jackets and trousers. I tried on two or three suits. The last was all right. It was just my size and fitted me perfectly. We both liked the suit and the price was not high. “We’ll take it, wrap it up, please!” I said to the salesgirl.

Vocabulary Notes

to hate	ненавидеть
to drop in (at) = to call at	заходить (куда-то)
things for sale	вещи на продажу
to go straight to	пойти прямо к
to be a bit loose	быть немного свободным
to be too tight	быть слишком тесным
to be of good quality	иметь хорошее качество
we were about to leave the counter	мы уже собирались уйти
a new selection of goods	зд: новая партия товара
to fit smb. perfectly	сидеть на ком-то отлично