Words and expressions

a supermarket	[sju:p¸ma:kit]	универсам, супермаркет
a foodstuff	[fu:dstf]	продукт (пищевой)
a food store	[… st:]	продуктовый магазин
a market	[ma:kit]	рынок
to provide oneself with smth.	[prvaid]	обеспечивать себя чем-л.
in quantities	[kwntitiz]	в большом количестве
to load	[lud]	загружать
a luggage compartment	[… kmpa:tmnt]	багажник автомобиля
spacious	[speis]	просторный
a shop window		витрина
dairy produce	[d riprdju:s]	молочная продукция
a grocery	[grusri]	бакалея
fowl	[faul]	дичь
bakery goods	[beikri]	хлебо-булочные изделия
a confectionery	[knfeknri]	кондитерский отдел
to be well stocked with smth.	[… stkt …]	иметь в продаже широкий ассортимент
curds	[k:dz]	творог
margarine	[¸ma:d ri:n]	маргарин
mayonnaise	[¸meineiz]	майонез
a ring	[ri]	бублик, баранка
a rusk	[rsk]	сухарь
flour	[flau]	мука
groats	[gruts]	крупа
spice	[spais]	специи, пряность
granulated sugar	[grænjuleitid ug]	сахарный песок
instant	[instnt]	моментальный, здесь: растворимый
attractive	[træktiv]	привлекательный
to be at one’s disposal	[… dispuzl]	быть в чьем-л. распоряжении
frozen fish	[fruznfi]	мороженая рыба
smoked fish	[smukt …]	копченая рыба
a crab	[kræb]	краб
a shrimp	[rimp]	креветка
crawfish	[kr:fi]	рак (речной, морской)
a lobster	[lbst]	омар
an oyster	[ist]	устрица
tinned fish	[tind …]	рыбные консервы
a greengrocery	[gri:n¸grusri]	отдел “овощи-фрукты”
irrespective of smth.	[¸irispektiv]	независимо от чего-л.
a pear	[p]	груша
a tangerine	[¸tænd ri:n]	мандарин
an apricot	[eiprikt]	абрикос
a peach	[pi:t]	персик
grapes	[greips]	виноград
a berry	[beri]	ягода
a strawberry	[str:bri]	клубника
a raspberry	[ra:zbri]	малина
a cherry	[teri]	вишня
a cranberry	[krænbri]	клюква
a red bilberry	[… bilbri]	брусника
a carrot	[kært]	морковь
a cucumber	[kju:kmb]	огурец
cabbage	[kæbid ]	капуста
beetroot	[bi:tru:t]	свекла
onion	[njn]	лук
garlic	[ga:lik]	чеснок
an expiry date	[ikspairideit]	дата истечения срока (хранения)
a cashier	[kæi]	кассир
a check	[tek]	чек

Ex. 9. Answer the questions:

1. What is the most popular supermarket in your district? What counters look attractive there? 2. How often do you visit the supermarket? Do you buy in quantities? Do you go there by car? 3. Do you always look at the expiry date when buying diary or meat foodstuffs? 4. What produce do you buy if you want to cook a holiday dinner? 5. Do you like exotic foodstuffs? Which of them did you have to buy? 6. Is the price for foodstuffs at the supermarket higher than that in small shops or in the markets? 7. How much do you spend for foodstuffs a week? Can you afford to buy in quantities?

Remember!

We buy:

bread at a bakery (at a baker’s), vegetable and fruit at a greengrocery (at a greengrocer’s), flour and groats at a grocery (at a grocer’s), meat at a butcher’s, fish at a fishmongery (at a fishmonger’s), butter and milk at a dairy.

Ex. 10. Name as many things as possible that you can buy:

at the dairy, at the bakery, at the fishmongery, at the grocery, at the greengrocery, at the butcher’s.

Use the model:

At the … one can buy … . or The following things are for sale at the … .

Ex. 11. Say to what counter of the supermarket you go if you want to buy:

granulated sugar, tea, and spice; cheese, sour cream, and butter; chicken, turkey, and frankfurters; trout, shrimps, and caviare; a pastry, a bun, and a cake; a bottle of brandy, a tin of beer, and a bottle of champagne; veal, ham, and beef; eggs, margarine, and mayonnaise; herring, tinned fish, and cod.

Use the model: