Read the text and make a mind map "Shopping"
When we want to buy something, we go to a shop. There are many kinds of
shops in every town or city, but most of them have a food supermarket, a department
store, men's and women's clothing stores, grocery, a bakery and a butchery.
I like to do my shopping at big department stores and supermarkets. They
sell various goods under one roof and this is very convenient. A department
store, for example, true to its name, is composed of many departments: readymade
clothes, fabrics, shoes, sports goods, toys, china and glass, electric
appliances, cosmetics, linen, curtains, cameras, records, etc. You can
buy everything you like there.
There are also escalators in big stores which take
customers to different floors. The things for sale are on the counters
so that they can be easily seen. In the women's clothing department you can
find dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats, beautiful underwear and many
other things. In the men's clothing department you can
choose suits, trousers, overcoats, ties, etc. In the knitwear department one
can buy sweaters, cardigans, short-sleeved and long-sleeved pullovers, woolen
jackets. In the perfumery they sell face cream and powder, lipstick, lotions
and shampoos.
In a food supermarket we can also buy many different things at once:
sausages, fish, sugar, macaroni, flour, cereals, tea. At the butcher's
there is a wide choice of meat and poultry. At the bakery you buy brown and
white bread, rolls, biscuits. Another shop we frequently go to is the greengrocery
which is stocked by cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beetroots,
green peas etc. Everything is sold here ready-weighed and packed. If you call
round at a dairy you can buy milk, cream, cheese, butter and many other
products.
The methods of shopping may vary. It may be a self service shop where
the customer goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket
what he wishes to buy. Then he takes the basket to the check-out counter, where
the prices of the purchases are added up. If it is not a self-service shop, and
most small shops are not, the shop-assistant helps the customer in finding what
he wants. You pay money to the cashier and he gives you back the
change.
