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SHOPPING M o t h e r : Pete, we’ve run out of
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M o t h e r : Pete, we’ve run out of vegetables and we’ve hard ly any bread in the house. You know, now it’s your turn to go to the greengrocer’s and to the baker’s. P e t e : Oh, bother? Why do we have to go shopping so often? M o t h e r : The day before yesterday it was Nelly who did all the shopping . She went to the grocer’s and to the butcher’s. P e t e : Did she? But, Mother, girls are so fond of shopping. Let Nelly do it today as well. M o t h e r : Oh, you've been a lazybones ever since you were born! It’s so difficult to make you go anywhere. P e t e : D’you want to make me a model boy, Mum? M o t h e r : I’d like to. Take that bag and don’t grumble. Buy a cabbage, a pound of onions, half a pound of carrots and a loaf of bread. Here is the money and don’t forget the change. P e t e : Did I ever forget it? M o t h e r : I don’t say you did. But you are so absent minded. P e t e : (sighing sighing sighing sighing sighing): My teacher says the same. M o t h e r : I expect you to be back in half an hour. P e t e : All right. I’ll do my best. VOCABULARY NOTES department store n универсальный магазин readymade clothes/clothes department отдел готовой одежды; footwear, millinery, knitted goods, leather goods, textiles hosiery, haberdashery, cosmetics (departments) отделы: обувь, головные убо ры, трикотаж, кожгалантерея, чулкиноски, галантерея, косметика pretty adj хорошенький; Syn. goodlooking, beautiful; handsome (usually about men) |