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8 SPEAKING: Becoming a seller and a buyer

Group Work: Role Play. Make a shopping conversation dialogue using the information of
shopping lists below (Choose one). Each group consists of 3 or 4 students.

SHOPPING LIST AT SHOPPING LIST AT SHOPPING LIST AT
THE STATIONERY SHOP THE BAKERY THE GROCERY

 3 ballpoints  3 loafs of white  3 pcs of cheese
 2 pencils bread  5 cans of sardine
 5 notebooks  2 rainbow cakes  1 kg of carrot
 1 ruler  2 strawberry pies  2 bottles of pepper
 2 erasers  3 pineapple pastries  ½ kg of mango
 1 drawing book  4 muffins

 Student one becomes the customer, student two becomes the shop assistant, and student
three can become the cashier.
 Do not forget to decide the price of each item.

9 READING: Shopping and life

A. Pay attention to the explanation about ‘guessing meaning from context’. Then, practice the
exercise.

Guessing meaning from context
 When you try to guess meaning of an unknown word, use the text surrounding the
word so that you will understand the context.
Try to guess the meaning of vendors in this sentence:
Before we buy a product that we want, we should find information about the vendors.
There are vendors with either good or bad reputations.

 You can guess from the sentence “There are vendors with either good or bad

reputations” that vendors means the store that sells the product.
Adapted from: More Reading Power

B. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct word in the bracket.
1. When I shop in some stores, I always ______________ (negotiate / compare) the price with
the seller. I want to get the very cheapest price.
2. If you want to shop in a ______________ (relaxing / satisfying) way, you can go to Covent
Garden. The place is not really crowded so you can shop comfortably.
3. I prefer to shop at the Oxford Street because they often give the customers
______________ (cashback / discount). I often find some items with very low prices.
4. The prices of clothes at the Camden Street are not ______________ (available / affordable).
They tend to sell brands with very high price.
5. Robert is one of my friends who likes to buy ______________ (secondhand / brand-new)
products. His stuffs are mostly old but still good and usable.

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