Go on to the Shopping List
ExerciseSHOPPING
Introduction:
Shopping is an activity which everyone needS to do, and which most people like to do. However, when you are in a foreign city, it is often difficult to know where to go for different kinds of goods. The object of this unit is to learn about some of the most popular kinds of stores in the United States, and then practice finding some common purchases in specific stores around Boston.
Kinds of Stores:
Department Store: A department store is a large store with different departments which offers a full range of goods for homes, clothes, furniture and gifts. They generally offer a wide range of different high-quality brand names.
Can you name three Department stores in the Boston area?
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Discount Store: A discount store is usually part of a large national or regional chain which offers popular goods at lower prices than department stores. They often have their own in-store brands for many products.
Can you name three Discount stores in the Boston area?
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Drug Store: In the United States Drug stores don't only sell medicine. They also sell snacks, cards, stationary, film, batteries and other household items. Many are open 24 hours a day.
Can you name three Drug stores in the Boston area?
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Music Store: In the US, a music store will sell mostly CD's, but also tapes, records, posters, blank tapes and sometimes concert tickets.
Can you name three Music stores in the Boston area?
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Convenience Store: These are the small stores located in every neighborhood which sell newspapers, lottery tickets, common food staples, household items and cigarettes. Their prices are usually slightly more expensive than supermarkets, but they are fast and convenient.
Can you name three Convenience stores in the Boston area?
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Hardware Store: Hardware stores sell tools and materials for home improvement, including wood, nails, electrical supplies, paint plumbing supplies and other tools.
Can you name three Hardware stores in the Boston area?
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Supermarkets: Supermarkets are where most Americans go to buy the food they cook at home. Some are quite big, and in addition to food can sell paper products, books and magazines, and household and kitchen items.
Can you name three Supermarkets in the Boston area?
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*Note your answers on a piece of paper and we will go over them in class.