ГР 3 Unit 4 Ways of shopping

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WAYS OF SHOPPING

In the past, people went to markets to buy some food, clothes and other things. Today, there is a huge variety of shops where all of this is done. If you need some meat, go to the butcher’s. If you want some fish, then a fishmonger’s is the place for you. Bread products and sweets are offered by bakeries and sweet shops. A greengrocer’s is where you can get fresh fruit and vegetables, whereas milk and cream are sold at a dairy.

However, a lot of people prefer supermarkets because all of the products listed above are there. In other words, instead of visiting different separate shops, you can get everything you need at a supermarket. To make it easier for customers, there are trolleys where you can put all of the goods you are going to buy. At the exit everything is paid to the cashier. One of the most famous supermarkets in Great Britain is Sainsbury’s. The prices there are a bit high, so it is usually visited by rich people who go shopping once a week or even once a month. There is also Tesco — a chain of cheaper supermarkets around the world where you can get anything you want and pay less.

Apart from food, we need clothes, accessories, technology items, books, toys, cleaning products and so on. Not all of this is present at the supermarket. That is why streets are full of clothes shops, technology shops, bookshops, etc. Some people enjoy walking and visiting all of them separately, whereas others like it when everything is in one place. So, they go to huge shopping centres — malls.

Finally, thanks to today’s progress in technology, we can order a lot of things online by using various shopping websites. On the one hand, some people like this because they do not want to spend their time going anywhere, especially if they are very busy or just lazy. On the other hand, there are those who like communicating with real people and checking if the things which they are buying are okay. Plus, if we need to buy some clothes or shoes for ourselves or for someone else, we need to make sure if the size is good. In a real shop there are some fitting rooms where you can try everything on, whereas online there is no such place.

All in all, it is your choice — modern shopping or traditional shopping.

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