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, department store, men’s and women’s clothing stores, a 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: ready-made 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 clothes 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, lotion, 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, beetroots, green peas, and what not. 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 very. It may be a self-service shop where a costumer 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 of small shops are not, the shop-assistant helps customers in finding what he wants. You pay money to the cashier and he gives you back the change and the receipt. Then you give the receipt to the shop assistant and take your purchases. In a stall or market you only give your money to a shop assistant and he gives you what you want.
     I like to go shopping very much. It is one of the best ways to get rid of daily stress.

Food supermarket - продуктовый супермаркет;
Department store - универмаг;
Grocery - бакалея;
Bakery - булочная;
Butchery - мясной отдел/магазин;
Convenient - удобный;
True to its name - согласно своему имени;
Ready-made clothes - готовая одежда;
Fabric - ткань;
China and glass - фарфор и стекло;
Electric appliances - электроприборы;
Linen - белье;
Curtain - занавеска, штора;
Camera - фотоаппарат, кинокамера;
Records - видео/аудиокассеты;
Customer - покупатель;
Counter - прилавок;
Knitwear - вязаные вещи, трикотаж;
Cardigan - шерстяная кофта на пуговицах без воротника;
Short-sleeved and long-sleeved - с короткими и длинными рукавами;
Powder - пудра;
Lipstick - губная помада;
Sausage - колбаса, сосиска;
Flour - мука;
Cereals - крупы;
Poultry - домашняя птица;
Rolls - булочки;
Frequently - часто;
Greengrocery - овощная или фруктовая лавка;
Onion - лук;
Beetroot - свекла;
Green peas - зеленый горошек;
And what not - и чего там только нет;
Call round - заходить, посещать;
Cream - сливки;
Self-service - самообслуживание;
Shop assistant - продавец;
Change - сдача;
Receipt - чек;
Purchases - покупки;
Stall - ларек;
Market - рынок;
Rid - освобождать, избавлять.