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Vu Duong Cam
Unit 6  Shopping in London Class Speaking-Listening
Date

Start thinking
1 Answer the questions.
1 How often do you go shopping for clothes?
I go shopping for clothes twice a month.
2 Where do you usually buy your clothes?
I go shopping in the supermaket.
3 Do you enjoy shopping for clothes? Why / why not?
I don't enjoy much, beause I think shopping is boring and I want to spend my free time to do
something that is more interesting.
Comprehension check
2 Watch the video. Choose the correct answers.
1 About … people visit London every year.
a 5 million b 25 million c 11 billion
2 Selfridges is a / an … store.
a electrical b toy c department
3 There are about … shops in Camden Market.
a 30 b 100 c 500

3 Match the words in A to the words in B to make places in London. Then watch the video again and number
the places in the order you see them.
A B
5  Buckingham 1 Ben
3   Camden 2 of Fashion
2   London College 3 Market
6   The Houses 4 Museum
7   The London 5 Palace
4   The Natural History 6 of Parliament
1  Big 7 Eye
4 Complete the summary. Write a word in each gap.
The city of London is full of iconic buildings. There are famous 1 museums and galleries, like the Tate
2
Morden  . But many 3 tourists visit London because they want to go shopping. Some of the best
shops are on 4 Oxford Street, including Selfridges. Selfridges has got a lot of 5 stores  , all in the
same building. There is also a college where fashion 6 designers can learn to make clothes. Many people also
go shopping in 7 market  , like the one in Camden. There are a lot of shops here and the 8 prices are
usually lower.

5 Work in pairs. Answer the questions.

1 Do you want to visit London? Why / why not?
2 What is the capital city of your country? What can you see there?
3 Where is the best place to go shopping where you live? Why?

1. Yes, I do. Because London is very mordern and it is my favourite city.

2. The capital city of my country is Hanoi. In Hanoi, I can see Hoan Kiem Lake, One
Pillar Pagoda and many others place.
3. The best place to go shopping in Hanoi is Tokyo Life, I think. In here, we can by
every thing, such as clothes, houseware, ect with the Japanese style.

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 Vocabulary
6 Complete the words in the sentences.
1 I always buy the same b of trainers. I like Adidas.
2 Kate isn’t very interested in f asion  . She always wears the same clothes.
3 My sister wears a lot of m - on her face.
4 You smell nice. What p erfume are you wearing?
5 Department stores are very convenient because they have lots of different shops under one r  .
6 My little brother has a lot of t  , but he never plays with any of them.

7 Match a word in A with a word in B. Then complete the sentences.

A  clothes designer fashion Ferris high tourist
B  clothes designer destination shop street wheel
1 London is a popular  .
2 You can see a great view from the top of a  .
3 Zara is a well-known  .
4 are usually very expensive.
5 Ralph Lauren is a famous  .
6 The shops on the are quite big.

Extension
Work in groups. You are going to make an advert for a new shopping centre and present it to the class.
1 Make a list of shops and services in a shopping centre.
2 Research a well-known shopping centre in the UK. Bring your notes and some pictures of the shopping
centre to the class and tell your group about it.
3 In groups, design a new shopping centre. You can use some of the information from your research or your
own ideas.
4 Think of a name for your shopping centre and make an advert for it.
5 Present your advert to the class. Use the expressions in the box to help you.

Useful expressions: Advertising a shopping centre

… is the … shopping centre in the … (area / city / country).
It has … floors.
On the … (ground / first / second / third) floor, there is …
The prices are …
You can have lunch in …
The best thing about it is …

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 Unit 6  DVD teacher’s notes

Video summary
The video is about the city of London. It talks about some of its famous places and the best places to go
shopping. This video links to page 71 of the Student’s Book.

Background culture notes

London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. It has a population of over eight million people and receives
more than 25 million visitors each year. Here are some of its most popular tourist destinations:
• The Tate Modern is the most visited modern art gallery in the world.
• The Natural History Museum is home to more than 70 million specimens from across the natural world. It is
most famous for its collection of dinosaur skeletons.
• Buckingham Palace is the home of the British King or Queen.
• The Houses of Parliament is the meeting place for politicians who are Members of Parliament. Big Ben is the
name of the clock on one of the towers of the building.
• The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel which was built to celebrate the new millennium in the year 2000.
• Oxford Street, in the West End of London, has over 300 shops. It is the busiest shopping street in Europe. The
Selfridges department store is on Oxford Street, as is the London College of Fashion.
• Camden Market is a market with over one hundred shops and stalls. It is the fourth most popular tourist
attraction in London.

Start thinking
1 Read the questions with the class and elicit answers from individual students. Encourage students to give a
personal response and use their suggestions to start a class discussion.
Answer key
Students’ own answers.

Comprehension check
2 Answer key
1  b  2 c  3 b

3 Answer key
1 The Natural History Museum
2 Buckingham Palace
3 The Houses of Parliament
4 Big Ben
5 The London Eye
6 London College of Fashion
7 Camden Market

4 Answer key
1 museums
2 Modern
3 tourists / visitors / people
4 Oxford
5 shops / stores
6 designers / students
7 markets
8 prices

5 Students’ own answers.

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 Vocabulary
6 Answer key
1 brand
2 fashion
3 make-up
4 perfume
5 roof
6 toys

7 Answer key
1 tourist destination
2 Ferris wheel
3 clothes shop
4 Designer clothes
5 fashion designer
6 high street

Extension
Stage 1: Preparation before the class
• Ask: What kind of shops can you find in a shopping centre or a department store? What other services are there? Write
the answers on the board.
• Tell students they are going to design a shopping centre and make an advert for it. Ask them to research
shopping centres in the UK on the internet. Tell them to bring their notes and some pictures to the next class.
• Each group will need a large piece of card, scissors and some coloured pens.
Stage 2: Procedure in the class
• Divide students into small groups of three or four. Ask them to move their desks together, if possible.
• Ask students to take out their research about a shopping centre.
• Ask them to present their research to their group.
• Explain that the students must now design their own shopping centre using their research for ideas.
• Tell students to make an advert for their shopping centre. They should also think of a name for it.
• Ask each group to present their advert. Finally, have a class vote on the best advert.
Extra ideas
Try searching for information about shopping centres on sites like Wikipedia. Some examples are The Bullring in
Birmingham, The Trafford Centre in Manchester and the Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh.

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 Unit 6 DVD scripts  Shopping in London
London is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. More than 25 million people visit the city every
year.
They go to some of the most famous museums and galleries in the world, like the Tate Modern and the Natural History
Museum.
They visit some of Europe’s most iconic buildings and monuments, like Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament
and Big Ben.
And they ride on the largest Ferris wheel in Europe – the London Eye.
But a lot of tourists visit London for a very different reason. They want to shop!
London’s got lots of different shops and visitors to the city spend nearly 11 billion pounds a year here.
Some of London’s best shops are on Oxford Street. Oxford Street is much busier than any other street in the UK. In fact,
it’s Europe’s busiest shopping street.
It’s got clothes shops, toy shops, shoe shops, electrical stores and big department stores like this one – Selfridges.
In Selfridges there are lots of different stores selling well-known brands. These stores are smaller than those outside.
They sell all kinds of designer clothes, perfume and make-up.
A lot of shoppers feel that shopping in Selfridges is easier and more convenient than high street shopping. It’s got
everything under one roof, and offers lots of different services. In fact, shoppers recently voted Selfridges the world’s
best department store.
The London College of Fashion is also on Oxford Street. Some of the most famous fashion designers in the world
studied here.
Fashion is also very popular here – at Camden Market.
The market is nearly thirty years old and there are 500 thousand visitors to the area each week. Inside the market there
are over one hundred shops. They’re mostly smaller than high street stores and sell fashionable clothing at lower prices.
A lot of people think Camden Market is better than the high street. In fact, even some fashion designers shop here!

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