Listening

Listen to the recording 9.1 and answer the questions:

1. What did the woman want to buy?
2. What was wrong with the dress she tried on?
3. Why did the woman say that the salesman offered her a bargain?
4. What did the customer finally buy?
5. How did she pay for her purchase?
Listen to the recording once again and fill in the gaps:
Shopping

- Hello, can I help you?

- No thanks, I’m just ______________(1).
- OK. Let me know if you need any help.
- Actually, do you have any dresses in _________(2)?
- Yes, let me show you.
- Hmm, I like this one. Do you have it in another colour?
- Yes. This dress also comes in red, blue, black and ___________(3).
- I’d like to try the __________(4) one, please.
- Sure. The changing rooms are over there.
- Can I try this in a __________(5) size?
- Sorry. We don’t have any in stock left in that colour. Would you like to try
another colour?
- Hmm… I really like the blue one.
- We have a special __________(6): buy one get one free.
- Really? That’s a ____________(7)!
- Yes, we have a lot of special __________(8) on our clothing.
- In that case, I’ll take the red one and the black one.
- Would you like anything else?
- No thanks. I’ll just get this. Can I pay by card?
- Of course. Please enter your ____________(9).
- Hmm… What is my PIN number? Oh, yes.
- Please wait one moment… ___________(10) here.
- Can I get a __________(11)?
- Of course. Here you go!
- Thank you. Have a nice day!
- Thanks for ___________(12) with us!
6. Make up a similar “salesman-customer” dialogue using the phrases below:
A: I wonder if you could help me…? Are you looking for anything in particular?
I'm sorry, we're out of stock. Do you have this in another size? Can I bring this
back if it's not the right size? Can I pay by credit card?
B: I'm just browsing, thank you. Is this made of leather / silk / plastic? Does this
come with a guarantee? I'm sorry, I don't have any small change.
C: I'd like to buy a present for a lady / a souvenir / a few souvenirs. Is it
handmade? Is this fully refundable? Could you give me the receipt, please?
D: I'd like to buy a sweater / a jacket / a pair of shoes / a pair of jeans. What size
clothes do you wear? The dressing rooms are over there. Is it pure wool / cotton?
Would you have change for this?
E: I'm looking for a black leather coat. Is it genuine leather? Can you show me
something less expensive? Is this on sale? I'm afraid it is too tight on me.
F: I’d like to buy a bag. It's artificial leather. I'm sorry, that's all we have left. Can I
pay in cash? I'd like to replace it, please.
Listening
Listen to the recording 9.2 and state whether the statements are true or false
1. Esta dislikes shopping.
2. She goes shopping once in a fortnight.
3. Mainly she buys food.
4. Esta likes to shop for simple clothes.
5. Generally people in the Philippines wear wool clothes.
6. Winter clothes is not necessary for the Philippines.
7. There are no national clothes mentioned.
8. Some clothes according to Esta is made of pine-apple.
9. Normally people wear western type of clothes.
10. Malling is a type of activity.
 
What is the meaning of the expression to go for in this recording? What synonyms
can you name?
 
What is malling? how do we call this type of word that are created by the speakers
for particular communicative purposes?
 
Listening
Listen to the recording 9.3 and answer the questions:
1. What motivated the speaker to make a skirt on a 3D printer?
2. How long did it take her to do it?
3. How does she work with producing clothes?
What do you think about 3D printing? Is it a successful innovative way to produce
things. Search for the information on this topic and be ready to share your views on
it with your groupmates.
 
Listen to the recording 9.3 at home and write the tapescript for it.
 
Match the clothes idioms with their meanings:
a)
 

1. at the drop a) someone who behaves in a very formal way and

of a hat thinks that they are important

2. a feather in b) to look at or find out about the less noticeable

your cap features of something

3. cloak-and- c) to be so excited or full of energy that you are unable

dagger to sit or stand still.

4. dress the d) to obey someone completely because you are afraid

part of them or want to please them

5. mutton e) something you have done that you should be proud

dressed as lamb of.
 6. look under f)   is used to describe, in a disapproving way, someone
the bonnet who is wearing clothes that are usually worn by younger
people

7. in g) very secret and mysterious, and usually involving the

somebody’s shoes work of spies.

8. have ants in h) immediately and without pausing to think about what

your pants you are going to do.

9. stuffed shirt i) to wear suitable clothes for something

10.   lick j) in someone else’s situation, especially a bad one.

somebody’s boots

b)

1. below the belt a. wearing very attractive clothes so that everyone

notices and admires you.

2) dressed to kill b) to be too proud of oneself

3) tighten your belt c) immediately and without pausing to think about what
you are going to do.

4) wear the trousers d) to try to spend less money than you used to.

5) out of pocket e) when a lot of people have said or done the same thing
before and it is therefore not new or interesting

6) old hat f) to have less money than you should have, especially as
a result of making a mistake or being unlucky

7) be/get too big for g) (informal) to be the person in a family who makes the
your boots decisions.

 
Make up 10 sentences using clothes idioms.