Unit-3-Shopping

Kindsofretailoutlets（零售商店）shoppingandshoppinghabitshowsupermarketsmakeyoubuythefirstsupermarkettraditionalshoppingversusonlineshoppingGrammar:adjectiveschainstore连锁商店cornershop街角小店departmentstore百货商场market市场onlineretailer网上零售商shoppingmall大型购物中心specialiststore(专门商店)(chemist's)药店streetvendor小贩supermarket超市nobigdealforexampleonspecialofferimpulseitemstakeonebasketmakeprofitsafterallateyelevelgoonattractattentiondisplaysofachanceforcreateafeelingofpaywithmaintainbringbackMichaelJ.CullenhadagrocerystoreinNewYork.Businesswasallright,buthewantedtodomuchbetter.Thenhehadanidea:hewouldtellcustomerstofetchgoodsfromtheshelvesthemselvesandpayforthemastheyleftthestore.Forthistowork,hehadtodotwothings.First,hehadtosortgoodsintogroups,fruitsandvegetables,andmeat,forexample.Secondly,hehadtopackandpricegoodsinindividualportions.Hisassistantsdidn'tservecustomersanylonger.Theyjustpackgoodsandfilledshelves.CullenopenedAmerica'sfirstrealsupermarketinNewYorkon4August1930.Anditwasanimmediatesuccess.Whenhediedjustsixyearslater,therewerealreadyseventeen'KingKullen'supermarketsintheUSA.Cullen'sideaofhavingseparatefooddepartmentsandsellinglargeamountoffoodatdiscountpricessoonchangedfoodretalingthroughouttheworld.Dialogue1CA=CheckoutassistantCA:Hello.Jinjing:Hi.CA:CanIhelpyoupackyourpurchase?Jinjing:Thanks,butI'mfine.I'veonlygotafewthings-somecoffeeandsugarandsomecansofcoke.CA:Right...That'sfiveseventy-five,please.Jinjiang:Here'smycreditcard.CA:Thanks.Anddoyouhavealoyaltycard?Jinjiang:Oh,yes,hereyouareCA:CouldyouenteryourPIN,please?Jinjing:Sure.CA:Thankyou.Hereareyourcards.Jinjing:Thanks.Bye.CA:Bye.Jinjing:Howmucharetheeggs,please?Farmer:Thelargeonesareonefiftyadozen.Jinjing:Er...onefifteen,didyousay?Farmer:No,sorry.I'mafraidthey'reonefifty.Yousee,they'reorganic.Andorganicproducehastobeabitmoreexpensivethanordinaryfood.Jinjing:Isee.Andthemedium-sizeegges.Farmer:Onethirty.Jinjing:Fine,well,Idon'tneedmany.Justhalfadozen,please.Farmer:Right.Onesmallboxofmedium-sizeeggs.Hereyouare,Miss.AndIpromiseyouthey'rethebesteggsintheworld.Notliketherubbishtheysellyouinthesupermarket.SA=shopassistantSA:Goodmorning.CanIhelpyou?Jinjing:Well,yes.I'minterestedinadigitalcamera.ButtheproblemisthatIdon'twanttopaymorethanaboutsixtypounds,say.SA:That'snoproblem,madam.Icanshowyouthreemodelsataboutthatprice.HowaboutthisCanon,forexample.That'saverygoodcamera.Jinjing:Ohyes.IhadaCanonbefore.Howmuchdoesthisonecost?SA:Sixty-fivepoundsninety-five.Ithastenmegapixels,whicharemorethanenoughformostpurposes.Jinjing:Okay,butwhatabouttheprice?Doyouhaveanythingcheaper?SA:Well,yes,Ido.Atfifty-eightpounds,thisNikonL23isquitealotcheaperbecauseit'sonspecialoffer.Ithastenmegapixels,too.Jinjing:Oh,fine.I'dliketheNikon,then,please.SA:Certainly,madam.Assistant:Goodmorning.CanIhelpyou?Anna:Well,yes.I'mlookingforatracksuit.Youknow,theonesinthesale.Assistant:Ohyes.Thetracksuitsinthesaleareoverhere.Letmeshowyou.......Yes,well,hereweare.Whatsizeareyou?38?Anna:That'sright.I'msize38.Assistant:Okay.Let'ssee.Whataboutthisone?It'sthirtypercentbelownormalprice.Anna:Yes,butit'sred.Ilikejoggingandredattractsdogs.I'dlikeblueorgreenifpossible.Assistant:Fine.Whataboutthisgreenone,then?Anna:Yes,butit'splyester,isn'tit?Idon'tlikethat.I'dlikepurecotton,please.Assistant:Allright.Letmesee.Well,thisoneispurecottonandit'stherightsizeandcolour,too.Anna:Oh,yes.Ilikethat.Andwhatabouttheprice?Assistant:Well,it'sexactlyhalfprice.Thirty-fiveeurosinsteadofseventy.Anna:Perfect.I'lltakeit,please.Assistant:Fine.Wouldyouliketocomethiswaytothecheckout?usefulexpressions:goonlineadd...to...themid-1990sworth...beabouttoitisconvenientto...worryaboutgobankruptsurprisinglydowellofferabiggermarketto...thebestoffer3.cost主语为物或某活动，过去式为原型，不能用于被动句sth.costsb.+money某物花了某人...钱sthcostmoney某物值...钱doingsthcostssb+time做某事花费某人...时间e.g.Anewcomputercosthimalotofmoney.Thisdictionarycosts10dollars.RememberingthenewwordshascostSamonehour.4.pay主语为人，付款sb.paymoneyforsth某人为...付款paysb.forsth付钱给某人买...e.g.Ipaidfiftyyuanforthecoat.Tomhastopaythewoman20dollarsforthebook.1.这本书花费了我10元钱。Ispend10yuanonthisbook.Ipay10yuanforthisbook.Thisbookcostsme10yuan.2.昨天我花费了两个小时玩电脑游戏。Yesterday，Ispenttwohoursoncomputergames.Yesterday,Ispenttwohoursinplayingcomputergames.Yesterday,Ittookmetwohourstoplaycomputergames.Yesterday,playingcomputergamestook/costmetwohours.Likemanygreatideas,PierreOmidyar'sideawassimple.Whynotletsellersoffergoodsonlineatalowpriceandthenletbuyerscompeteforthem?PierredesignedhiswebsiteinonlythreedaysandwentonlineinSanJose,Califonia,on3September1995.Forthefirstfewmonths,theservicewasfree,butthenOmidyardecidedtochargesellersapercentagefortheuseofhiswebsite.Thiswasabigsuccess.InJune,1996,profitsdoubledto10,000forthefourthmonthandPierrecouldhirehisfirstpart-timeemployee,ChrisAgarpao.Hiscompanywasnowoneofthefewonlinetraderstomakeaprofitalmostfromthebeginning.NowknownaseBay,thecompanyhasbecomethelargestperson-to-persononlinetrader.Itnowhasover1,000productgroupsandover60