Shopping and services – sloh

Shopping and services – sloh

1, What are shopping malls?

2, What can you buy at the grocer´s, baker´s, butcher´s , greengrocer´s, chemist´s ?

3, What kinds of services does the post office provide?

4, How can we pay for goods or services?

5, What can you do with a bank card?

6, What is the mortgage?

Shopping is an activity people love or hate. Nowadays, people can do shopping in huge shopping centres or in small specialised shops.

1, A shopping mall is a large indoor shopping centre with different types of shops, cinemas, wellness centres and bowling centres. They also have cafes, snack bars, restaurants where people can relax after doing shopping.

2, Various kinds of fresh bread, rolls, buns and cakes can be bought at the baker´s . Butcher´s sell fresh, canned or frozen meat and meat products (Salami,ham,sausages). Fresh vegetables and all kinds of fruit can be bought at the greengrocer's.The chemist´s is a specialised shop where people can buy medicines but also cosmetics. Boutiques sell different dresses, shirts, skirts, blouses, pullovers, jeans and so on. Shoes, belts and bags are sold in shoe shops.

In everyday life, people also need different kinds of services performed by hairdressers, car-mechanics, garden designers, plumbers, lawyers, real estate agents or doctors.

3, The post distributes letter, postcards, telegrams and parcels to the recipients. In the past, people sent many letters and postcards by post. Nowadays, they send e-mail letters, e-mail postcards or text messages.

4, We can pay cash or by bank card.

5, Most people have a current account in a bank. Their earnings regularly come to their account. When they need cash, they withdraw money from the account through a cash machine, using a bank card. If we need to borrow money, the bank can give us a loan.

6, If the bank lends us money for building a house, the money is called a mortgage.