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Unit 3 Retailing.
I Short discussion.
1. Do you enjoy shopping? What are the main reasons why people don’t like
shopping?
2. What types of retail outlets exist in your country?
3. Which types of shops do you use to buy different things? Why?
II Vocabulary work.
1. Fill in the sentences in column B with the words from column A. Give Russian
equivalents to the words from column A.
a. retail outlet/
sales outlet
b. department store
c. chain store
d. deep discounter
e. hypermarket
f. supermarket
g. shopping centre/
shopping precinct
h. retailing
i. convenience store
j. drugstore
1) A … a very large shop, selling mainly
food.
2) A … … is a part of a group of shops, all
with the same name.
3) A … … is a shop or other place that sells
goods direct to the public.
4) A … is a very large shop with a wide
variety of goods, usually outside a town.
5) A … … is a small shop in a residential
area and open long hours.
6) A … … is a supermarket with very low
prices.
7) … is a shop in a town centre in the US
which sells medicines; you can also have
coffee and meals there.
8) A … … is a very large shop with a wide
range of goods, usually in a town centre.
9) A … … is a purpose-built area or
building in a town centre with a number
of shops.
10) ... is the activity of selling goods
direct to the public, usually in small
quantities.
III Reading.
1. Before you read.
Work in pairs. What problems do retail companies face? What are the reasons for
losses? What can be done to offset losses?
                               Unit 3 Retailing.
I Short discussion.

1. Do you enjoy shopping? What are the main reasons why people don’t like
shopping?
2. What types of retail outlets exist in your country?
3. Which types of shops do you use to buy different things? Why?

II Vocabulary work.
1. Fill in the sentences in column B with the words from column A. Give Russian
equivalents to the words from column A.

       a. retail outlet/           1) A      a very large shop, selling mainly
          sales outlet                food.
                                   2) A         is a part of a group of shops, all
       b. department store            with the same name.
                                   3) A         is a shop or other place that sells
       c. chain store                 goods direct to the public.
                                   4) A      is a very large shop with a wide
       d. deep discounter             variety of goods, usually outside a town.
                                   5) A          is a small shop in a residential
       e. hypermarket                 area and open long hours.
                                   6) A          is a supermarket with very low
       f. supermarket                 prices.
                                   7)     is a shop in a town centre in the US
       g. shopping centre/            which sells medicines; you can also have
          shopping precinct           coffee and meals there.
                                   8) A         is a very large shop with a wide
       h. retailing                   range of goods, usually in a town centre.
                                   9) A             is a purpose-built area or
       i. convenience store           building in a town centre with a number
                                      of shops.
       j. drugstore                10) ... is the activity of selling goods
                                      direct to the public, usually in small
                                      quantities.


III Reading.
1. Before you read.
Work in pairs. What problems do retail companies face? What are the reasons for
losses? What can be done to offset losses?
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