Exercise Ⅲ
Make three dialogues with your partner according to the following situations.
A
Miss Showers, who is going to go back next Monday. She wants to buy some souvenirs or presents for her family and her friends. She went to the shopping arcade to look around.
M
Mary Smith
S
Salesgirl
S: Good morning, madam.____A_m__I_o_f_a_n_y_a_s_si_s_ta_n_c_e____? M: Yes, _I_w_a_n_t_t_o_b_u_y_s_o_m_e__be_a_u_t_if_u_l _s_ilk__f_ab_r_i_cs__fo_r__m_a_ki_n_g_a_n_
anything.
Exercise Ⅰ
Describe the picture below using at least 5 sentences.
Picture: At the Shopping Arcade
Suggested sentence structures:
1. Can I help you, sir/madam? 2. I want to buy my wife some souvenirs from China. 3. I’d like something with Chinese characteristics. 4. What kind of jade articles do you have? 5. May I ask you how many persons do you need to buy?
ExerciseⅡ
Complete the following dialogue with your partner and then read it.
Mary Smith is standing in the silk shop. She wants to buy some silk fabric to make herself an evening dress. She asks the shop assistant about what color is best suitable and what kind of Chinese patterns is beautiful.
_e_v_e_n_in_g_d_r_e_s_s___________. S: What color and what __pa_t_t_e_rn_s__? M: How about the white flower with the red background? S: Yes. ___it_’s_r_e_a_ll_y_n_ic_e____ . what is your size? M: __S_iz_e__6__. S: What kind of evening dress do you want? M: Qipao. S: Do you want long sleeves or short sleeves? M: _L_o_n_g_s_le_e_v_e_s__. S: Ok, you need one and half a meter. M: ___H_o_w__m_u_c_h_is__it_______? S: It’s 320 yuan.
Unit 14 At the Shopping Arcade
Leading-in Dialogues Reading Further Reading
Useful Expressions
1. I want to buy souvenirs and presents for the family 2. We will pack it for free. 3. It is a typical Chinese art product. 4. It stands for nobility and wealth in China. 5. The silk fabric touches very soft. 6. Do you like long or short sleeves, or sleeveless? 7 It will greatly simulate the blood circulation. 8. We can give you a discount if you really want to buy. 9. What is your size and what color do you like? 10. You have really made a good choice. 11. Please look around and let me know if you needExerc Nhomakorabease Ⅳ
Translate the following sentences into English.
Exercise Ⅲ
B
John Smith is going to take part in a traditional Chinese marriage ceremony. So he has to go to the silk shop to make himself traditional Chinese clothes.
Exercise Ⅲ
C
Mr. David Brown is from Australia. He hears that Chinese herb has magic power on people’s health. So he goes to the drug store to buy some for his parents.