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2.Some of the market porters wear “bobbing hats” made of thick leather and wood, with flat tops for carrying foxes.

3.Smithfield market is one of the largest meat markets in the world. It is opened from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m.

4.Brixton market is a daily market with a west-Indian atmosphere. Unusual caribean-style fruit and vegetables are on sale.

5.Berwide Street market is a lively fruit and vegetable market. It is held in the heart of Soho.

6.Portobello market specializes in antiques.

7.New Covent Garden market (open from 3 a.m. to 11 a.m.) is a fruit, vegetable and flower market.

Ex.11 Describe any markets you have visited and the kinds of thing you have bought.

Ex.12 Say, what you can buy at these shops:

a Department Store, a furniture store, a stationer’s, a jeweller’s, a chemist’s, a pet store.

Ex.13 Read and translate the dialogue. Act it out in class.

In the Shoe Department

Customer: Can you tell me how to get to the shoe department?

Saleswoman: It’s on the fourth floor. You can take the elevator over there. Salesman: Good morning. May I help you?

Customer (Mrs.Brown and her daughter Mary): I’d like a pair of dress shoes.

Salesman: What colour would you like? Customer: Light brown in leather or suede. Salesman: What is you size?

Customer: Six and a half.

Salesman: Would you like to try on these shoes, please.

Customer: I don’t like this style. What about you, Mary? Mary: I don’t like it either. Do you have another style?

Salesman: How about this one?

Mary: I like it. Does this pair look fine on me? Salesman: Very fine, indeed. It fits you perfectly. Customer: How much are they?

Salesman: $49.99 plus tax. Customer: Where do I pay?

Salesman: You can pay right here. Here’s your change and receipt. Thank you.

Come again.

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Ex.14 Produce your own dialogue between a customer and a shop-assistant.

Scotland

At the beginning of the 6th century, Scotland was ruled by Scottish kings and queens, but was divided between different groups of people: the Picts and Celts, who were the oldest inhabitants, the Scots, who came from Northern Ireland, the Britons, who were driven north by the Anglo-Saxon invaders of England, and the Angels, who originally came from what is now Germany. The Romans had left two centuries earlier.

England and Scotland were finally united when, in 1603, the son of Mary

Queen of Scots became James I of England. This was because Mary’s cousin

Elizabeth I of England had left no heir when she died.

Today Scotland is part of the United Kingdom and is governed from London. There is a special minister in the Government, the Secretary of State for Scotland, who is responsible for education, local government and other important matters in Scotland. Although the legal education and banking systems are slightly different from those in England, life is very similar to the rest of the United Kingdom.

Comprising an area of some 30,000 square miles (about 79,000 sq.km.) Scotland has a population of just over five million people about one third of whom live in the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee.

All the inhabitants speak English although about 100,000 still speak Scottish Gaelic. Many of the Scottish accents of English are very strong, and visitors from abroad (or even England) sometimes have difficulty in understanding them.

In terms of physical geography Scotland can be divided into the Southern Uplands, which never rise to much more than about two thousand five hundred feet, the Central Lowlands, which include the valleys of the rivers Tay, Clyde and Forth, and the northern Highlands which are themselves divided by the Great Glen which runs from Fort William to Inverness. In this area are the tallest peaks, the highest of which is Ben Nevis (4,406 ft high – about 1,342 m) in the Grampian Mountains. The Northern Highlands are sparsely populated but contain much of the most beautiful and impressive loch, moorland, mountain and coastal scenery in the country.

Scotland is a very mountainous country; three-fourth of the area of Scotland is occupied by mountains with a great amount of moorland, in which few people live.

Scotland is famous for her beautiful large lakes with mountains, round them. They are not like the English ones; there are not so many trees and flowers, and green hills around them as in England. There are many rivers in Scotland, but they are not long. The longest and the most important Scottish river is the Clyde.