what's up everyone today's lesson is all
about
shopping and it's going to be really
useful for when you visit the shopping
mall
or generally when you're shopping or
buying something
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so in this lesson you'll learn lots of
expressions with the word shopping
you'll learn useful questions for when
you go shopping
as well as words to describe low and
high prices
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so let's start off by watching this clip
did you talk price with this guy
well he has it listed for 300 bucks but
i'm gonna try and talk him down to 200
right right listen i'm an
expert on craigslist it's where i got
all my silverware all my musical
instruments all my gremlins merchandise
here's the pro move good cop bad cop you
walk in saying
oh i love this couch i'll take it i'll
say ah we're still shopping around
got it got it in this clip she says she
wants to talk someone down to 200 and
what she means is that she wants to
persuade him to reduce the price he's
selling the couch for
however you should know that we don't
usually do this at a shopping mall
you might consider bargaining or asking
for a lower price at a yardsdale or a
garage sale
which is a sale of second-hand items in
the garden of a person's private house
in this clip they also say i'll take it
and shop around
you shop around when you compare the
price and quality of different things
before you decide which to buy
we say i'll take it when you finally
decide to buy something
how much to save the bird twelve hundred
dollars you spent twelve hundred dollars
on a plastic bird
uh it was an impulse buy i didn't near
the register
go ahead go ahead with the bird it's
okay do you have anything for around
200 uh
the dog huh yeah
i'll take it this is the couch oh my god
it's amazing
you kidding me i don't know arnold it
might be a little big
maybe we should shop around a little bit
let's now take a look at some
expressions with the word shop
or shopping let's first look at two
common phrases that we use
go shopping and to do the shopping
because they don't actually mean the
same thing
when you go shopping you go to one or
more shops to buy things
often for enjoyment this is for example
when you go to the shopping mall
okay after this how about we all go out
and do something together that would be
great
thank you you want to go shopping oh yes
fun if you're interested in buying
clothes you could say you want to go
clothes shopping
or that you are shopping for clothes
however instead of clothes you could say
anything example i went furniture
shopping to ikea
on the other hand to do the shopping
means to buy food
and other things you need regularly we
also say
go grocery shopping in the us or go food
shopping in the uk
this is um raisin bran no
raisin bran crunch so same thing
uh not the same thing well i'll tell you
what why don't you
do the grocery shopping and then you can
get whatever you want
great it's
it's not it's not that hard mom it says
crunch
on the box we can all agree that it's
okay to treat ourselves when shopping
from time to time
however be careful not to make it an
obsession because you could become a
shopaholic
this is a person who loves shopping way
too much
my name is joyce and i'm a shopaholic
shopaholics go on regular shopping
sprees this is when someone buys a lot
of things in a short period of time
it was i went on a shopping spree very
destructive i bought 13 pianos
if you love shopping but you don't want
to get into debt you could try window
shopping which is the activity of
browsing or
examining the items on sale in different
stores but without the intention of
buying anything
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let's now talk about some useful
questions for when you're shopping
so for example imagine that you are in
the clothes department
in a shopping mall and you see an item
of clothing that you like
you could now ask is there somewhere i
could try this on please
where's the dressing room or fitting
room in the uk
did ali ever show you these
i know you like this one um don't i look
hot
those feathers are really pretty
this stretch style is to die can i try
it on
there's not that much stretch when you
try on
an item of clothing you are wearing it
for a short period
of time to see if it fits you and also
if it suits you
there's actually a useful question with
this word
does it suit me this means does it look
good on me or how do i look
if something fits you it means it's the
right size
if it isn't your size you will ask do
you have this in a larger or smaller
size
another question you might want to ask
is
do you have a refund policy here you're
asking if
you can take it back or return it if
when you go back home you find out
there's something wrong with what you
bought
to ask for the price of something you
can simply say
how much is this or how much is that or
in the plural
how much are these or those when you are
at the cash register
or the till as we say in the uk and you
have to pay
you'll usually do it either with cash or
by card
the cashier the person who will charge
you will ask you
cash or card this means whether you'll
complete the transaction by paying in
cash or by credit card
you can also ask do you take credit
cards
can i pay by card incredible nice truly
do you take credit cards no no we all
decided that
you paid us last night with your
friendship and honesty and
your stories let's now talk about
pricing
there are many words and phrases that
describe an item's price tag
we'll take a look at vocabulary to
describe low prices and high prices
before we said the word bargain as a
verb as in
people don't bargain at shopping malls
which means to ask for a lower price
when trying to buy something
as a noun a bargain is something you buy
for less than the usual price
i'm fine
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we also often say something is a good
deal
hey can i get these how much are there
two bucks a piece
good deal here's the
batman 612 with a jimly alternate cover
that you wanted
awesome what do i owe you 40 bucks good
deal
sucker if the price is extremely low we
might say something is a steel
or dirt cheap hey it's only 500
how much 500 it's a good price it's a
steal
save up enough money you'll be able to
get your own place eventually okay
apartments here are dirt cheap won't be
that long
also on the subject of lowered prices an
extremely common word you'll see
everywhere is
off as in 10 off or 50 percent off
the percentage communicates how much of
the usual price the discount is
i was laughed at 12 interviews today and
yet you're surprisingly upbeat
well you would be too if you found joan
and david boots on sale 50
off now on the other side of the
spectrum
two common words we use to talk about
expensive things
are overpriced and pricey
oh you know what you know what don't buy
that here and now that you know what you
want you should go to kleinman's and you
can get it
half off this place is so overpriced
i own this store
look hannah if we're not gonna study i
really need to get going that lake house
is perfect
it's secluded there's a dock a rowboat
up here and
you know we can hang a big sign there
that sounds really fun
and pricey if you're enjoying this
lesson then why not check out this
lesson we made with vocabulary
around the house you can click up here
or down in the description box below to
watch that next
when things are too expensive you can
say that you can't afford it or that
you're on a tight budget
so honey how much how much of the
tickets run eleven hundred dollars for
economy 1100 for uh economy
ooh i mean wow we can't afford that and
and marianne definitely can't
i can't go hey where'd you get those
i buy when we filled up well wait but
you
were supposed to talk about all
expenditures lloyd we are in a very
tight budget
this doesn't come out of our travel fund
if you do buy something despite it being
expensive
then you could say it cost you an arm
and a leg
carlos what have you done i saw it when
i drove by the dealership i thought
gabrielle would look so beautiful in
this
cost me an arm and a leg it's got gps
navigation 200 watt stereo system
now that you've learnt all of these
words why not leave a comment down below
with some example sentences
i'd love to see what you come up with
and give you some feedback
so i hope this lesson has helped you to
better understand shopping related
vocabulary
and that the next time you go you can
use all of these expressions
and words and questions but now it's
time to go beyond the classroom and live
your english
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an umbrella term
meaning it's a term used to describe a
broad category of things
this is because there are many different
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