Unit 2 Supermarket
Useful Expressions
A. Shopper
1. Excuse me, do u sell party supplies?
2. Could u tell me where I can buy the paper towels?
3. Could u help to find the baking soda?
4. What’s on do you open?
5. Do u have an organic food section?
6. This is not exactly what I’m looking for.
7. There’s a pet-food section in your other store on the on Main Street. How can my dog see one in this store?
8. Is this the only kind of Cheddar Cheese you have?
9. Can I boil these dumplings?
10. What you use it for?
11. What the difference between black bean paste and sweet bean paste?
12. Could you pls heat it up for me?
13. I’ll take 200 grams of potatoes salad.
14. There’s no price on it. Could you check the price for me?
15. Do these eggs come in half dozen packs?
16. Can I pay by debit cards?
17. This is quite heavy! Could you double bag it?
18. Can I get extra air miles by using this credit card?
19. Do you provide delivery service?
20. These chicken wings look a bit dry, how long have they been seating there?
21. Can I exchange for a new one?
(1:58)
B. Vender
1. Baby diapers are in aisle 5, next to Personal Care.
2. Just walk down this aisle and turn left, you’ll see the bakery.
3. Would you like to try our new stir-fry sauce?
4. These items are on sale. U can get 2 for the price of 1.
5. I’m sorry we don’t have any decaf coffee in stock at this moment.
6. Are you a member of the Safeway club?
7. I’m sorry but we don’t accept for the one hundred dollar bill, do you have any smaller bills?
8. I’m sorry but this coupon is not valid, it has expired. Our promotion period ended last Friday.
9. We deliver your purchases over 40 dollars, but services only get for nonperishable items.
(3:00)
Conversation
1. Buying Salad Dressing
1. – How many people did you invite?
- Well, just a small gathering. Besides you and me, there are about six more people. 4 of them are vegetarians.
- Why don’t you prepare a mini salad bar? I’ll get some chicken wings from the Daley for the non-vegetarians. This way, everyone will have something to eat.
- Good idea. I’ll just prepare salad bar with Caesar salad, chef salad, garden salad and a sort of veggies indeed. Everyone can help themselves.
(3:42)
a. At the Products Display promotion – tasting stand
- Would you like to try our new salad dressing? The creamy one is Caesar, the red one is light raspberry and walnut.
- I’m not a big fan of creamy dressing. Let me try the raspberry one. Um… it tastes kind of fruity.
- That’s one of our light choices. There are about 10 other flavors. I personally recommend is parmesan and roasted garlic dressing.
- Why don’t we go to the salad dressing section and have a good look?
- It’s in the 3rd aisle from here, just walk pass the tea-and-coffee section, it’s right next to the Pasta-Sauces.
- Thanks!
（4：28）
b. At the Salad Dressing Section
- Chee…there so many that you choose from. What do you suggest?
- Just stick to the basic one and you won’t go wrong. I know Jill likes sweet and rich dressings. Thousand Island would be the one for her.
- For me, it’s a tousle between Balsamic Vinaigrette and Italian; I like my dressing sour and light. Well, I think I’ll try some Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing. What do u like?
- I’ve got a bottle of French at home. Hey, how about the parmesan and roasted garlic dressing. The woman at the stand recommended it.
- We’ll take that too. That should be enough. Let’s other stuff and get out of here.
(5:17)
C. At the Daley
- Excuse me, how long have those chicken wings been sitting there?
- About an hour and a half.
- I’ll take a dozen. Can I also have some potato salad?
- Sure, how much do you need?
- It’s for eight people, so probably need 600 grams or so.
- Would you like me to heat up the chicken wings for you?
- No, that’s fine.
- Do you want extra hot sauce with them?
- Yes, please. Thank you!
(5:53)
2. Buying Kitchen Ware and Baking Materials
A. At the Baking Section
- What have learnt how to make so far?
- Lemon cheese bars, biscuits and chocolate chip cookies. Last week we made peach pies, this week, we’re going to do brownies and cherry pies. Ok, I get the coco powder and vanilla extract. But I can’t find the almond extract for the cherry pies.
- It’s right there, near your nose, next to the groncer(6:26).
- Great, I’ve got all the ingredients for the class. Now I need to buy more baking accessories.
- But we’ve bought a lot last time.
- I know, but those were the basic ones. I’m taking the advanced course now.
(6:46)
B. At the Kitchen Ware Section
- Look at these gadgets. Do you know how to use all of them? We don’t do a lot of baking in Taiwan. These tools are look foreign to me. Take this one for example, what’s it for?
- It’s a sifter, used for sifting flour or sugar.
- How about this one, is it a smaller sifter?
- Now, that’s an egg separator. And the one u holding now, is a pastry blender. Listen, I need a bigger mixing bowl and a pastry brush. Could u help me find them? They should be here somewhere.
- This is the biggest ball I can find, is it the one for u?
- Not exactly. …… excuse me, do u have a bigger mixing bowl than this one?
- Yes, we do. But the larger ones are not in stock at this moment. U might have to wait until next week.
- Oh… That would be too late. Thanks anyway.
- Anytime.
(7:51)
- Those shits, you just put in ur cart, what do u use them for?
- These are non-stick baking pans. I don’t have to grease the pans every time. Em… what else do I need? Right, a set of measuring spoons. I think we’re done for the accessories.
- Wait a second. The one u took has only 3 measuring spoons and the whole set cost 14.99. but this one has in total 4 spoons, and it’s only 9.99.
- U’re right, I didn’t notice it. I’ll take the cheaper one. They look the same.
(8:27)
B. At the Cashier
- Hi dear, are u a member of the Safeway club?
- No, what would I get if I’m a member? Do I have to pay to join?
- It’s free, and u get air miles for every purchase. All u have to do is filling out this form and bring it back next time. The reward details are on the back of the form.
- Thanks, I’ll think about it. Can I have a double bag for the kitchen ware? They’re quite heavy.
- Sure, that comes to 87.35.
- Can I pay by debit card?
- Sure, no problem. …… Pls choose the account first and enter ur PIN. Here we go. Have a nice day.
- U too.
Explanations:
1. A paper towel is a thick sheet of paper that you use to dry your hands or to absorb water. (= kitchen paper Am.E)
2. A baking soda is a powder used when baking cakes to make them lighter. (bicarbonate of soda)
3. Cheddar cheese = hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
4. Paste = a sticky mixture of a substance and a liquid, some are used to stick things
Black Beans Paste黑豆沙is a sweet bean paste often used as a filling in cakes
Sweet Beans Paste 甜豆沙
5. Air miles are points that you collect when you buy certain goods or services and which you can use to pay for air travel.
6. A delivery = a service delivers things to a place.
7. A diaper is a piece of soft towel or paper, which you fasten round a baby's bottom in order to soak up its urine.
8. Decaf is decaffeinated coffee. (without caffeine)
9. Safeway Stores (Ireland) was a supermarket chain that operated in Northern Ireland between 1996 and 2005, when it was acquired by Asda, itself owned by Wal-Mart.
10. Nonperishable = which does not perish, especially a foodstuff.
11. Raspberries are small, soft, red berry-like fruit that grow on bushes.
12. Thousand Island 千岛汁 Black Pepper sauce黑椒汁
Thousand Island dressing is a salad dressing (a variant of Russian dressing), commonly made of mayonnaise, ketchup, tabasco and finely chopped vegetables, most often pickles, onions, bell peppers, and green olives
13. Parmesan or Parmesan cheese is a hard cheese with a strong flavour which is often used in Italian cooking.
14. Tousle = disarrange / disorganization
15. Balsamic （vinegar）香草醋 = a type of vinegar which tastes sweet and is made from grape juice.
Balsamic Vinaigrette /v?n?’ɡr?t/ is a mixture of vinegar (or sometimes citrus juice) and oil, often flavored with herbs, spices, and other ingredients.
16. Italian dressing = a vinaigrette-type salad dressing
consisting of a mixture of water, oil, vinegar or lemon juice, black pepper, minced onions and bell peppers, sugar or high fructose corn syrup, and a variety of herbs and spices including garlic.
17. French Dressing = a term used in Britain and the U.S. in particular, to describe the most common salad dressing in France
18. Hot sauce = chili sauce
19. Cheese bars 奶酪棒
20. Chocolate Chip Cookies 巧克力粒曲奇
21. Kitchen Ware = the things and tools used in kitchen
22. almond = the flat pale sweet nut 杏仁
23. gadget = a small technological object
24. sifter = a container with holes in the top, used for shaking sugar onto things
25. pastry = a mixture of flour, fat and water or milk, baked as a base or covering for pies
26. pastry blender面团拌和机
27. PIN = Personal Identification Number |