Conversation Lesson 25
 
 
 
 
Lesson 25 - Shopping

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Shopping

Saleslady: Can I help you?

Gloria: Yes, I’m looking for a pair of white gloves. I think I wear size six.

Saleslady: The white gloves are on this counter. Let’s see… here’s a size six. These are very nice, and they’re washable, too.

Gloria: Oh, I’ll try them on. Hmmm… they seem to fit. How much are they?

Saleslady: Five dollars.

Gloria: All right. I’ll take them.

Saleslady: That’ll be five twenty with the tax.
Conversation Notes
  • Can I help you
  • Or May I help you? is the way a sales clerk normally approaches a customer with an offer of assistance.
  • size six
  • Women’s gloves are usually available in quarter sizes (6, 6 1/4, 6 1/2, 6 3/4, etc.). Most women wear a size between 6 and 8.
  • The white gloves are on this counter
  • Note the emphatic stress on white and this, which the saleslady is contrasting mentally with other colored gloves on other counters.
  • Let’s see…
  • An expression used when a person wants to think something over, to ponder, to make a choice or decision, or to look for something.
  • I’ll try them on
  • Try on is a separable two word verb meaning to test the fit or appearance of a garment by putting it on. See Lesson 5.
  • How much are they
  • Meaning is how much do they cost? Notice that the primary sentence stress falls on are in this question (see Lessons 1).
  • five twenty
  • Meaning is five dollars and twenty cents ($5.20).
Source: U.S. State Department
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