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    Shopping serves both necessity and hobby purposes. For necessities like food, people shop daily at local shops or weekly at supermarkets and shopping centers for a larger selection and sometimes lower prices. Shopping can also be a hobby where people enjoy browsing stores or become "shopaholics" buying things they don't need. Different types of stores include local shops, specialized shops, department stores, supermarkets, and shopping centers which provide a variety of goods and additional services but can also encourage overspending and consume free time.

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    Shopping serves both necessity and hobby purposes. For necessities like food, people shop daily at local shops or weekly at supermarkets and shopping centers for a larger selection and sometimes lower prices. Shopping can also be a hobby where people enjoy browsing stores or become "shopaholics" buying things they don't need. Different types of stores include local shops, specialized shops, department stores, supermarkets, and shopping centers which provide a variety of goods and additional services but can also encourage overspending and consume free time.

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    Shopping serves both necessity and hobby purposes. For necessities like food, people shop daily at local shops or weekly at supermarkets and shopping centers for a larger selection and sometimes lower prices. Shopping can also be a hobby where people enjoy browsing stores or become "shopaholics" buying things they don't need. Different types of stores include local shops, specialized shops, department stores, supermarkets, and shopping centers which provide a variety of goods and additional services but can also encourage overspending and consume free time.

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    Shopping serves both necessity and hobby purposes. For necessities like food, people shop daily at local shops or weekly at supermarkets and shopping centers for a larger selection and sometimes lower prices. Shopping can also be a hobby where people enjoy browsing stores or become "shopaholics" buying things they don't need. Different types of stores include local shops, specialized shops, department stores, supermarkets, and shopping centers which provide a variety of goods and additional services but can also encourage overspending and consume free time.

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    5 Shopping and services

    Shopping is a necessity – when we buy food and other basic things we need for life. For
    example, bread or rolls, milk, butter, tea, salami, ham, cheese, sugar, oil, meat, fruit,
    vegetables…For food, we go shopping every day to local shops, but we also like going
    shopping to big supermarkets or shopping centres where the choice is bigger and sometimes it
    is also cheaper.
    Shopping is a hobby – when we go to the shops for pleasure. Many times, we just do
    window shopping when we haven´t got enough money. Or we buy things we do not need and
    we become shopaholics. Women usually like shopping for clothes and accessories, shoes,
    handbags, cosmetics, jewellery...; men like shopping for technologies, electronics and
    accessories, cars, tools, machines, technical equipment...

    Types of shops:
    Local (corner/small) shops – small shops where you can buy almost everything
    Specialized shops – baker’s, butcher’s, clothes shops, florist’s, grocer’s, greengrocer’s,
    ironmonger’s, jewellery, newsagent’s, shoe shop, bookshop, furniture shop, delicatessen,
    chemist’s, boutique...
    Department stores – with departments of specialized shops in one building
    Supermarkets – you can buy there mostly food
    Shopping centres – a lot of shops at one place, there are also additional services
    Street markets – there you can buy fresh fruit and vegetables and homemade products. They
    are usually more expensive than in shops but of better quality

    Advantages and disadvantages of shopping in local shops:


    + it is close to your home
    + you do your shopping quickly
    + there are no long queues
    + it is not crowded
    + shop assistants are nicer

    - there is little choice of goods


    - products are more expensive
    - there are no sales or big discounts

    Advantages and disadvantages of shopping in shopping centres


    + there are a lot of shops at one place
    + they are open till late hours, every day of the week
    + the goods are cheaper
    + there are huge seasonal discounts and sales
    + the choice of goods is bigger
    + there are additional services, for example cafés, restaurants, post offices, banks, cinemas,
    mobile phone companies, dry cleaner´s…
    + shopping in big shopping centres is fashionable and people like meeting there

    - people are part of a consumer society and they spend their free time in shops
    - there are a lot of people, it´s noisy there
    - there are long queues
    - doing shopping takes a long time
    - you often buy what you don’t need
    Methods of payment
    We can pay - in cash
    - by credit card
    - via internet banking

    Characterize your shopping habits:


    Is it a necessity or a hobby for you?
    Who does the shopping for food in your family?
    What do you like buying?
    What are your favourite shops?
    Where and how often do you buy clothes and shoes?
    Do you prefer small shops or large shopping centres? Explain your choice.
    Who gives you money for shopping?
    Who do you go shopping with?
    Do you shop on-line? What? What are the advantages / disadvantages of shopping on-line?
    How do you pay?

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