Everyday CONVERSATIONS and VOCABULARY for Shopping | Easy English 227 — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hi everybody, welcome to another new
2. 0:02episode of Easy English. I'm going to
3. 0:04bring you conversations [music] that are
4. 0:05necessary and useful for in shops.
5. 0:20>> [music]
6. 0:25>> Hello.
7. 0:26>> Hi.
8. 0:26How's it going?
9. 0:27>> Yeah, good. How are you? Uh yeah, I'm
10. 0:29really well, thanks. I'm desperate for a
11. 0:31coffee and uh cake, I guess.
12. 0:34>> [music]
13. 0:36>> Hello.
14. 0:37>> Hi. Hi, how's it going?
15. 0:38>> Yeah, good, thank you. How are you? Uh
16. 0:40yeah, I'm really good. What is this
17. 0:42store about?
18. 0:43Well, it's mostly Harry Potter, but we
19. 0:46are a mixture of other things like
20. 0:48souvenirs and gifts. Hello.
21. 0:51Hi, how's it going?
22. 0:52>> Good, thanks. How are you? Uh yeah,
23. 0:54really good. Um what kind of store is
24. 0:56this? Uh this is called Dinner. Okay.
25. 0:59And we sell lots of delicious food, um
26. 1:03things you need to host at home.
27. 1:07Hello.
28. 1:08>> Hello. Hi, how's it going?
29. 1:09>> Okay, thanks. We've been quite busy, but
30. 1:11okay.
31. 1:12>> Busy today, yeah.
32. 1:13>> Yeah. It's a nice day outside.
33. 1:14>> It's really lovely day. You have to make
34. 1:16the most of the sunshine.
35. 1:17>> [laughter]
36. 1:18>> Can I help?
37. 1:18>> Exactly. Yeah, you may. Um it may seem
38. 1:20obvious, but what kind of store is this?
39. 1:22Ah, well, this is a lovely hat shop.
40. 1:25>> What cakes do you have on offer at the
41. 1:26moment?
42. 1:26>> So, I've got a very delicious banana
43. 1:29cake. Uh we've got a couple of uh sole
44. 1:32carrot and sorry, flapjacks, salted
45. 1:34caramel,
46. 1:35uh or a uh Bakewell flapjack, carrot
47. 1:39cake, custard tart, or a brownie. Right,
48. 1:43you have a lot. Okay. And um is it
49. 1:45possible to pay by card? Yeah, yes, you
50. 1:48can pay by card. We prefer card. Okay.
51. 1:51And but is cash still okay? Uh no, we
52. 1:53don't take cash here. It's yeah, That's
53. 1:56quite normal in the UK now, isn't it?
54. 1:57It's hard to pay by cash.
55. 1:59>> It's very common in the UK. What do
56. 2:01people usually buy in this store when
57. 2:02they come in? What are they usually
58. 2:03after? Oh, a good mixture of things.
59. 2:06Mostly the Harry Potter things, cuz it's
60. 2:08still very popular.
61. 2:09>> Yeah. Um, but also our touristy things
62. 2:12and like souvenirs do really well. Ah,
63. 2:14yeah. You sell these souvenirs of like
64. 2:16London. Yes. Even though we're in
65. 2:18Brighton.
66. 2:19>> [laughter]
67. 2:20>> And there's Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay, you
68. 2:21have like hats and scarves. Do you have
69. 2:24like a sale on at the moment? We don't,
70. 2:26I'm afraid. Don't have a sale. Do you
71. 2:27usually have sales?
72. 2:28>> Not so much. We're an independent shop,
73. 2:31so normally the big shops have sales.
74. 2:33[music] We don't really. What does an
75. 2:35independent shop mean?
76. 2:37Means it's owned by one person or a
77. 2:40partnership. Right. Um, and a
78. 2:43non-independent would be a company.
79. 2:45>> [music]
80. 2:45>> Right. I see. So, a bigger company, a
81. 2:47chain brand. A chain brand. Oh, nice. I
82. 2:49like these brimmed ones. Which one would
83. 2:51you suggest is a good style? What's
84. 2:53what's what's most popular one you Um,
85. 2:55this is quite popular because you've got
86. 2:57a big brim
87. 3:00all the way round.
88. 3:01Whereas these are trilbies
89. 3:04and they have a smaller brims. Okay. And
90. 3:06that's their [music] profile. Their
91. 3:08profile is like that. So, that's quite
92. 3:10nice. Ah, yeah. Does it come in
93. 3:11different colors? Yep, different colors.
94. 3:14So, we have green Mhm. and Oh, hang on.
95. 3:17I'm just doing the trilbies right now.
96. 3:19And cream. Nice.
97. 3:21Uh, blue and green and a bit of red
98. 3:23there. So, yes, we've got lots of
99. 3:24different colors. Can I try on this
100. 3:26green one?
101. 3:27>> You certainly can.
102. 3:28>> [laughter]
103. 3:28>> Let's have a look.
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123. 4:22Yeah. That is great.
124. 4:24>> [laughter]
125. 4:24>> Perfect. It's just my style.
126. 4:27>> Yeah.
127. 4:31Excuse me.
128. 4:32Hello.
129. 4:33Hi, how's it going?
130. 4:34>> Good, thank you very much. How are you?
131. 4:36Uh yeah, I'm fine, thanks.
132. 4:38>> Good. What kind of store is this?
133. 4:41Uh it's a clothing store. Yeah, what
134. 4:44time will you close today? So, today we
135. 4:47will close at 2:00. Okay, and then what
136. 4:49time do you open tomorrow?
137. 4:50Uh tomorrow we'll be open at 9:00. Nice,
138. 4:53okay. And um let's say I buy something,
139. 4:55can I return it to
140. 4:56>> You can, normally within a month. Within
141. 4:59a month? Okay, that's really good.
142. 5:01Hi. Hiya. How's it going? You all right?
143. 5:04>> Yeah, good, thank you. How are you?
144. 5:06Yeah, I'm pretty good. Um do you have a
145. 5:07favorite duck? I do. It's on the bottom
146. 5:10shelf down there, it's the peacock.
147. 5:12Something about it, it's my favorite.
148. 5:14This one here?
149. 5:15>> Yeah.
150. 5:15>> [laughter]
151. 5:16>> What sizes does it come in?
152. 5:18>> So, let's have a look. So, we have four
153. 5:19sizes, small, medium, large, and extra
154. 5:22large.
155. 5:22>> was maybe a bit, I don't know. Bit big?
156. 5:25>> That's too big for me.
157. 5:26>> That's a large, which is 59 cm. Uh-huh.
158. 5:29So, let's see if I can find the next
159. 5:30size down for you. And this worker's
160. 5:32jacket
161. 5:33>> Yeah.
162. 5:33>> behind you, this like camel colored one.
163. 5:36Um what size is that? That is a uh let
164. 5:40me have a look. It's a small. It's a
165. 5:42small. Do you What sizes do you have
166. 5:44We We generally go from small up to an
167. 5:48extra large or even a double extra
168. 5:50large. Does it come in different colors
169. 5:52on the color? That particular one, no,
170. 5:54but we do have many worker jackets in
171. 5:57various colors. And can I return it if
172. 5:59it doesn't fit if I take it home and it
173. 6:00doesn't fit, can I bring it back?
174. 6:01>> Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, within like a
175. 6:03month if you have the receipt as well,
176. 6:06it's no problem to exchange or refund.
177. 6:09What's the difference between exchange
178. 6:10or refund? What's So, if you're
179. 6:12exchanging something, you can exchange
180. 6:14for something else that's the the same
181. 6:16price. So, it's just like a little swaps
182. 6:19swapsies. [music]
183. 6:21>> [laughter]
184. 6:22>> Or a refund is just returning it and get
185. 6:25your money back for it.
186. 6:27Okay, cool. And are you open? Cuz you're
187. 6:29an independent store. Are you open most
188. 6:31days of the week?
189. 6:32>> We are, yeah. We're open every day of
190. 6:33the week. On Saturdays, it's 10:00 till
191. 6:356:00 and every other day, it's 11:00
192. 6:37till 5:00. Okay, right. And if I don't
193. 6:39like the duck I bought, can I exchange
194. 6:42for another duck?
195. 6:44>> [laughter]
196. 6:45>> if it's the same price and you can get a
197. 6:46receipt and come back and return it. And
198. 6:48do you have an online store? We do, yes.
199. 6:51We have a website. Cool. Called The Duck
200. 6:52House.
201. 6:53>> Yeah, the duck house is open.
202. 6:55>> [laughter]
203. 6:55>> Nice. Great. I might check it out
204. 6:56online. Thank you so much for your help.
205. 6:58That's okay. Thank you. And do you have
206. 7:00an online store? No, we don't
207. 7:03because
208. 7:05people need to get off the internet
209. 7:07>> [laughter]
210. 7:08>> and come to a shop.
211. 7:09>> Yeah, cuz this is
212. 7:10this is one of these independent
213. 7:12boutique kind of
214. 7:13>> an independent shop.
215. 7:15>> Independent shop.
216. 7:15>> on Instagram. Okay. And I can give you
217. 7:18my card. In fact, let me give you my
218. 7:19Yeah, let's get cards.
219. 7:21Mad Hatters. Mad Hatters. Which is a
220. 7:23reference to Alice in Wonderland, which
221. 7:25is a famous book. Can I try it on
222. 7:27somewhere? Absolutely, yes. We have
223. 7:29changing rooms if you'd like to try it
224. 7:30on.
225. 7:31>> Amazing. I think I will. Thank you very
226. 7:32much. Good. Are you open on on the
227. 7:34weekends? We are, yeah. So, on
228. 7:36Saturdays, we're open until from 10:00
229. 7:38till 7:00. Sundays, 10:00 till 6:00.
230. 7:41Amazing. Great. Okay, I'll pop back
231. 7:43later.
232. 7:43>> Yeah, amazing. Thank you very much and
233. 7:45have a little browse now.
234. 7:46>> Okay. Yeah, it's so nice to meet you.
235. 7:48Thank you.
236. 7:48>> Yeah, enjoy your time in Brighton.
237. 7:51Well, I'll be dropping by again tomorrow
238. 7:52then. It's nice to meet you.
239. 7:53>> Yeah, nice to meet you, too.
240. 7:54>> Thank you very much. Thank you.
241. 7:56Thank you for watching this week's
242. 7:58episode. Let us know any useful phrases
243. 8:00you know when shopping around in the UK
244. 8:03in the English language. And as always,
245. 8:05we'll see you next time. Ta-ta.
246. 8:07Okay. So, that might do. [music] Yeah,
247. 8:10let's have a look.
248. 8:12Yeah, just right.
249. 8:13>> [laughter]
250. 8:15>> Maybe a bit too small.
251. 8:17Goodbye now. And uh
252. 8:19>> [laughter]
253. 8:20>> You try it, you buy it. Is that the
254. 8:21rule?
255. 8:22>> Yeah, that is the rule.