Unit 2 Brandstore Discount

1.Listen and rearrange the order of the sentences to form a dialogue 5—1—3—7—8—6—2---4

Language focus: 表示折扣的词句： Can you give me any discounts? You will be given 20%off. We can knock off 30%. Is there a discount? Can you lower the price? It sells for half the price. We will take 30% off.

Cultural Tips In China, the Spring Festival is a very important holiday. Almost every family will buy new clothes, shoes and other things to welcome the festival. As a result, the days before the Spring Festival are a best sales season for shops and department stores.

4. Listen to the passage about Brandstore in America and fill in the blanks. Prices may be different from store to store and from time to time in many shops in America. A blouse or shirt of a good brand may cost more than a hundred dollars at a fashionable store but sometimes only half the price in other places. The price is often the highest before Christmas while the lowest just after Christmas. It is also possible to return the goods you have bought as long as you return them soon and have the receipts with you.

Language focus: 1. 短语 as long as 只要 1.2.2.2 from time to time 有时，不时 1.2.2.2 2. 注解 a)  as long as 只要 与if比较接近。 例：As long as you’re going, I’ll go too. 只要你打算去，那我也去。 b) from time to time  有时，不时  例：From time to time he got up from the sofa where they sat together, and walked about the room. 他不时地从他们一起坐着的沙发上站起来，并在房间里来回踱步。 

Cultural Tips The days before Christmas are the busiest shopping season for Amercians. Because many people are doing their Christmas shopping, and prices are usually very high.

Suppose you are buying shoes at a brand shoes store Suppose you are buying shoes at a brand shoes store. Look at the pictures and describe them to your partner.

Reference Answer I am buying a pair of shoes in a brandstore. After trying on one pair of the latest fashion, I ask the shop assistant for the price. Because there is a big sale for the Spring Festival, many things are sold at a discount. The shop assistant tells me that the standard price of the shoes is 120 yuan, but they are now sold at 30% off. If I buy two pairs of them, I will only pay half the price for each. So I decide to buy two pairs of shoes.

Read the passage about “Shoes on Sale” and discuss the questions with your partner.

Language focus: 1.短语 try on 试穿（衣服） take…aside 拉……到一边 call in 叫……进来 bring in 带进来

Language focus: 2. 注解 a) purchase 购买，同buy相近。可作动词，也可作名词。 b) while visiting his mother…= while he was visiting his mother…当他看望他母亲时…… c) regular price  该文中指“原价” d) try on 试穿（衣服）  例：Excuse me, can I try on this coat? 对不起，我可以试穿一下这件大衣吗？ e) take…aside 拉……到一边  例：She took the old man aside and said something in his ears. 她把老人拉到一边，在他耳边说了些什么。 f) call in 叫……进来  例：The manager called me in his office and told me I was fired. 经理把我叫进办公室告诉我我被解雇了。 g) bring in 带进来  例：The world exposition will surely bring in some new ideas. 世博会一定会带来一些新的理念。

Answers to the questions 1. She thought the shoes cost only 12 dollars. 2. It must be over 12 dollars. 3. Because he didn’t want his mother to worry about the price. 4. She took all her friends to the store to buy those twelve-dollar shoes.

Key to writing Haagen-Dazs ice-cream was born in a family in New York, U.S.A. in 1921. Its founder was Mr. Mattus. Originally Haagen-Dazs was only a family business, but it slowly became a world-famous brand. Haagen-Dazs has got the following idea: to make the most delicious ice-cream with the best material. Just because of this idea, it is favored by most people in the world. Nowadays, there are also many Haagen-Dazs chain stores in China. Haagen-Dazs is attracting more and more Chinese people.