Nowadays ,shopping is a necessity of people’s daily life. And usually women prefer to go shopping, while men don't have the similar interest. For women. at weekends, it would be a great pleasure to shop with friends for off price merchandise. In most cases, you would come back with nothing bought, that is to say, you are just doing window shopping more often, or you are just a mall rat. Mall rats refer to young people who spend a lot of time hanging around in shopping malls with their friends.
First, let’s look at some useful shopping phrases and expressions:
First，let’s learn the words and phrases
●Shopaholic
●department store
●grocery store
●supermarket
●clerk
●complaint
●a defective item
●cashier
●cash
●on sale
●for sale
●try on
●fitting room
●difference
Second, let’s list the expressions of shopping in different context:
» You May Greet Customers like This
*Good morning, sir. Can I help you?
* What can I do for you?
* What can I show you?
* Are you being served sir? /
Is someone looking after you? /
Is anyone taking care of you?
» You May Respond to Greetings from Assistants like This:
* I want some…
*I’d like to buy some…
* I wish to buy…
* I'm looking for...
* Please show me...
* Let me look at... please.
* Can I have a look at…
* Do you have…
* I wonder if you have...
* (I'm) just looking, thanks
» You May Inquire about Merchandise like This
* Have you got a bigger size?
*Could I have a look at it?
*May I try it on?
*Do you have any other size?
*Is this the only size you have?
» You May Respond to Inquiries about Merchandise like This
*What kind would you like?
* What color do you prefer?
*What size do you want?
*What size, please?
* Do you like this one?
* What about this one?
*How do you like this one?
*What do you think of this one?
* How much do you want?
*Anything else?
» You May Inquire about Prices like This
*How much is it, please?
*How much does it cost?
*How much do you sell it?
*How much, is it altogether/in all?
*What does it come to?
*How much is that worth?
* What's the price for…
» You May Respond to Inquiries about Prices like
*It's...
* It costs...
*It sells for...
The price is marked on it.
» You May bargain like this
*Can you come down a bit?
*Come on, give me a break on this.
*I don't think I could afford to spend so much money for...
* I'm sure you can do better than that.
*That's a bit more than I wanted to pay.
*That's too dear.
*You have to strike a balance if you wish to get somewhere.
*My! That's a fortune!
* Sheer robbery!
Now let’s talk about the use of above expressions. Generally speaking ,when you enter a shop, the assistant would approach you and greet to you. Usually, they may ask those questions to you.
May I help you?
What can I do for you ?
Are you looking for something?
If you have no desire to buy anything, you can say:
“I'm just browsing." Or “I'm just looking,"
If you want something, you can tell the assistant directly, for example: I'm looking for a sweater. Could you help me? Or, you can ask—Do you have any sweater?"
If you want to try on what you want to buy, you can ask:
May I try this on?
Where is the fitting room?
If you don’t like what you choose ,you can say: sorry ,it doesn’t fit me.
If you like what you choose, but there is no suitable size for you, you can say:
It's not my size.
It won't fit me.
The last step is to talk about the way to pay. If you decide to buy something you want, you can say:
I want to check out.
Sometimes the assistant may say:
Let me ring that up for you."
You can use “OK. Go ahead and ring it up for me." to answer.
Nowadays, there are different ways to pay
We can use Wechat , alipay, cash, credit card to pay, especially wechat and alipay, it’s very convenient.
