Shopping at the Supermarket, Daily English Conversation

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Shopping at the Supermarket

Daily English Conversation

Rose: I don't know where the meat department is.

Manager: Walk down this aisle all the way, you'll see the sign for the "Meat Department".

Rose: Thank you.

Rose walks down the aisle. She goes inside the meat department to order lean ground beef. She meets the butcher.

Butcher: How can I help you, Mam?

Rose: I need fat-free ground beef.

Butcher: There are quite a few packages of fat-free ground beef out on the shelves.

Rose: Are there? I didn't see any ground beef out there.

Butcher: Okay. I'll show you where they are displayed. Come with me, please.

Rose: Okay. Thank you.

The butcher takes Rose to the meat section where lean ground beef packages are displayed. Rose takes two packages of lean ground beef. One package contains six lean burger paddies. The other package contains one pound of lean ground beef. Rose goes to the cashier and pays the cashier 9.00 dollars in cash.

Vocabulary:

supermarket: compound noun. a large food store

meat department: the section in a supermarket where the meat is cut, grounded or packaged

butcher: the person who cuts, grounds and packages the meat

Walk down: phrase verb. go into a direction in front or behind you

all the way: adverb. until you reach an end point

order: verb. to ask for a merchandise to be made to your specific needs

lean: less fat or none-fat (in this conversation)

ground beef: beef that is minced using a grinding device

fat-free: containing no fat; none-fat

quite: large enough quantity

a few: large in number, considerable amount in number. A few is used for countable objects.

package: a wrapped product

place: verb (in this conversation). to put out; to display

display: to put out on shelves or window outlets for customers to see and purchase

I'll: I will

take someone to: to escort

meat packages are displayed: This is sentence in the passive voice. It means the area where the meat packages are put out for customers to take.

contain: verb. to have; to include

burger: noun. a beef in a round shape usually placed between a round bread; a round beef American sandwich

paddies: plural noun of paddy. Round shaped food

pound: almost half a kilogram; 453 grams. Pound as a weight measurement unit for solid objects

cashier: the clerk who uses the cash machine in stores, takes money or credit cards from customers; issues bills, returns cash, packages purchased merchandise.

in cash: pay by using hard cash, but not other ways of payment like credit cards or check.

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