Read paragraph A:

What does this paragraph serve as? Predict: What are the following

paragraphs about?

Read Paragraph B:

Why are these big chain supermarkets called one-stop shops?

Read Paragraph C:

What do supermarkets have to bring convenience to the customers?

Read Paragraph C: automatic checkout lanes

Packaged goods with barcodes: ________________________when you check out.

Some items without barcodes: ________________________________which can be found on the list glued to the scanning machine.

scan them on the scanning machine

need to input their label numbers

Read Paragraph C: automatic checkout lanes

Advantages of automatic checkout lanes

To the customers:___________

To the stores: ______________

______________ What did the writer feel the first time

he used the automatic checkout lane?

bringing real convenience

reducing labour cost

increasing efficency

Read Paragraph D:

What happened when the writer scanned two bags of salad?

What did he do next? How did the clerk react? What is the policy if you find a scanning

problem? What was the result of his shopping? How did the writer feel about it?

Read Paragraph E:

What impresses the writer most when shopping at the mall?

You bought a pair of shoes 15 days ago, but it occurred to you that you didn’t like them any more. Can you return them and get your money back now?

Imagine that you have just returned home from the States. You’d like to share your shopping experiences with your mother.

Post-reading:

Your introduction/feeling.

Shopping in the States is___________. Your explanation.• In the supermarket, I ________ the first time I

used the ____________.+ reasons• In the supermarket, I _______ the honesty of

the clerk. +the incident(事件 )• What impressed me most is_________ in the

shopping mall. +content(内容 ) Your conclusion.

I have the feeling _______________.

Read new words and expressions in page 92

Finish Exercise C2 on page 82. Write an article on shopping in the

supermarket/ shopping mall in the States within 150 words.

Assignment: