Buying national souvenirs / Buying souvenirs

Buying national souvenirs / Buying souvenirs

Mr. Brown: Good afternoon. Sorry to trouble ['trʌbl] you.

Hotel Clerk [klɑːk]: Good afternoon, sir [sɜː] / Ms [mɪz] (married or single), Mrs. ['mɪsɪz] (married), Miss [mɪs] (single).

No trouble at all. I’m at your service ['sɜːvɪs].

Mr. Brown: I want to buy souvenirs [ˌsuːv(ə)'nɪəs] for my people рідні, родичі; батьки.

Will you advise me where can I buy suitable ['s(j)uːtəbl] souvenirs for them?

Hotel Clerk: I think, you won’t have any difficulty. If you want to buy souvenirs, you can find them in Andreevsky Descend. It’s within a few minutes’ walk from ‘Kontractova’ metro station. You will find lots of knick-knacks ['nɪknæks], ceramic [sə'ræmɪk] vases [vɑːzis], wooden plates, spoons, wooden dolls, flasks /fla:sks/, maces [meɪsis], national embroidered [ɪm'brɔɪdəd] shirts [ʃɜːts], rysniki – embroidered Ukrainian towels ['tauəls] there.

Mr. Brown: Thank you very much.

Hotel Clerk: That’s all right. Good luck with buying souvenirs!

Mr. Brown: Hello, how much are the wooden dolls / trays [treɪs]?

Street vendor ['vendɔː] / sales clerk: It depends on their size. These, 100 hryvnas, these are bigger, they cost 200 hryvnas, the largest, 300 hryvnas. They are handmade. These are the last ones left.

Mr. Brown: Well, then... this wooden doll with yellow flowers, please. Could you sell it for 70 hryvnas?

Street vendor: Okay, anything else? We also have T-shirs / national embroidered [ɪm'brɔɪdəd] shirts [ʃɜːts], take a look, please.

Mr. Brown: How much does it cost?

Street vendor: 400 hryvnas.

Mr. Brown: Would you sell it for 350?

Street vendor: Sorry, the prices are by the manufacturer [ˌmænjə'fækʧ(ə)rə]. We can’t bargain ['bɑːgɪn] here. What size do you need?

Mr. Brown: Let me see, just a minute. Size 42 if I’m not mistaken.

Street vendor: This is just the size you need.

Mr. Brown: OK, I’ll take the embroidered shirt and the wooden doll. Do you have a package for them?
Street vendor: Sure, no problem. Anything else?

Mr. Brown: No, nothing else, thank you! How much should I pay?

Street vendor: 70 hryvnas, plus 400 hryvnas. That makes 470 hryvnas.

Mr. Brown: May I pay in dollars?

Street vendor: Yes, of course.

Mr. Brown: Here are 60$.

Street vendor: Here’s your change [ʧeɪnʤ]. Thank you for your purchase ['pɜːʧəs]! Goodbye!

Mr. Brown: Goodbye!

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