Wednesday, October 22, 2014

9. At the Supermarket

bakery
bread
fruit
vegetables
produce
groceries
meat department
meat
cashier
aisle
milk
shopping cart
buy         buying        bought
follow     following   followed
show      showing      showed             



9. At the Supermarket: Story
There is a little fox (1) whose name is Doxy. Her family needs groceries so (2) Doxy goes to the grocery store.

At the store, Doxy gets a shopping cart. She goes down each aisle looking for (3) what she wants to buy.

She gets some hamburger (4) at the meat department. Then she goes to the bakery and buys bread and doughnuts.

In the produce department she buys some vegetables—carrots and lettuce (5). She also picks up (6) some fruit—bananas and apples (7).

Doxy wants some milk but can’t find it. (8) She asks a clerk (9), “Can you (10) show me where the milk is?”

The clerk says, “Yes, follow me.” Doxy follows him and he shows her the milk. She puts a gallon of (11) milk in her shopping cart.

Next she goes to the cashier to check out (12). The cashier adds up each item (13) in Doxy’s cart.

It comes to (14) $5,439.21. Doxy thinks (15) it is too much (16).

She asks the clerk to take out (17) the apples. Now her bill (18) is only $4.52. Doxy is happy and buys the groceries.



1)       zorra pequeña
2)       de modo que
3)       desciende cada pasillo buscando
4)       consigue hamburguesa
5)       zanahorias y lechuga
6)       también recoge
7)       plátanos y manzanas
8)       no puede encontrarla
9)       pregunta a un empleado
10)   Puedes
11)   mete un galón de
12)   pagar y marcharse
13)   suma cada artículo
14)   llega a
15)   piensa
16)   demasiado
17)   sacar
18)   Ahora su cuenta

9. At the Supermarket: Reading

Doxy is a little fox (1) who lives with her mother and father in Indianapolis, Indiana. Indianapolis is the capital of the state of Indiana and has a population of 829,718.

Today (2) Doxy’s family wants her to shop (3) for groceries. Doxy goes to the grocery store. She likes (4) grocery shopping.

Doxy gets a shopping cart. She enters the store and says hello to some of her neighbors. (5) She goes down each (6) aisle to find what (7) she wants to buy.

She goes to the meat department and buys some hamburger. Next (8) she goes to the bakery. Here she picks up (9) some bread and a dozen doughnuts.

In the produce department she buys some fruit and vegetables. Doxy talks with (10) Fred Johnson. He and his neighbor Georgia are Doxy’s good friends.

Doxy wants some milk but she can’t find any. She goes up to a clerk (11), and asks him to show her where the milk is.

The clerk is very nice (12). He’s a raccoon (13). He asks her to follow him.

Doxy picks up two gallons of whole milk (14) and puts it (15) in her shopping cart.

Finally Doxy goes to the cashier to check out (16). The cashier adds up (17) everything in Doxy’s cart.

The bill is too much. (18) Doxy asks to see the price of each item. (19) She discovers the apples (20) are organic and from New Zealand. They are very expensive (21).

Roxy decides she doesn’t want them after all (22) and asks the clerk to take them off (23) her bill. Now the charge (24) is only $4.52. Doxy is happy. She pays for the groceries and goes home.



1)       zorra pequeña
2)       Hoy
3)       quiere que ella vaya de compras
4)       le gusta
5)       algunos de sus vecinos
6)       desciende cada
7)       para encontrar lo que

8)       En seguida
9)       Aquí recoge
10)    habla con
11)    empleado
12)    muy simpático
13)    mapache
14)    leche entera
15)    la mete
16)    pagar y marcharse
17)    suma
18)    La cuenta es demasiada
19)    pide ver los precios de cada artículo
20)    descubre que las manzanas
21)    caras
22)    después de todo
23)    quitarlas
24)    Ahora el precio/la tarifa





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