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Kazakhstan:
Women's Day 8th March
Women's Day is an 5)
(OFFICE) public holiday. Kazakhs celebrate it
at home with a special meal with family and
friends. People give flowers, cards, chocolate,
and other gifts to their mothers, wives,
grandmothers, sisters and daughters. In some
parts of Kazakhstan, men do all the chores on
this day so that women can enjoy a full day
of rest. Across the country,
popular 6)
(ENTERTAIN) put on
concerts and give 7)
(PERFORM) in
honour of women. Museums
also organise exhibitions
about love and
women to make
this a day to
remember.

When we want to buy something we go to a shop. There are many kinds of shops in every town or city, buy most of them have a food supermarket, a department store, men's and women's clothing stores, grocery, a bakery and a butchery. I like to do my shopping at big department stores and supermarkets. They sell various goods under one roof and this is very convenient. A department store, for example, true to its name, is composed of many departments: ready-made clothes, fabrics, shoes, sports goods, toys, china and glass, electric appliances, cosmetics, linen, curtains, cameras, records, etc. You can buy everything you like there. There are also escalators in big stores which take customers to different floors. The things for sale are on the counters so, that they can be easily seen. In the women'' clothing department you can find dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats, beautiful underwear and many other things. In the men's clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, overcoats, ties, etc. In the knitwear department one can buy sweaters, cardigans, short-sleeved and long-sleeved pullovers, woolen jackets. In the perfumery they sell face cream and powder, lipstick, lotions and shampoos. In a food supermarket we can also buy many different things at once: sausages, fish, sugar, macaroni, flour, cereals, tea. At the butcher's there is a wide choice of meat and poultry.. At the bakery you buy brown and white bread, rolls, biscuits. Another shop we frequently go to is the greengrocery which is stocked by cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beetroots, green peas and what not. Everything is sold here ready-weighed and packed. If you call round at a dairy you can buy milk, cream, cheese, butter and many other products. The methods of shopping may vary. It may be a self-service shop where the customer goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket what he wishes to buy. Then he takes the basket to the check-out counter, where the prices of the purchases are added up. If its not a self-service shop, and most small shops are not, the shop-assistant helps the customer in finding what he wants. You pay money to the cashier and he gives you back the change. But there is a very good service called Postal Market. It really helps you to save you time and get goods of high quality. You have just to look through a catalogue, choose the things you like, order them and wait a little to get them.

4. Mother asked her children not to make so much noise. 5. His friend asked him to open the window. 6. My sister told me not to phone her so late. 7. Susan's teacher told her not to be late for the lesson. 8. She told us to sit down. 9. My friend told me to hurry up. 10. Mother told him to leave his keys on the table. 11.She asked me not to smoke in her room. 12. Jane's parents asked her not to go there and to stay at home. 13. Mr. Jones asked not to stop. 11. Jane's mother told her not to spend so much money. 14. David asked me to help him to translate this text. 15. My granny asked me to give her a cup of tea.