Coming out from the restaurant, it occurred to Zhang Tianming that he should buy some things to wear and use. When he came from home, mother bought him a fiew peices of clothes, such as T-shirts, wool sweaters, jeans and so on, but he feels that neither their style nor color is very good, and moreover they are not name brands either. In addition, he also needed to buy detergent, toothpaste, soap, bathroom tissues and such daily necessities as well as cups for drinking water, bath towels and so on. Therefore, he asked Kelin to take him shopping. It happened that Lin Xuemei also wanted to buy some cosmetic stuff, they threfore drove together to the largest shpping center nearby.

Kelin: What clothes do you want to buy?

ZTM: I would like to buy a set of sportswear.

Kelin: Here they are. Look at this one, the style, size, length, thickness are all suitable, and it is on sale,

20% off, it is not expensive.

ZTM: The color is not bad either. How much is it? What brand is it?

LXM: Forty dollars. This brand I have not heard about. But it is pure cotton.

ZTM: That won’t do. I want to buy the Adidas brand.

Kelin: That one seems to be Adidas. Ouch, over 300 bucks, so expensive!

ZTM: When it comes to shopping, I only buy good and name-brand stuff, otherwise I won’t buy. Because

name-brand clothes have good quality. Some clothes are cheap allright, but the brand is no good.

You won’t want to wear it after once or twice, then you have to buy another one. This way, the

money you spent on two pieces of clothes is much more than buying a name-brand one.

LXM: I agree with the view of Little Zhang.

Kelin: When you buy clothes, of course it is not good to buy it just for the sake of cheap price, but you also

should not be too picky and insist on buying name brand. My criteria for buying clothes, number

LXM: I don’t agree with your view.

ZTM: Right. I don’t agree either. Would you really like to see Little Lin wearing ugly clothes?

Kelin: OK, OK, OK. I won’t argue with you anymore. Xuemei, let me go with you to the cosmetics to

have a look.

ZTM: You go, I will first pay. I will catch up with you in a bit. I also have to buy some daily necessities.

Kelin: OK. Let’s meet a bit later.

(ZTM went to pay)

Clerk: Sir, are you paying by cash or by credit card?

ZTM: Credit card.

Cleak: Sir, with tax it is 386.4 altogether.

ZTM: How come this state’s tax is so heavy? 8.75%.

Clerk: Correct. Please sign here......This is your receipt. Thank you.