Respuestas

Fran at the supermarket

-How often do you go shopping?
-About two or three times a week.
-Where do you usually shop ..er.. small local shops, supermarkets or outdoor markets?
-Normally the big supermarkets, Mercadona.. erm.. or Mas y Mas. Normally the big supermarkets.
-Do you make a shopping list before you go, or wait for things to jump out the aisles at you?
-No, I make a ..rather a large list before I go, and then usually end up leaving it at home, and finding that I’ve got to have a good memory when I get to the supermarket.
-Do you ever have problems at the checkout, at the supermarket checkout?
-No, none at all.
-Good, and what about ..erm… when you shop do you usually use a trolley or a basket?
-No, we always use a trolley, erm…on occasions we’ve not wanted a lot and we’ve gone in there with just a basket, and found out we’ve bought too much, and then had to go and get a trolley.
-What about plastic bags, do you steal them from…for rubbish ..erm.. and take them home…extra bags?
-No, we never do that because we have so much shopping that we’ve normally got enough bags for rubbish anyway, and..erm… if we do run out of bags then we use the bin bags.
-What frozen food do you buy? Do you buy any frozen food here?
-Not a lot. er.. frozen peas, smoked mackerel…

outdoor markets = mercardos al aire libre
jump out = saltar (a la vista)
on occassions = de vez en cuando
rubish = basura
to run of = acabarse
bin bags = bolsas de basura
smoked mackerel = caballa ahumada

Steph and El Tel at the Supermarket

-How often do you go shopping?
-Erm..well what we find is..erm… we do like a big shop once a…once a month.
-Once a month.
-Erm… in a big supermarket, and then every week we go down to our local supermarket and just buy our fresh things, our fresh food just to top up.
-Do you ever shop in open markets, outdoor markets?
-No, we used to, didn’t we?
-When we first moved to Spain, but I don’t really like markets.
-Why not?
-Just generally too many people, you have to be up too early. At least with a supermarket you can go any time.
-You can go any time of the day, yeah.
-Do you make shopping lists before you go shopping, or do you wait for the things to jump out…
-Oooh yes.
-Definitely.
-Definitely lists.
-Who’s the list maker?
-Steph.
-I make a list of all the lists I have to make.
-Do you always remember to take it with you?
-Oh yes. I’d be lost without my shopping list.
-Yeah, and then… and then we still buy other than that anyway because the list is not always comprehensive. It’s eh..
-Things jump out the aisles into your…
-Yeah, you walk along an…and she’s looking at the list and I..I might say, “Oo, I think I’ll take some of these,” an..and it’s not on the list, or vice versa she might say the same thing.
-So you can buy things that aren’t on the list?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah…we’re not.. we’re not restricted to what’s on the list, are we?
-No,…it’s just...it helps me with my memory’s not very good.
-Do you usually use a trolley or a basket?
-Trolley, I can’t remem….trolley, mainly trolley we take a basket, I don’t know…once every two, three months, wouldn’t we? depending on what…on how many items we’re getting. We might stop off..er.. if.. if we’re out doing …whatever, and Steph will say, “Let’s stop off I want to get a loaf of bread”..or..an item…two items…then it’s a basket…
-Yeah, but then al…
-Other than that it’s…
-….also, you go into a supermarket wanting two things, and you never come out with two things.
-No, you always come out with more, yeah.
-What frozen food do you buy here in Spain?
-Erm…pizzas..erm…prawns, I love the prawns over here, the..erm…langostins, so I always have a big box in the freezer. Cook them in butter and garlic.
-Lamb, we buy a frozen leg of lamb, don’t we? Erm…
-I prefer to buy fresh food, though really.
-Do you steal plastic bags to use at home for rubbish?
-No, no.
-Do you buy them in little…
-Well no, we find that the amount of shopping we get copes with our..er.. rubbish that we have to get rid of. We don’t…we don’t erm.. go out particularly to say alright I’ll take erm.. half a dozen of these for..for the use of rubbish. No don’t do that.

to top up = rellenar
to be up = estar levantado
I’d be lost without… = estaría perdido sin…
comprehensive = completo, exhaustivo
restricted = restringido, limitado
items = artículos
to stop off = interrumpir el viaje
prawns = gambas (big prawns = langostinos)
freezer = congelador
leg of lamb = pierna de cordero
to cope with = poder con, contender con
to get rid of deshacerse de
half a dozen = seis (a dozen = doce)