In today's video, Laura will share her shopping experience with a family at the biggest mall in her city.

You'll learn useful words and phrases commonly used in everyday English conversations.

This is a great way to practice and enhance your English listening and speaking skills.

Listen carefully.

Shopping at the mall.

Hi, I'm Laura.

My family and I went shopping at a mall yesterday.

It was the biggest mall in my city.

At the mall, there were a ton of different restaurants, and they also had a food court with many delicious options.

We knew exactly what we wanted to buy and which stores we wanted to visit.

We looked at a directory, which had a huge map of all the stores inside the mall.

There were many different sections offering a variety of things you could buy.

This mall had two levels, the upper level and the lower level.

We used an escalator to go up to the upper level.

At the mall, there were two different types of places where you could shop.

The first type was a store, and the other was a kiosk, which sold items like phone cases and chargers.

The kiosks were much smaller compared to the stores.

We walked past many clothing stores, and I saw some nice clothes on mannequins.

The clothes were trendy and absolutely beautiful.

I entered one of the stores.

I tried on some clothes, and they looked perfect on me, so I bought one of them.

My husband wanted to buy shoes for work.

He tried on a few pairs and found the right one.

They were comfortable and fit perfectly.

He was very happy with the shoes and the price because they were on sale.

Then we walked to a department store.

This store sold items like clothes, perfume, beauty products, home accessories, and jewelry.

Since my sister's birthday is next week, I bought perfume for her as a birthday present.

Finally, at a toy store, my son got a set of Lego, and my daughter got a Barbie doll.

Both of them were excited to have their new toys.

After we got the things we wanted, we were ready to head back home feeling happy.

We took the elevator down to the lower level, enjoying our time together and our new things.

Interesting vocabulary.

Before we start our speaking practice, let's learn some new words from our story.

Knowing these will help you get better at English.

A food court is a large area, for example, inside a shopping mall, where there are small restaurants selling many different types of food that you can eat at tables in the middle of the area.

Example.

We ate lunch at the food court in the mall.

A directory is a big map or list that shows where different stores or places are located in a mall.

Example.

We looked at the directory to find the toy store.

An escalator is a moving staircase that takes people up or down between floors in a building.

Example.

We took the escalator to the second floor.

A kiosk is a small stand or booth in a mall where items like phone cases or snacks are sold.

Example.

The kiosk sells phone chargers.

A mannequin is a model of a human body, used to show clothes in the window of a store.

Example.

The dress looked nice on the mannequin.

Trendy means something that is very fashionable and popular at the mall.

Very fashionable and popular at the moment.

Example.

She wore a trendy jacket.

To fit means to be the right size and shape for someone.

Example.

Do these shoes fit you?

A department store is a large store that sells many different types of items, like clothes, cosmetics, and home goods.

Example.

The department store has a big sale today.

Perfume is a liquid with a pleasant smell that people put on their skin.

Example.

She bought a new bottle of perfume.

An elevator is a small room that moves up and down between floors in a building.

In American English, it is called an elevator, while in British English, it is often called a lift.

Example.

We'll have to take the elevator.

Now it's time to practice.

Repeat after Laura.

Hi, I'm Laura.

Hi, I'm Laura.

My family and I went shopping at a mall yesterday.

My family and I went shopping at a mall yesterday.

My family and I went shopping at a mall yesterday.

It was the biggest mall in my city.

It was the biggest mall in my city.

At the mall, there were a ton of different restaurants.

At the mall, there were a ton of different restaurants.

And they also had a food court with many delicious options.

And they also had a food court with many delicious options.

We knew exactly what we wanted to buy.

We knew exactly what we wanted to buy.

And which stores we wanted to visit.

And which stores we wanted to visit.

We looked at a directory.

We looked at a directory.

Which had a huge map of all the stores inside the mall.

Which had a huge map of all the stores inside the mall.

There were many different sections on the mall.

There were many different sections on the mall.

Offering a variety of things you could buy.

Offering a variety of things you could buy.

This mall had two levels.

This mall had two levels.

The upper level and the lower level.

The upper level and the lower level.

We used an escalator to go up to the upper level.

We used an escalator to go up to the upper level.

At the mall.

At the mall.

There were two different types of places where you could shop.

There were two different types of places where you could shop.

The first type was a store.

The first type was a store.

And the other was a kiosk.

And the other was a kiosk.

Which sold items like phone cases and chargers.

Which sold items like phone cases and chargers.

The kiosks were much smaller compared to the stores.

The kiosks were much smaller compared to the stores.

We walked past many clothing stores.

We walked past many clothing stores.

And I saw some nice clothes on mannequins.

And I saw some nice clothes on mannequins.

The clothes were trendy and absolutely beautiful.

The clothes were trendy and absolutely beautiful.

I entered one of the stores.

I entered one of the stores.

I tried on some clothes.

I tried on some clothes.

I tried on some clothes.

And they looked perfect on me.

And they looked perfect on me.

So I bought one of them.

So I bought one of them.

My husband wanted to buy shoes for work.

My husband wanted to buy shoes for work.

He tried on a few pairs.

He tried on a few pairs.

And found the right one.

And found the right one.

They were comfortable and fit perfectly.

They were comfortable and fit perfectly.

He was very happy with the shoes.

He was very happy with the shoes.

He was very happy with the shoes.

And the price because they were on sale.

And the price because they were on sale.

Then we walked to a department store.

Then we walked to a department store.

This store sold items like clothes.

This store sold items like clothes.

These were home accessories and jewelry.

These were home accessories and jewelry.

These were home accessories and jewelry.

Since my sister's birthday is next week.

Since my sister's birthday is next week.

I bought perfume for her as a birthday present.

I bought perfume for her as a birthday present.

Finally, at a toy store.

Finally, at a toy store.

My son got a set of Lego.

My son got a set of Lego.

And my daughter got a Barbie doll.

And my daughter got a Barbie doll.

Both of them were excited to have their new toys.

Both of them were excited to have their new toys.

After we got the things we wanted.

After we got the things we wanted.

We were ready to head back home feeling happy.

We were ready to head back home feeling happy.

We took the elevator down to the lower level.

We took the elevator down to the lower level.

Enjoying our time together and our new things.

Enjoying our time together and our new things.

Listen to the story carefully one more time.

Hi, I'm Laura.

Hi, I'm Laura.

My family and I went shopping at a mall yesterday.

My family and I went shopping at a mall yesterday.

It was the biggest mall in my city.

It was the biggest mall in my city.

At the mall, there were a ton of different restaurants.

At the mall, there were a ton of different restaurants.

We also had a food court with many delicious options.

We knew exactly what we wanted to buy and which stores we wanted to visit.

We knew exactly what we wanted to buy and which stores we wanted to visit.

We looked at a directory, which had a huge map of all the stores inside the mall.

There were many different sections offering a variety of things you could buy.

offering a variety of things you could buy.

This mall had two levels.

The upper level and the lower level.

We used an escalator to go up to the upper level.

At the mall, there were two different types of places where you could shop.

The first type was a store and the other was a kiosk, which sold items like phone cases and chargers.

The kiosks were much smaller compared to the stores.

We walked past many clothing stores and I saw some nice clothes on mannequins.

The clothes were trendy and absolutely beautiful.

I entered one of the stores.

I tried on some clothes and they looked perfect on me.

So I bought one of them.

My husband wanted to buy shoes for work.

He tried on a few pairs and found the right one.

They were comfortable and fit perfectly.

He was very happy with the shoes and the price because they were on sale.

Then we walked to a department store.

This store sold items like clothes, perfume, beauty products, home accessories, and jewelry.

Since my sister's birthday is next week,

I bought perfume for her as a birthday present.

Finally, at a toy store, my son got a set of Lego and my daughter got a

Barbie doll. Both of them were excited to have their new toys.

After we got the things we wanted, we were ready to head back home feeling happy.

We took the elevator down to the lower level, enjoying our time together and our new things.