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DISCOVERING
LONDON
SHOPPING MANIA
london is the ideal place for shopping: the variety
of things to buy is enormous and the prices surely
competitive.
the most important markets in London are :
Portobello market ,Petticoat lane , Camden market,
Chelsea antiques ,Brixton market , jubilee market ,
soho etc.

the three most famous shopping

centres
harrods

This great department store should be the first to

be visited in London.
it is the greatest department store in the world
with 300 departments in seven floors.
its motto is “Omnia omnibus ubique” (everything for
everyone everywhere )
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in the evening the façade of Harrods lights up of

thousands of lights
SELFRIDGES

Selfridges is well known and it is large as Harrods.

it was built by the American Gordon Selfridge in XX
Century.
from then it’s possible to find everything that
belongs the exclusive fashion from “parfums” to
objects for the furnishing of the home.
LIBERTY’S

this department store is specialized only in very

selected goods.
is the best address fabrics, carpets, furniture and
oriental and Asian china.
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other famous places where to

shop in London
Fortnum and mason
Fortnum and mason, the elegant Piccadilly store
affectionately sometimes referred to as the
“queen’s grocers

Covent garden
Covent garden is well-known as a complex of shops,
cafés and promenades and place of entertainment,
where it is possible to see mime artists, dancers,
swordsmen, singers and actors. the name Covent
garden derives from “Covent garden”, as it was
formerly the garden of a convent.

Portobello market
it is the busiest and most colorful market in London.
it is held daily but while during the week it’s
possible to buy overall foodstuffs, during the
weekends the market is specialized in antiques of
quality, too.

petticoat lane
petticoat lane market in London’s East End is the
most famous and crowded market, where it’s
possible to meet very original people and buy
everything.
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domande
1: what type of things are possible to buy in London?
2: which are the most important department stores
in London?
3: which are the most important markets in London?
4: how can we define Harrods?
5: what’s Harrods’s motto?
6: what Selfridges sells?
7: what does “liberty” sells?
8: how Fortnum and mason referred, too?
9: what does the food department of Fortnum and
mason offer?
10: what ‘s the origin of the word “Covent garden”?
11: what can we find at Portobello market and
petticoat lane market?

risposte
1: In London you can buy cashmere, shirts, shoes,
hats etc.
2: The most important departments stores are
Harrods, Selfridges, liberty’s
3: The most important markets in London are
Portobello market, petticoat lane, Camden market…
4: Harrods is the greatest departments store in the
world
5: The motto of Harrods is Omnia omnibus ubique
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6: Selfridges sells parfums and furniture

7: Liberty sells fabrics, carpets, furniture and
china
8: The Fortnum and mason is referred queen’s
grocers
9: The food department of Fortnum and mason offer
a particular flavour
10: The name Covent garden derives from Covent
garden
11: In Portobello market you can find foodstuffs
and on petticoat lane you can find clothings