El Centro Commercial Reading Assignment Shopping 1. You need to buy poultry and dairy products for lunch tomorrow. If you were shopping in a small town in Spain, where should you go and why? 2.Looking at the list of stores in the reading, what does this tell you about grocery shopping in a small town in Spain? What can you infer? Is grocery shopping as convenient in small town Spain as it is in the US? 3. Explain why you should go to market early in the morning when shopping in Spanish speaking countries. Markets 1. Describe what a market looks like in Spanish speaking world. 2. List 5 items that you could buy at one of these markets. 3. A lady carrying a bag with Kleenex, rubber gloves and nail polish remover. What can you infer from this scene? Where has she been? 4. In the Hispanic world, doctors write more or fewer prescriptions then doctors in the United States. Justify your answer with details from the reading. Bookstores 1.List what kinds of books you would not buy in Spanish bookstore. Justify your list with information from the text. 2. Define the following words- a. Precio fijo: b. Major precio: c. Cual: 3. Explain what bargaining is based on the text. Selecting and Paying 1. You are at the market putting fruit into your basket. You look up and the clerk is giving you a not so nice look. Why? What can you infer based on your reading? 2. You are wondering in and out of stores in Spain. The clerks are always so rude. What is wrong with them? What can you infer about the clerk based on the reading? Cultural 1 1. Compare how Americans leave their homes to go out in public and the way that Spanish and Mexican people go out in public. 2. Define the following terms: a. Sombrero: b. Huaraches: c. Mantilla: d. Repozo: e. Castanuelas: f. Peineta: g. Faja: h. El Jarabe Tapatio: 3. You were watching some dancers in Mexico city. The female dancer picks up her male partner’s hat off the floor and puts it on her head. WHY? WHAT are you witnessing? 4.You see a group of people carrying flamen