Subject:

English Conversation
Student’s name Students ID:
Ana J. Pimentel 15-
6177
Activities:
unit IV

Teacher’s name:
Leonardo Gil

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Send your Comments on a word document with a link to a
youtube video for your oral participation about it.
A- Now comment based on the video:

Why do you think some people are addicted to shopping?

think that the cause of addicted to shopping it's a mix of feelings in
the person who it's addicted, like High anxiety, depression,
psychotic episodes and they go shopping to feel better or complete,
about their emotionals problems.

2. Do you consider yourself to be addicted to shopping? why?

why not?
No I don’t think that I am an addicted to shopping because I don't
spend all my money buying and also I go shopping once or twice a
year.

3. Do you know anybody that is?

No, I don’t.

4. What would you suggest someone to help him/her get rid of

this addiction?

I think that if you are a shopping addict you must go to a

psychologist or try to stop it by yourself because at the end you can
get broke and that would be worse for your economy.

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Once you finish:
Read and study in your book "Hot Topics 1", Chapter 4
Shopping the New Drug of Choice.
Work on the following exercises:

Read the articles. Look for the answers to your questions.

Pg. 41, exercises: Check the Facts Reading1 A, B

Check the Facts

A. Read the statements and write true (T) or false (F). Go
back to Reading 1 and look for the answers you are
unsure of.

F 1. All people who shop are recreational shoppers.

T 2. Recreational shoppers go shopping for fun.
F 3. Recreational shoppers love to own things.
F 4. Most shoppers dislike shopping.
T 5. Psychologists compared ordinary shoppers and recreational
shoppers.
F 6. Recreational shoppers go shopping when they are sad.
F 7. Most recreational shoppers are men.
F 8. People spend more time in shopping malls than they do at
work.

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 B. Answer the questions.

1. Compare the two groups and check the correct box.

more older more self- have

materialistic confident less self-
control
recreational  
shoppers
ordinary  
shoppers

2. Circle all that apply. While they are shopping,

recreational shoppers ...
a. feel upset.
b. pretend they are different people.
c. are excited.
d. steal things.

Pg. 42, exercises: Reading 2, A, B

A. Read the statements and write true (T) or false (F). Go

back to Reading 2 and look for the answers you are unsure
of.

T 1. Palm Desert Mall is in California.

T 2. This mall has more than 250 different places to spend money.
F 3. The mall has 43 different buildings.
F 4. It has 12 different movie theaters.

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T 5. Some restaurants at the mall are expensive.
F 6. Karen's Kitchen is a cooking store.

B. Answer the questions.

1. Where can you find the inexpensive restaurants at the

mall?
at La Salsa
at Panda Express
and at The Dusitani.
2. What can you do at Palm Desert Mall?
I can go and find different type of food at the restaurants
formal or informal restaurants, entertainment and go
shopping.

Pg. 42, exercise: Analyze

1 Would recreational shoppers like Palm Desert Mall? Why

or why not?
Yes I would, they have so many places at the same roof so
that would be an adventure without moving from one roof
to another.

2 How does the writer of Reading 1 feel about recreational

shopping? How do you know?
He think that recreational shopper will become addicted to shopping
in the future
“However, in the future, will we think of recreational shopping as an
addiction like smoking or drinking?”

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Pg. 44, exercise: Reading Skills

Reading Skills
Identifying the Author's Purpose
What is the author's purpose in each article? Why do you think
so?

To teach readers how to do something.

To inform readers about something.
To describe something to readers.
To persuade readers to do something.

Reading 1 Author's purpose:

Reading 2 Author's purpose:

Pg. 45, exercise: PART II, Read to find the answers to these
questions.

Read the next article to find the answers to these questions.

1. According to the writer, are we all consumers?
Yes we are.

2. What kinds of consuming do people do?

Going shopping, eating outside, going to the teathers,
amusement parks, paying bills, hangingout with friends,
getting gas and stuff like that.

3. What kinds of experiences are more important-

consuming experiences or nonconsuming experiences?
Why?
Consuming experiences are important because to buy food
or clothes you need to spend money but you can make

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 important memories with nonconsuming experiences
because there are activities you don’t do normally and that
would create a good memory in your life.

Pg. 46, exercises: Vocabulary Work / Reading Skills

Reading Skills
Read for Main Ideas
Write the main ideas next to the correct paragraph.

• Explanation of why consuming activities aren't special

• Introduction-we consume most of the time
• Call to action
• Explanation of why nonconsuming activities are special

Paragraph 1
• Introduction-we consume most of the time.

Paragraph 2
• Explanation of Why consuming activities aren't special.

Paragraph 3
Explanation of why nonconsuming activities are special.

Paragraph 4

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Call to action.

Pg. 48, exercise: Talk about Your Ideas

This topics were really interesting, because of shopping addicted, I
think that some people develop shopping addictions because they
essentially get addicted to how their brain feels while shopping. As
they shop, their brain releases endorphins and dopamine, and over
time, these feelings become addictive.