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HONE (een ag stoi a a bt 7 iJ ey sale in a mall, Oregon, USA WARM UP. Look at the photo and read the the questions. VOCABULARY ‘Complete the word map with these words. buspass camera coffee ‘concerts haircuts shirts Personal care make-up Clothes evan! Entertainment trousers music jackets fis Road kas Electronics Food and drink ‘mobile phone ‘ood shopping video games ae eating out petrol train tickets ‘Work in pairs. Which of the things in the word map can you buy second-hand? You can buy video games second-hand. Yes. And you can buy cameras second-hand too. LISTENING How | spend my money Listening for negatives When you lsten, it's important to be able to hear negative forms. Speakers often use contractions such as: don't/doesn’t isn't/aren’t can't s Fy 3 [AER Listen to Lizzie Nye talk about her spending habits. Tick (/) the things that Lizzie spends a lot of money on. a car © make-up @ clothes bb eating out concerts, mobile phone 4 [AER Listen again. What does Lizzie say her friends spend alot of money on? How Is Lizzi different? Discuss with a partner. 5 How are you and Lizzie similar? How are you different? Discuss with a partner. Pronunciation Weak forms (1): of and to 6 [3EE Listen, Notice the pronunciation ofthe underlined words. Practise saying the sentences. 1 I spend a lot of money going fo concerts. 3 Some af my friends go to restaurants a lot. 2 It’s a bit ofa passion of mine. 4 I prefer to st and talk to friends face-to-face. SPEAKING Talking about shopping 7 [AEEI Listen to the conversation. Where do the two people decide to go shopping? ‘A: Do you want to go shopping after class? B: Sure. Where do you want to go? OK / Yeah ‘A: Well | usually go to Market Street. They have often / sometimes, some geatdeagie shoes bse B: Oh. Do you ever go to City Mall? ‘A: No, never. Why? Hardly ever / Rarely B: There's a great second-hand clothes shop there. | go every week. ‘once a week / twice a month ‘A: OK, good ideal To be honest, | need to start saving more money. 8. Practise the conversation witha partner. Practise again using the words on the right ‘9 Write the names of three places where you shop. Work in pairs. Ask each other about where you shop, Where do you go shopping? | sometimes shop at my local market. Yeah? Why do you like it? E224 I never make a shopping list 2% books | Maga 1% Fart Soya % a 3%. re oer SPENDINGES 29% eee is ems , a habits shows that the . average student in the US 1% is loves shopping for elothes. Elects ‘The results even suggest that many students spend s more mney on clothes a than they do on food, which may be worrying to some as cee cae fat GRAMMAR Adverbs and expressions of frequency 1. [REZ Look at the infographio. What do students in the Urited States spend most of their money on? [EE Listen to two people talking about their spending habits. Circle T for true or F for false. 1 The boy's spending habits are similar to those shown in the chart TOF 2 The gir's spending habits are simiar to those shown in the chart. TOF Read the sentences in the Grammar box. ‘Choose the correct options to complete a and b. 4 Put the sentences in order of frequency from most often (1) to least often (6). 1 usually buy my food at my local markst. 2 I never buy something because | see itin an advert. 3 | sometimes do my food shopping online. 4 [hardly ever buy music 5 | always buy fair-trade coffee, 6 | often buy new clothes but then decide | don't ike them, 5 Change the adverbs of frequency in Exercise 4 80 the sentences are true for you. eNews Kaa ee | hardly ever buy new clothes. | go shopping for clothes every weekend. | guess you usually buy them second-hand, | buy two or three new books every week. ‘a Adverbs of frequency (always, often, etc) go before the verb / at the end ofthe sentence, b Expressions of frequency (every weekend, twice ‘a Week, etc.) go before the verb /at the end of the sentence. Check your answers on page 138 and do Exercise 1. LANGUAGE FOCUS Talking about habits and routines 6 [SE study the examples inthe Language focus box. Meera Reeds always usually Do you ever shop onine? Yes,| shop online, you ever shop ten ° sometimes hi rar Do you ever buy furiture? No.1 hardly everdrarety ay tanita, never every day. How often do you go shopping? '9°S"°°P°9 nee twice/three times a week. {never go shopping. For mor formation and practic, go page 18, 7 Putthe words in the correct order tomake SPEAKING Asking about shopping habits questions. Pipcrrer erp rereeencieoan 410 How oftn do you do these things? Wie you 2. you/ do / ever / online? / shop How often do you 3 how / spend / you / do /often / money / ‘+ buy new clothes? on clothes? buy a newspaper or magazine? 4 often /how / you / buy / do / new / shoes? * buy coffee in a café? + buy bottled water? Pronunciation Intonation in questions download music? do big food shop? 8a [IPE] Listen and check your answers to Exercise 7. Which questions go up at the 14. Work in pairs. Ask your partner questions to fend (t) and which go down (1)? find out their shopping habits. ‘8b Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in How often do you buy new clothes? Exercise 7. Answer with your own information Lot's 900. | buy semathing —a T-shit or a 9 [EZ] Complete the information. Circle the shirt - about once a month, correct words. Listen and check your answers. hen shopping for new clothes, we lever / usualy think very carefuly about the styl, the colour and the price. But how ‘often / usually do you think. about the environment? ECOALF isa clothing compary that is tying to help the tervironment. They make new clothes using recycled ‘materials. They recycle things lke od tyres, plastic bottles ‘and *hardly ever / sometimes fishing nets. They even use coffee grounls that they collect from different coffes shops 4once / every day. But ECOALF believes that styais important too, so the clothes they make ‘never / always look recycled. In this ‘way, ECOALF hopes people realize that they can help the environment and look good at the same time. ECOALE jackets made from recycled bottles EJ Think before you shop READING Buy Nothing New Month 1 Read the first paragraph of the article. Do you think the challenge is easy or difficult? Discuss with a partner. cud you ve for one month without buying anything new? Buy Nothing Now Month started in Austra in 2010. chalenges people once a year to buy nothing naw ~ except food, medicine and « products used for hygiene —for 30 days. The aim is to encourage people to be less ‘wasteful and to make us think about the pact our shopping habits have on the environment. But the challenge isnot simply about *going +» without People can find othe, creative ways to gt the things they want. Here are afew examples of how to buy nothing new. SHOPPING SECOND-HAND Many people shop for second-hand products 1 at places like charity shops and flea markets. You can usually find a wide variety of items at ‘chenomenal prices, and your money often goes to good cause, And while you're thera, why not danate something you no longer use, 80 someone else can buy i? » ‘SWAPPING With the Internet, swapping is asi than ever before, There are many websites, such as, ‘swap.com, where you can post a photo of something you don't need. Then, other users as can offer something as a swap. UPCYCLING Upoyciing involves tuming something you no longer need into something much more useful For example, you can tun an empty drink bottle so into a beautiful lamp, oF an old door into an Interesting table, ‘So why not try the challenge for yourself? You can be a friend to the environment and also to your wallet * "hygiene fp) the practic of keeping yours clean "impact sect * go without phrasal verb) to not use or do something “phenomenal (ad) realy rect Understanding main ideas 2 [SEE Read the article. Tick (7) the true information (@-<). ‘The article says Buy Nothing New Month makes us think about .. the environment. by ife for poor people. © throwing things away. Understanding examples 3. Find and undertine examples ofthe following in the article. 1 ttyee types of products you can buy during Buy Nothing New Month 2 two places where you can buy second-hand products, 3 a website where you can swap items 4 two examples of upcyciing 4 According to the article, which of these items are OK to buy during Buy Nothing New Month? .cup of coffee from a café bottle of shampoo ‘anew T-shit for your friend's birthday anew tie for ajob interview ‘a computer game from your best fiend 5 Tick (¥) the example(s) of upcycing. giving your old clothes to a charity shop b fing a broken table and not throwing it away © making a now scart using old socks Understanding vocabulary 6 Complete the sentences with these words. donate ‘environment. products swap wallet 11 Many people ______ things they don’t need to charty shops. 2 I's OK to buy healthcare during Buy Nothing New Month. 3. Some people hold parties where they _________clothes with the friends, 4 Throwing things away when they are stilin good condition is bad for the 5 At the end of Buy Nothing New Month, you may have more money than usual in your 7 Do you think Buy Nothing New Month is a good way to help the environment? Discuss with a partner. 7s Read the paragraph. Match each bold word to its meaning (1~4). You will hear these words in the TED Talk. ESSI ARRINGTON loves wearing crazy, colourful outfits. But she never buys ‘new clothes. Instead, she buys unique second-hand clothes for her wardrobe, Her idea worth spreading is that second-hand shopping can reduce our impact on the environment and our wallets, and also be fun and creative. 1 clothes you wear together: 2 not ke any other, special: 3 mako less: 4 al the clothes you own: [ESD] Watch Part 1 of the TED Talk. What three things does Jessi Arrington think about when she chooses her outfits? Discuss with a partner. [SESE Watch Part 2 of the TED Talk. Match the days ofthe week with Jessi Arrington’s “ife lessons’ 1. Monday ‘a. Be who you are. 2 Tuesday b Colour is powerful 3 Thursday © Develop your own sty. 4 Saturday Be confident. CRITICAL THINKING 4 Read the comments" about the TED Talk. Which do you agree with most? (0) Mart— esi rington aye you dont have to spendalotot money to look great and gives us lots of good examples. 2 s Fy [1 Les she locks great but! think she looks great because she understands colour and fasion, Not everybody has tis tlt. (Fp) Pauta- wow what a groat idea to take an empty sutoase when you go on holiday. want to try this! = “Tho comments wore created for this actvly 5 Do you agree with this statement of Jessi Arrington’s? “fyou think you look good in somathing, you almost cartainly do, VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT 6 [AER IWatch the clips from the TED Talk. Choose the correct meaning of the words. 7. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions, 1 What puts you in a bad mood? 2 Are there any sounds that remind you of childhood? PRESENTATION SKILLS Using good body language 8 [IEREILook at the Presentation tips box. Watch the clip. Tick () the tps that Jessi Arrington follows. ‘Good body language is important. It helps communicate your message and shows You are a confident speaker. Body language include facial expressions, gestures {ow you move your hands) and how you stand. Try these tps: 1 Keep your body open. Try not to cross your arms or legs. 2 Stand up straight. ‘3 Gesture with your hands open. ‘4 Make eye contact with the audience, 5 Smile, 9 [AESEJ Watch again. What else does Jessi Arrington do (or not do) that shows she's confident? 10 Work in a group. Stand up and tell the group a little about yourself. Try to use good body language. EA How green are you? COMMUNICATE Doing a quiz 1 Are you a green shopper? Read the questions and mark your answers. How often do you ... Never Sometimes 1 buy locally produced products? Qo 2 take a reusable cloth bag to a shop? 3 buy products made from recycled materials? 4 buy second-hand items? 5 donate to charty shops? 6 ‘recycle the packaging that comes with your products? 7 travel to the shops by car? Oooooag Oooo0oo0oo0 ooooocoog 2 Work in pairs. Take turns asking and answering the questions. ‘3. Look back at the quiz. Circle how green you think your partner is. Tier eaten 4 Work in a group. Tell the group how green you think your partner is. Give reasons. eras aaa Jamie rides his biko when he goes shopping and he cycles to work. | sometimes donate to charity shops. Plus / Also, | often buy my clothes at charity shops. | think Kate is a vary green shopper. What's more, she buys allt of things second-hand. WRITING Sharing information online 5 Read the post. What does the person want? Help! | want to buy some second-hand items, such as clothes, music, comic books and fumiture. Where's a good place to shop? Allideas welcome. Thanks! 6 Read this response to the post. Then write your own response to the post. Include the name of the shop, what it sells, how ‘often you go there and what you like about it. Forfuriture, there's a great shop on Castla Street. I's ccaled Couch Potato. They sell cheep second-hand ‘umitur, | usualy go there during the week when it's not vory busy.

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