A- Now comment based on the video:

1. Do you consider yourself a shopaholic?

I don’t consider myself shopaholic. I really like shopping, I love it, but I buy the things that I
need. In some cases, I buy something although I don’t need it, if I like it, but it doesn’t
happen all the time.
2. What do you think of these people?
I just hope they got money to satisfy their real needs later. I know that they really like
shopping and enjoy it a lot, but depending on the people economic is a hard situation that
becomes a big problem.
3. Any idea to help?
I recommend to make a plan with their money. Take out the bills that they have to pay,
take out the things only that they need and save the rest of their money.
I recommend shopaholics better manage their personal finances.

B- 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
__F_1. All the people who buy are recreational buyers.

_T_2. Recreational shoppers go shopping for fun.

_F_3. Recreational buyers love owning things.

_F_ 4. Most buyers do not like to buy.

_T_ 5. Psychologists compared common buyers and recreational buyers.

_T_ 6. Recreational shoppers go shopping when they are sad.

_F7. Most of the recreational buyers are men.

_F_8. People spend more time in shopping centers than at work.

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

_T_1.Palm Desert Mall is in California.

__T__2. This mall has more than 250 different places to spend money.
__F__ 3. The shopping center has 43 different buildings.
__F__ 4. It has 12 different movie theaters.
__F___5. some restaurants in the mall are expensive.
_F__ 6. Karen's Kitchen is a kitchen store.

B. Answer the questions.

1. Where can you find inexpensive restaurants at the mall?
Karen’s Kitchen for gourmet salads or Western Grill for delicious baby back ribs.
At captain Ahab’s, Mexican tacos at La Salsa, Chinese egg rolls at Panda Express.

2. What can you do at Palm Desert Mall?

To shop, entertainment, restaurants and fun.

Pg. 42, exercise: Analyze

1. Would recreational shoppers like Palm Desert Mall?
Yes, because this is a place where they can find a lot of entertainment.
2. How does the writer of Reading 1 feel about recreational shopping? How
do you know?

I think he doesn’t like this practice. he considers this as a potential addition.

Pg. 44, exercise: Reading Skills

Identifying the Autor’s Purpose
Reading 1 Author’s Purpose:
Is informing readers about something’s. Because he presents information about a specific
topic that is recreational shoppers.
Reading 2 Author’s Purpose: Is to persuade readers to do something. Because
this reading is a kind of advertisement in this is presented the positive aspects of
this place.

Pg. 45, exercise: PART II, Read to find the answers to these questions.
1. According to the writer, are we all consumers?
Yes, of course, we are all consumers.
2. What Kinds of consuming do people do?
Movie Theater, amusement parks, drive-thrus, shopping malls, convenience store.
3. What kinds of experiences are more important-consuming experiences or
non consuming experiences? Why?
Non-consuming experiences are more important because we have an active roll in it. They
are more meaningful
4. How can we change our live?

Some of the things we must do is consuming the right things in the right way.

Pgs. 46, 47, exercises: Vocabulary Work / Reading Skills

Vocabulary work
Guess Meaning from Related Words
Find all the words in Reading 3 related to these words.
1. Consume Consumerism, consumer, consume
2. Action Active, actively
3. Create Recreated

4. Package Packaged

Reading Skills

Read for Main Ideas

Write the main ideas next to the correct paragraph.

Paragraph 1 Introduction- we consume most of the time

Paragraph 2 explanation of why consuming activities aren’t special

Paragraph 3 explanation of why non-consuming activities are special

Paragraph 4 call to action

Pg. 48, exercise: Talk about Your Ideas

Excellent topics to learn and reflect, when we know about each situation in life we
grow and discover different ways to do things better

LINK:

https://youtu.be/3SCE6drY3zI
 

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