19/11/27
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Keep your sanity this holiday season
Glossary
- sanity – reasonable and rational behaviour
- savvy – the ability to make good judgements
- gourmet – very high quality
- trap – a situation from which it is difficult or impossible to escape
- purchase – to buy; the action of buying something
- accrue – to gradually increase in amount over a period of time
- ceiling – an official upper limit that cannot be broken
- to rack up – to get a large number or amount of something
- frenzy – a state of uncontrolled activity or emotion
- lure – the quality or power that something or someone has that makes it/them attractive
- to go astray – (of a plan or action) to go wrong
- to skip – to not do something that you usually do or that you should do
- bulky – large
- receipt – a piece of paper that you get in a shop when you buy something
- frugal – economical in expenditure; saving wisely
Discuss:
- Do you sometimes realize you`ve fallen for the marketing tricks?
- When you see a discounted product, do you google its regular price?
- Does finding an amazing bargain make you happy?
- Do you set a spending ceiling when you start Christmas shopping?
- Do you feel sometimes you`ve got caught up in the holiday frenzy?
- Do you agree with the statement that overspending is a big reason most people will never become millionaires, or billionaires?
- How do you feel about shops where returns aren’t permitted? Do you skip them?
- Do you believe special occasions like Christmas or Easter have become too consumeristic?
- Are children becoming consumerists earlier?
- Would it be difficult for you to change your spending habits?
Practice Makes Perfect
Match the sentence halves. You can go to: Keep your sanity this holiday season to check your answers.
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a) paying the full retail price on gift items.
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b) do that 20 or 30 times and all of a sudden, you have racked up some serious credit card debt.
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c) the lure of huge discounts.
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d) with a little shopping savvy, you can stretch your dollars and find the best gifts for the money.
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e) you add the shipping costs. |
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f) a gourmet food store or your favorite big-box store, use shopping apps.
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ANSWERS: 1d); 2f); 3a); 4b); 5c); 6e)
Practise using the new words and answer the following questions:
- Did you use to skip school when you were young?
- Do you consider yourself a frugal person?
- Do you always ask for/keep receipts?
- What`s your latest purchase?
- Do you consider yourself a gourmet?
- Have you ever felt you`ve walked into a marketing trap?
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