Discuss the following questions

1. Do you know any books / films / song / games about shopping? Which are they?

2. Why are they so popular?

3. Do they promote consumerism and overconsumption? How?

4. Should they be banned? Why / Why not?

5. How should we bring up the younger generation to resist temptation?

4.2. Look at the book / disc covers and discuss which of them better reveals the problem of consumerism. Why?

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4.3. Discuss the following.

1. What is “shopping season”? When is it? Which countries are involved?

2. What is “Black Friday”? How does this day relate to shopping?

3. How can people resist shopping? Should they?

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4.4. Listen to excerpt from CNN News about “Buy Nothing Day” and fill in the gaps.

1. Black Friday is almost gone, but not everyone was in _______________.

2. The average Northern American consumes 5 times more than a _______________,10 times more than a _______________ and 30 times more than _______________.

3. _______________ is “Buy Nothing Day”.

4. They couldn’t buy any time on TV channels for their ad because _______________.

5. They started Buy Nothing day back in _______________ and it is celebrated in _______________.

6. People who go and buy the next day after Thanksgiving do not understand the consequences of overconsumption – _______________, _______________, _______________ consequences.

7. Buying noting can influence economy only _______________.

8. We are living off the backs of _______________, _______________.

9. Since WW2 we have increased our consumption by _______________ but our happiness has not gone up.

4.5. Make up the derivatives of the word “consume” (using the affixes - able, -ed, -er, -ing, -ism, -ist, -ive, -ly, -s, -tion, non-, over-, post-, un-, under), find out what they mean and complete the following spidergram.

4.6. Fill in the gaps with words from Ex. 31. Translate the sentences. 1. And, more and more (though not enough) ________ paper is recycled, not burned or buried. 2. ___________ peanut butter in infancy appears to lessen, not increase, a child's risk of developing a peanut allergy later. 3. For some seafood, __________ tend to prefer a particular species, such as blue crabs and lobster. 4. I loved her as ___________ as she loved him. 5. Imported rice satisfies 39 percent of the region's rice ___________ needs. 6. In ___________, more is always better, and economic progress is well served by an acquisitive and possessive ethos. 7. Indigenous peoples will have to "teach the ___________ societies to make sacrifices." 8. Interest in the diet has been stimulated by research suggesting that ________ of calories and nutrients such as fat, cholesterol, and sodium and ___________ of other nutrients such as calcium increase the risk of several chronic diseases. 9. Most industrial countries have achieved their high standard of living by very high ___________ demands on resources. 10. My byword is,' use cash to pay for ___________, credit for durables. 11. Not one of its many parts is made of recycled, ___________ plastics or plant-based plastics.

4.7. Find out the meaning of compounds containing derivatives of the word “consume”. 1. And it's why very few new consumer-oriented dot-coms are being started in garages around the Valley today. 2. Another general message to the believers was: B2B (business-to-business marketing) and B2C (business to consumer) are so five minutes ago; from now on it's all about B2B2C. 3. Browse sites like PriceGrabber.com, BizRate.com and Become.com for consumer-friendly tips on purchases. 4. Developing new styles is a time-consuming process that must be done by hand. 5. Joe Kraus co-founded a consumer advocacy group called DigitalConsumer.org that he says has almost 50,000 members. 6. Some of your local consumer protection agencies can help as well. 7. We're in a consumer-driven market war, grubbing for new methods of production and new marketing techniques to overcome the slump in sales.