Ex. 1: Reflect on your personal shopping behaviour. Complete the sentence starters.
Ex. 2: Complete the gap fill exercise below with concepts from the box.
- Shopping
is also called ________________ (1) because it can cure a bad mood and
reduce sadness. Making ___________________ (2) can people make feel
instantly happier. Scientists say it is about the whole experience:
entering a store, browsing the collections, and buying what you like.
- ___________________
(3) is a chemical, also known as a feel-good chemical. Every time we go
shopping, it is released. Even scrolling through shopping sites online
releases this chemical.
- An issue
however is how much we spend on shopping. Many people are of the opinion
why earn money if it can’t be spent. This, however, may lead to regrets
and retail therapy then becomes ___________________ (4): You may feel
instant contentment with your purchases; this happiness does not last,
though, if you have spent more money than you can afford.
- Many
people __________________ (5) on their shopping behaviour because they
lose control and shopping becomes ___________________(6). ________________
(7) is a behaviour which helps to focus on the experience without making
purchases.
- If
control over one’s shopping behaviour is lost, retail therapy becomes
____________________ (8) when it is used to deal with stress or
__________________ (9).
- Retail
therapy is about control over your spending, retail addiction makes you
shop even if you can’t afford to. As a result, a feeling of
____________________________ (10) may set in. Shopping addiction has yet
not been acknowledged as a mental disorder. Nonetheless, it is also called
___________________ (11) (BSD) or_____________________ (12) (CBD).
Ex. 3: Watch the video and compare your answers.
Gravitas plus: Is shopping really therapeutic?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO4CMGW3KAQ
Ex. 4: Analyse the reasons for online shopping.
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Ex. 5: Learn more about payment methods and find the translations for each concept in your own language.
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English
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Definition
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1
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debit card
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a plastic card that can be used to
take money directly from your bank account when you pay for something
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2
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cash
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tangible items which are used a
means of payment
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3
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credit card
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a small plastic card that you can
use to buy goods and services and pay from them later
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4
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international money transfer
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transferring money to a bank
account overseas via a service provider
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5
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bank transfer
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a payment from one’s bank account
to someone else’s without using cash
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6
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direct debit order
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an instruction to your bank to
allow somebody else to take an amount of money from your account on a
particular date, especially to pay bills
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7
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online/mobile banking
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customers do their banking via the
secured website of their banking facility, using a customer number and a
password
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8
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prepaid cards
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debit or credit cards which can be
charged with an amount in advance
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9
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mobile wallets
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contact-free payment on the
Internet or at the checkout with the smartphone, watches or stickers
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10
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ATMs/cash machines
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a machine in or outside a bank,
shop, etc., from which you can get money from your bank account using a
special plastic card
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11
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stored online payments/wallets
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online service for storage of
money or payments, used for smaller and medium amounts, frequently for online
shopping
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