Consumisme, pressió i professionalisme: vocabulari i gramàtica en anglès

Vocabulari i gramàtica: consumisme i compres

1. There is a lot of consumerism in today’s society. We all shop and buy things all the time.

2. My sister put me under a lot of pressure to come to the party. It wasn’t easy to refuse.

3. Sandy is interested in environmentalism. She’d like to work in a job that involves looking after nature.

4. I was surprised by my grandmother’s generosity. She gave me €50 to spend on my holiday!

5. The departure time of the last train meant that we couldn’t get home that night.

6. Millions of people love reality TV programmes. Their popularity is much greater than that of documentaries.

7. In the past athletes were amateurs, but today there is a lot more professionalism in sport.

Exercici: tria la paraula correcta

1. Can I borrow/lend €50 from you? I’ll pay you back tomorrow.

2. How much money did you spend/buy on rides at the fair last weekend?

3. I don’t have much money so I’m a window shopper/seller at the moment.

4. We didn’t buy any new furniture. We got it all at a second-hand/bargain shop.

5. We got a bargain in the January sales/sells – everything in the shops was so much cheaper!

6. There are two customers/clients waiting in the shop. Can you go and serve them, please?

Vocabulari de compres

• cash: money in notes and coins.
• label: something attached to a product with information about it.
• trolley: a large container with wheels for the products you buy.
• receipt: a document from a shop showing how much you paid.
• discount: a reduction in price.

Paraules relacionades amb les compres

• shopaholic: a person who is addicted to shopping.
• bargain-hunter: someone who looks for products with a discount.
• window-shopper: a person who looks at products but doesn’t buy them.
• customer: the person looking at and buying products in a shop.
• shop assistant: the person selling products and helping people in a shop.

Frases d’exemple

A receipt shows what you have bought and how much you paid. You’ll need it if you want to take something back to the shop.

On the label, it says this sweater is a medium, but I think it’s a small.

My friend Jay is a shopaholic. She says shopping makes her feel good. It’s an addiction for her.

In the school holidays I work as a shop assistant. I serve customers in the local department store.

This laptop is slightly damaged but I’ll buy it if you give me a 10% discount – that’s €90, not €100.

I have a credit card but no cash, and this shop will only accept notes and coins.

We can’t buy anything else – the trolley is full and it’s getting too heavy to push!