UNIVERSIDAD ABIERTA PARA ADULTOS

(UAPA)

TASK
4

FACILTATOR:
DEYVI SÁ NCHEZ

PARTICIPANT:
JOSÉ Y. OVIEDO

REGISTRATION:
15-7160

SUBJECT:
ENGLISH CONVERSATION
Send your Comments on a word document with a link to a youtube video for
your oral participation about it.  

A- Now comment based on the video:

Why do you think some people are addicted to shopping?

I think that the cause of an addicted person to shopping is a mix of your feelings in
like High anxiety, depression, and psychotic episodes. They go to shopping to feel
better or complete about their emotional problems.

2. Do you consider yourself to be addicted to shopping? Why? Why not? 

No I don't think that I am an addicted person to shopping, because I don't spend all
or enough money buying things and also I go shopping once or twice a year.

3. Do you know anybody that is?

Yes of course, my wife is a shopaholic, she every time who arrives at supermarket
buy something of clothes. Really is our main problem by the moment.

4. What would you suggest someone to help him/her get rid of this
addiction?

I think that if you are a shopping addict you must go to a psychologist or try to stop
it by yourself because at the end you can get broke and that would be worse for
your economy.
Once you finish:
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

Check the Facts

A. Read the statements and write true (T) or false (F). Go back to
Reading 1 and look for the answers you are unsure of.

F 1. All people who shop are recreational shoppers.

T 2. Recreational shoppers go shopping for fun.
F 3. Recreational shoppers love to own things.
F 4. Most shoppers dislike shopping.
T 5. Psychologists compared ordinary shoppers and recreational shoppers.
F 6. Recreational shoppers go shopping when they are sad.
F 7. Most recreational shoppers are men.
F 8. People spend more time in shopping malls than they do at
work.

B. Answer the questions.

1. Compare the two groups and check the correct box.

more older more self- have less

materialistic confident self-
 control
recreational ü ü
shoppers
ordinary ü ü
shoppers

2. Circle all that apply. While they are shopping, recreational

shoppers ...
a. feel upset.
b. pretend they are different people.
c. are excited.
d. steal things.

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

A. Read the statements and write true (T) or false (F). Go back to Reading
2 and look for the answers you are unsure of.

T 1. Palm Desert Mall is in California.

T 2. This mall has more than 250 different places to spend money.
F 3. The mall has 43 different buildings.
F 4. It has 12 different movie theaters.
T 5. Some restaurants at the mall are expensive.
F 6. Karen's Kitchen is a cooking store.

B. Answer the questions.

1. Where can you find the inexpensive restaurants at the mall?

At La Salsa
At Panda Express
And at The Dusitani.
2. What can you do at Palm Desert Mall?
I can go and find different type of food at the restaurants formal or
informal restaurants, entertainment and go shopping.

Pg. 42, exercise: Analyze

1 Would recreational shoppers like Palm Desert Mall? Why or why not?
Yes I would, they have so many places at the same roof so that would
be an adventure without moving from one roof to another.
2 How does the writer of Reading 1 feel about recreational shopping? How
do you know?
He think that recreational shopper will become addicted to shopping in the future
“However, in the future, will we think of recreational shopping as an addiction like
smoking or drinking?”

Pg. 44, exercise:  Reading Skills

Reading Skills
Identifying the Author's Purpose
What is the author's purpose in each article? Why do you think so?

To teach readers how to do something.

To inform readers about something.
To describe something to readers.
To persuade readers to do something.

Reading 1 Author's purpose:

Reading 2 Author's purpose:

Pg. 45, exercise: PART II, Read to find the answers to these questions.

Read the next article to find the answers to these questions.

1. According to the writer, are we all consumers?
Yes we are.

2. What kinds of consuming do people do?

Going shopping, eating outside, going to the theaters, amusement parks,
paying bills, hanging out with friends, getting gas and stuff like that.

3. What kinds of experiences are more important-consuming

experiences or no consuming experiences? Why?
Consuming experiences are important because to buy food or clothes
you need to spend money but you can make important memories with
no consuming experiences because there are activities you don't do
normally and that would create a good memory in your life.
Pg. 46, exercises: Vocabulary Work / Reading Skills

Reading Skills
Read for Main Ideas
Write the main ideas next to the correct paragraph.

• Explanation of why consuming activities aren't special

• Introduction-we consume most of the time
• Call to action
• Explanation of why nonconsuming activities are special

Paragraph 1
• Introduction-we consume most of the time.

Paragraph 2
• Explanation of Why consuming activities aren't special.

Paragraph 3
Explanation of why nonconsuming activities are special.

Paragraph 4
Call to action.

Talk about Your Ideas

This topics were really interesting, because of shopping addicted, I think that some
people develop shopping addictions because they essentially get addicted to how
their brain feels while shopping. As they shop, their brain releases endorphins and
dopamine, and over time, these feelings become addictive.