Chirita Vlad

Consumerism

A. Match the words from the text with their corresponding meaning.

1-E)
2-H)
3-F)
4-D
5-A)
6-B)
7-G)
8-C)
B. Answer the following questions in your own words as far as possible.
1.Parents have been warned to ensure teens earn some of their keep through household
chores such as mowing lawns and cleaning, or encourage part-time employment, to
keep greed at bay.
2. It is important that teenagers earn money to become independant from a financial
point of view.

3.Young consumers get money from parents.

4. Parents give their children so much money for enabling them to have constant
buying power.
C. Reread paragraphs 3 – 5 and complete the following accordingly.
1. Young people spend their money mostly on force in their own right.
2. Only a small percentage of teens claim to combine study with a part-time job.
3. Young consumers spend up to clothes, electronics and fast food.
4. Some teens work while
5. Boys can afford to buy expensive thing than girls because boys like video games and
other things linked to tehnology
D. Look at the idioms below and match them with their corresponding meaning.
1-C)
2-A)
3-B)
4-E)
5-D)
6-F)
E. TENSES – Use an appropriate present tense of the verbs in brackets
1. drives
2.were
3.was spended
4.have consumed
5.wasn’t bought
F. CLAUSES OF CONTRAST – Match the beginnings of the sentences to their endings

1-F)

2-B)

3-D)

4-A

5-C)

6-E)

G. WRITING

Today's consumer society is based very much on obtaining products from the last
generation. In my opinion, this behavior leads to exactly what the author speaks about to
us, envy and addiction.
First of all not everyone have the possibility to purchase new products and probably
that's why, in most cases this kind of people are not extremely popular, for example,
some people from the country-side. But at the urban area, for example, the possibilities
are much higher and so people can buy a big variety of new products.
Secondly people who have high possibilities can buy new gadgets: smartphones, TVs,
electronics, new automobiles. This leads to the addiction of buying everything which is
new, and then inevitably to the neighbor's or friend's envy. Envy leads to hate, and hate
leads to misunderstanding between people.
On the other hand the author talks exactly about the problems that society faces today,
dependence of new and envy. Jealous people are never satisfied by themselves or what
they have and always want to be like their friends.
In conclusion, people should be sober when they buy certain things because it affects
them especially their personal life and make them forget about the essential things, for
example health and harmony with people around.