Spotlight 10 Module 2a

SPOTLIGHT 10

Module 2

2a Britain’s Young Consumers

Consumer

- someone who buys or uses goods or services

• Catch up – догонять, наверстывать
• Dig deep in one’s pocket – тратить больше
• Hand out – выдавать
• Make ends meet – сводить концы с концами
• Shopping spree – поход по магазинам
• Resist – устоять
• Student loan – кредит на обучение
• Pocket money – карманные деньги
• Afford – иметь возможность
• Splash out – разбрасывать
• Save up – скопить
• Borrow – занимать, одалживать
• Lend – давать взаймы

Read the title and the first paragraph of the article. What do you think British teenagers spend their money on?

Listen and read to find out.

Ex. 2 Read the teenagers’ quotes and match each one to the comments A-F

F

C

A

E

B

D

Check the words

consumers: people who buy things for their own use

retailer: shop owner/seller

catch up: reach the same level as something

dig deeper into their pockets: pay out more money than usual

hand out: give away

make ends meet: have enough money to live on

resist: stop from doing something

survive: live; get by

student loan: money the government lends students to pay for their studies

pocket money: money parents give children to spend as they wish

household chores: routine jobs done around the house

can’t afford to splash out: not having money to buy luxuries, expensive things

shopping sprees: buying lots of things at the same time

save up: gradually collect money by spending less than usual

Read and translate

1. A lot of consumers enjoy buying things during the sales.

2. The biggest retailers usually have shops in the main city centres.

3. If you miss too many lessons, you can't catch up .

4. Prices are always going up and so I’m digging deeper into my pockets just to pay for my basic needs.

5. The government is handing out food packages to needy families.

6. Both my mother and father have to work as they have problems trying to make ends meet .

Read and translate

7. If I like a particular top or skirt, I can’t resist buying it in several colours.

8. I can’t survive on less than £20 a week!!

9. My parents aren’t rich so I’ll have to have a student loan at university.

10. I can’t afford to splash out on new dresses for each wedding I am invited to.

11. I always go on a shopping spree to buy things for my birthday party.

12. I am saving up for a holiday abroad.

Ex. 3 What do you think teenagers in Russia spend their money on?

• clothes and accessories
• household bills
• eating out
• mobile phones cards
• sweets and snacks
• rent
• bus fares
• petrol
• computer games
• CDs/DVDs
• going out (cinema, concerts, sport events)
• magazines/ books/ comics
• supermarket shopping

What do you spend your money on?

A: I spend most of my money on …

B: Me too. I also buy …

earn

waste

pay

borrow

save

cost

lend

Ex. 5 Fill in:

• How do you …… for things you buy: in cash, by cheque or by credit card?
• Do you ever ……… money to your friends?
• Do you ever ………… money from your friends?
• Do you ……. up to buy something you want, e.g. a new bike?
• Do you think teenagers ……… their money on things they don’t really need?
• Which of the things you buy ….... a lot and which are reasonably priced?
• Do you have a part-time job to ……… extra money?

Answer the questions about yourself.

to dig deep into one’s pockets

to use a lot of your own money to pay for something

My parents dug deep into their pockets to pay for a new car.

to splash out

to spend a lot of money on buying things, especially  things that are pleasant to have but that you do not need

We can't afford to splash out  that much money for luxuries.

to make ends meet

to have enough money to cover expenses

It’s not easy to make ends meet with a big family, but somehow we manage.

If I had a lot of money I would…