File 5 Step 2 The Consumer Society - Family Team by Graziosi https://padlet.com/marise_graziosi1/tgsfdxksr6pp How to resist consumerism ? en-us 2018-04-03 10:49:02 UTC 2024-06-04 20:38:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/baby.jpg Step 2 : On the shopping list marise_graziosi1 https://padlet.com/marise_graziosi1/tgsfdxksr6pp/wish/248055182 To what extent can we say the present consumption patterns are different ? Listen to the document to provide an answer

]]> 2018-04-03 10:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/marise_graziosi1/tgsfdxksr6pp/wish/248055182 Step 2 - Articles marise_graziosi1 https://padlet.com/marise_graziosi1/tgsfdxksr6pp/wish/248055185 2018-04-03 10:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/marise_graziosi1/tgsfdxksr6pp/wish/248055185 Lucie https://padlet.com/marise_graziosi1/tgsfdxksr6pp/wish/250255688 Consumerism comes from the consumer society. It is a society in which people often buy new things thanks to means of inciting just as awesome shopping centre. Usually, they buy things that they don't need : advertising poster or slogans influence them. In this kind of society, a high value is placed on owning many things, that is why people attach a great importance to have more and more material possessions : wealth is a sign of superiority, power, and possibilities or projects. But ways are set up to becone aware of the scale of this phenomenon and its multiple consequences just like pollution. Peoplpe are encouraged to less consume thanks to events like "Buy noting Day !". People live in a consumer society, so how to resist consumerism ? One will focus on the reasons why people want to resist consumerism, and then the different means to.

More and more people want to resist consumerism.. That is to resist from consuming. To quote but one example, in the USA, the confidence in the economy falls to a half as it was before, because of the economic crisis of October. Consumers have a harder look on the economic situation of the country : a pessimistic look. Shoppers are more carefull about their money : they take care of how much they spent, they take care of their budget, their planning. They think that events like the sales are created in order to push them to consume. So they follow some rules or ways to resist, but not alll the people make this effort.
People want to resist, but some don't want to, or don't see the reason to resist from consumerism. On the one hand some are very optimist about the consumer society, even it it exists crisis. And on the other hand, people can't resist. To quote but one example, events just as Thanksgiving or Christmas make the resistence difficult : children are very excited at Christmas, and make enormous list of what they want. This is a consequence of the consumer society : buy more and more, and can't stop the process. 

People create different means in order to resist consumerism. First, they value their life. That is that they analyse if they really need things that they want. They want to make the difference between the need and the wish. And for some, it is very benefic, because they can improve their budget for other things and improve their comfort.
Also, people create tips to resist. For example, at Christmas time, parents make list to not spent so much money, or to not buy useless things. Also, that helps children to realize the importance of money, and her value.

In a word, one can say that the resistence from consumering is not adopted by everyone : people don't see the advantage to resist, but some are very glad to. It is a question of voluntary]]> 2018-04-10 13:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/marise_graziosi1/tgsfdxksr6pp/wish/250255688 victoire https://padlet.com/marise_graziosi1/tgsfdxksr6pp/wish/250264795 "A,An and The"
 A name is or countable,that is the shape is modified according to the singular or in the plural. Ex :Child = CHILDREN. Ou a name is Uncountable. 
A name can be determined or been determined,when he is determined,he can be explicit(if after the name there is a relative clause) .He can be implicit(give by the context) or he can be natural (if the object is indicated by common noun) 

« The » is much more used in English that « This » 

 

]]> 2018-04-10 13:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/marise_graziosi1/tgsfdxksr6pp/wish/250264795 victoire https://padlet.com/marise_graziosi1/tgsfdxksr6pp/wish/250265440 Consumerism:consumérisme
Present consumption:consommation actuelle
marketing:commercialisation
society:société
scale:echelle
economy:économie 
shoppers:acheteur
rules:regle
financial crisis:crise financiere
value:valeur
wish:souhait
budget:budget
glad:content de
level:niveau
job losses:pertes d'emplois
careful:prudent
randomly:au hasard
shop:acheter

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