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UNIT ONE:

VOCABULARY, TEXTS, EXERCISES

1. People have three stages as consumers, or shoppers:
- Young people want “possession experience”; they want to buy
a house and fill it with objects.
- Middle-aged people spend money on things like travel,
education, and sports.
- Older adults want “being experiences”: they get the most
happiness from simple pleasures and human contact.
(Rebecca L. Oxford, Robin C. Scarcella)
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2.
- “Americans spend 40 to 50 percent of their income on housing
and food.
- American women spend seven hours a week shopping, and
American men spend five hours a week shopping; about half of
the total time is for buying food and clothing.”
(Rebecca L. Oxford, Robin C. Scarcella)
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Oxford R. & Scarcella R Tapestry. Get It? Got It!. – Boston, Massachusetts:
Heinle & Heinle Publishers, 1993, p.136.
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ibid., p.146.
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