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1. The Wise Shopper at the Mall
Difficulty level : ■■■■□
FOCUS: TOPIC
FOCUS: TOPIC
Before Reading
Q1. Do you usually check return policy when you buy something? If you do, what's the reason for it?
Q2. Have you lost your money shopping in a big mall, especially in holiday?
Q2. Have you lost your money shopping in a big mall, especially in holiday?
After Redaing
Q1. describe the reason why checking the return policy is importani in shipping.
Q2. One of the safe ways to protect your cash during shoppins is checking your ___________.
Q1. describe the reason why checking the return policy is importani in shipping.
Q2. One of the safe ways to protect your cash during shoppins is checking your ___________.
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2. Personal Finance Tips
http://moneytipcentral.com/balancing-the-wants-and-needs-in-your-life
http://moneytipcentral.com/balancing-the-wants-and-needs-in-your-life
Difficulty level : ■■■□□
FOCUS: TOPIC
Before reading
Q1. What do you think buying a popular jean in your friends regardless of your need for it?
Q2. Can you guess what the picture means? Think about it related to the textbook.After reading
Q1. In terms of maslow's hierarchy of need, the biggest problem is that satisfying _______need by _________ it.
Q2. Changing an all cash lifestyle could help to overcome ______________.
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3. Misleading advertisement
http://www.desktoplawyer.co.uk/dtl/index.cfm?event=base:article&node=A76076BD34190
Difficulty level : ■■■■□
FOCUS: TOPIC
Before reading
Q1. When do you usually recognize misleading advertisements in your life?
Q2. What makes commercials misleading and what's the purpose of them?
Q3. Who do you think the vulnerable population in terms of misleading advertisements?
After reading
http://www.desktoplawyer.co.uk/dtl/index.cfm?event=base:article&node=A76076BD34190
Difficulty level : ■■■■□
FOCUS: TOPIC
Before reading
Q1. When do you usually recognize misleading advertisements in your life?
Q2. What makes commercials misleading and what's the purpose of them?
Q3. Who do you think the vulnerable population in terms of misleading advertisements?
After reading
Q1. Is the sentence true or false? "Misleading adverts are against the law."
Q2. Give two examples of misleading advertisements in the reading text.
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4. Tracking Teen Shopping Habits
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/03/AR2007060300964.html
Difficulty level : ■■■■□
FOCUS: TOPIC
Before readingQ1. Do you have a bad shopping habts? If you do, describe it specifically.
Q2. What do you consider the most in shopping?
After reading
Q1. Fill in the blanks based on reading. the reasearch studied ___________' purchasing pattern.
Q2. What was a major consideration for most of teens who participated in the shopping research?
Q3. In the research result, researchers found that teenagers make money for shopping from ____________. (write more than two ways)
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5. Shopping Types
http://simplicityitk.blogspot.com/2007/12/shopping-types.html
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FOCUS: TOPIC
Before Reading
Q1. Can you divide shopping types into several categories?
Q2. Do you think shopping pattern is related to one's characteristic?
Q3. Have you gotten mad at other shoppers? What happened at that time?
After Reading
Q1. The _______________shopper seems not to have a shopping plan.
Q2. Can you define other types of shopper?
Q3. What do you think which type you are in?
