Shopping - Grammatica

Il verbo HAVE in inglese si presta a diversi usi. Scopri quali leggendo questa lezione.

Leggi le frasi seguenti e prova a capire quale tipo di concetto esprime il verbo HAVE in ciascuna di esse:

1. I have got two brothers and a sister.
2. (at the pub) “I’ll have a diet Coke. What are you having?”
3. My sister is a flight attendant. She has to wear a uniform.
4. On Tuesday I’m having a party for my birthday.
5. Can I have a look at your newspaper, please?
6. I’m very tired. I’ll have a shower and go to bed.
7. I usually have dinner at 8 o’clock.

b) in questo caso have corrisponde all’italiano “prendere” riferito a cibi e bevande. Qui è preceduto da will (Io prendo una Coca) e usato nella forma -ING (Tu cosa prendi?).

c) il verbo have, accompagnato da TO, assume il significato di dovere (obbligo imposto dall’esterno, necessità).

d) /e) il verbo have è usato in espressioni idiomatiche come “dare una festa” o “dare un’occhiata".

f) qui il verbo have significa “fare” (es. fare una doccia).

g) il verbo have è accompagnato dal nome di un pasto, come in have lunch, have breakfast (pranzare, fare colazione).

Shopping - Lettura - Trascrizione

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting survival English on shopaholism
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be listening to some useful English expressions; you’ll then hear a short explanation of these words, followed by an example of how they are used.
PART TWO: you’ll be listening to information about being addicted to shopping.
So let’s start!

Shopping - Lettura - Podcast

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting survival English on shopaholism
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be listening to some useful English expressions; you’ll then hear a short explanation of these words, followed by an example of how they are used.
PART TWO: you’ll be listening to information about being addicted to shopping.
So let’s start!

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Shopping - Lettura

Questa lezione ti illustrerà le caratteristiche della “shopping-dipendenza”.

SHOP ‘TIL YOU DROP (Fare acquisti fino allo sfinimento)

Sometimes people go shopping to cheer themselves up (tirarsi su il morale), but shopping can become an “addiction” (dipendenza)!

UK research suggests that “shopaholism” (dipendenza da shopping) is a real psychological condition that can have severe (gravi) consequences. Obsessive shoppers (acquirenti) share (condividono) the characteristics of people suffering from bulimia and alcoholism: low self-esteem, depression, and obsessive behaviour (comportamento).

Reasons for excessive shopping vary from wanting to keep up with (tenersi al passo con) friends or fashion to simply cheering oneself up. But dysfunctional shopping behaviour can easily get out of control. And with the easy availability (disponibilità) of credit cards, addicted shoppers soon run into serious debt (si indebitano).

Doctors in the US treat (curano) shopaholism with antidepressants, but not everyone is convinced that this is the answer.

Shopaholism is an insatiable need, not actually (in realtà) for the things themselves, but for what they represent. “Treating the symptoms is fine”, the experts say, “but what we really need to do is investigate the cause.”

Adapted from www.healthypages.net