💴 Buying things and money (Part 3) + Transcript

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  Hello, hello, lovely, and welcome into IELTS Speaking Part 3.

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  We are discussing money, buying things, materialism.

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  So let's focus, dear listener, focus.

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  Let's talk about buying things in general and money.

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  Do people buy things they don't need?

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  I suppose it 's easy to say yes, given all the things people buy that do n't seem strictly necessary,

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  like big TVs or the latest smartphones and gadgets, when the older ones work just fine.

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  But I doubt people would buy things unless they felt like they needed them, even beyond a purely material level.

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  And why?

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  Why is that?

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  Oh, lots of reasons.

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  They might have been manipulated by marketing ploys,

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  just into thinking the things they get are things they can not do without.

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  Or they may feel insecure because people around them have things which are better and they want to feel in the loop.

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  No one likes being left out, do they?

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  And of course, maybe these things are actually necessary.

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  Like, I absolutely need a smartphone for my work in this day and age.

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  I actually cannot function if it's not there.

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  So that's quite an important consideration as well.

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  Do you think it's important to save money?

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