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Shopping for Clothes
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Shopping for Clothes
购置衣服

How to Use the First Conditional

Date: Dec 28 2011

Themes: Fashion, Hobbies

Grammar: First Conditional

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The way you dress can say a lot about you. But making sure your clothes are sending the right message can take a lot of time and money. That is, unless you just want them to say that you hate shopping.

For some, shopping for clothes is an exciting hobby. To them, it’s fun to try on different items and put together the perfect outfit. But others hate shopping for clothes and see it as a chore they just have to get through. Can you guess which of those groups Marni and Ella belong to?

你穿衣服的方式可以透露很多关于你的信息。但是确保衣服传递正确的信息却要花费很多的时间和金钱。也就是说,除非你想让它们说你讨厌购物。
对某些人而言,购置衣服是一件令人兴奋的爱好。在这些人看来,尝试不同的衣服,并进行完美搭配乐趣无穷。但是其他人则讨厌购置衣服,将其视为不得不应付的家务杂事。你能猜出玛尼和艾拉属于哪一类吗?

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Ella

Ella

Marni

Marni

Ella:  Shopping. I can’t get enough of it. I love being there physically, I love doing it online, I love sample sales. Just anything, all the time. Shopping.

Marni:  Oh my…really? Wow. You know, I really detest shopping. I just…oh my gosh, being in the stores with all the crowds. I hate it.

Ella:  Online. You can go online if you hate crowds.

Marni:  I also hate shopping online because you can’t try anything on, you don’t know if it fits, you don’t get a really good sense of what it looks like. It’s all terrible.

Ella:  I don’t know, I just…it’s just trying to find the next best thing. It’s like a challenge to go shopping, to find the best deal, the next hot trend. I love it. One thing I don’t do, I don’t try things on. I just kinda guess. I’d rather just buy it and have it not fit and return it than try something on.

Marni:  Wow. You are a serious shopahilic. You know, I kinda like to window shop. Like, I like to look at things in the window and see what’s cute, and then maybe if something really catches my eye I’ll go in, but I just feel like excessive shopping, it’s just such a waste of money.

Ella:  I just get so scared it’s gonna go away and I’ll never have a chance to get it again. I still remember this one ring I saw in Amsterdam that I wasn’t sure if I was gonna get, and ever since then I’ve decided to always buy everything I want.

Marni:  Wow. Well, I guess what I do is if I see something I like, I’ll go and I’ll think about it, and if I keep thinking about it, then I know that I really like it and really want it. But I rarely buy something on impulse.

 

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Ella loves shopping for new clothes, but Marni detests it. She doesn’t like shopping online because she can’t try on the clothes and make sure they fit. But she doesn’t like shopping in stores either, because she dislikes being in a big crowd. For her, shopping just isn’t fun.

Ella thinks shopping is a fun challenge. She loves trying to find good deals and new trends. The only part of shopping she dislikes is trying clothes on. So she just buys them without trying them on, and if they don’t fit, she takes them back to the store.

Do you like shopping for clothes? What is your favorite thing to wear right now?

 

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hua_301306

hua_301306

Japan

I don’t like shopping, don’t like trying on. It’s a chore.
I only go shopping when I actually need something. I go to the shop straight, and get what I want, then back home straight . For dislike trying on, it gives me a trouble. The clothes which I had bought often too larger or too small for me.

12:37 PM Dec 28 2011 |

SantD.

SantD.

Brazil

Haha, I couldn’t agree more with you, Buttafly. My dad spends all the Saturday washing and cleaning his car. ALL the Saturday, I mean it. From the time he wakes up to the time the sun goes down. And his car is not a big deal, so I’ll never understand at all :)

12:24 PM Dec 28 2011 |

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valentinatina

Serbia and Montenegro

i’m not a big fan for shopping, if I buying usually buying it online. sorry my english is not good enough:)

12:09 PM Dec 28 2011 |

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SantD.

SantD.

Brazil

To be honest, I hate shopping for clothes. I don’t know why people waste so much time choosing what clothes to pick up. Can’t they just go in there, try on, pay for it and go away? It’s so easy and it would certainly avoid buyers crowding into the mall, especially in this time of year, you know, holidays. Everybody’s out there shopping, getting new stuff, Christmas gifts or even souvenir. That’s why I prefer shopping online. It’s simple and quick. But I do prefer buying cds, dvds and books. I could spend hours and hours in a bookstore, deciding what to get, but I couldn’t stand only one minute in a crowded mall =/

12:05 PM Dec 28 2011 |

The Beautiful Lady

United Kingdom

and i love shopping _ 


its so nice especially when i go with my friends :)

11:51 AM Dec 28 2011 |

Bojana

Bojana

Serbia and Montenegro

I just love shopping for clothes! It somehow fulfils me! Especially now, when New Year’s Eve is so close, I spend a lot of time in boutiques trying to find the right outfit for the event.


I don’t really know what my favourite thing to wear is right now, but I like wearing skirts… A lot! I have many skirts in my closet, and I try to wear them everytime I can…


 

10:47 AM Dec 28 2011 |

Lizaza

Lizaza

Belarus

there’s a spelling mistake
shopah I lic

10:36 AM Dec 28 2011 |

saba-hoseini

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

personally whenever I can’t cope with troubles.I go shopping for emptying my self.but if I were ella I wouldn’t waste all of my time with shopping.I would do some thing beneficialTongue out

10:16 AM Dec 28 2011 |

Zari

Zari

Azerbaijan

i am like Marni. she said all my mind about shoping:)

09:02 AM Dec 28 2011 |

nadiaaa

nadiaaa

Pakistan

i love the shopping. iam wearing, one of my favourite ring right now. 

07:14 AM Dec 28 2011 |

maxtermind15

Pakistan

I m lousy at shopping for clothes & I see it as a chor. But it doesn’t mean i wear out of date clothes. & my fovourite thing to wear is Jackets because I enjoy winter right now


07:11 AM Dec 28 2011 |

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kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

What a funny question “Do you like shopping for clothers?” Of course YESSSSSSSSS and YEAAAAAAAHHHHH ( like the majority of women). I like to walk along the boutigue looking for a nice clothes, that would suit me so much!!! I just adore to try on the clothes…. I would do it non-stop if it would be possible :) I have to admit it is my weakness :( I like shopping for clothes…... My husband hates the shopping for clothes. He does it when it is really necessary to renew his clothes. I know that men are not keen to go for the shopping for clothes. They get quickly tired and bored with it . I prefer do not “torture” my husband in the shops of the clothes. Usually I leave him at home in front of TV or PC and go there with my colleague :))))) Probably you have already heard that the “shopping” is a good way to escape from the depression. There is a special word like “the shopping therapy”. So, enjoy your shopping and be happy!!! Depression, get out! 

06:18 AM Dec 28 2011 |

mangojoy

mangojoy

United States

I only go shopping when I actually need something like long underwear or socks. It’s cold here now and pretty much is the whole year so my favorite thing to wear is very warm clothes. I usually have to wear multiple layers just to reach my desired level of warmth.

04:34 AM Dec 28 2011 |

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Honey-pig

Honey-pig

China

I’m kinda like Ella, but i am not a shopahilic. I used to shop online because it’s cheaper than sample sale, convenient to compare among different stores, and see others’ comments on the clothes. The only drawback is that you cannot try on, but you will know if it fits upon your experience. But i agree Marni that i also detest the crowd when shopping in mall, however, such kind of atmosphere is happily shared by girls.

03:53 AM Dec 28 2011 |

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bonniewang99

China

I am interesting in DIY clothing now, It’s funny.

02:34 AM Dec 28 2011 |

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jolefrancaisSuper Member!

France

I can’t tell if i love shopping.It depends on my feeling sometimes I love sometimes I don’t mind about being fashion.But in the other hands being well dress is really important in your daily life for bussness

09:45 AM Dec 27 2011 |

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