355. SHOPPING

SHOPPING

La palabra “Shopping” = ir de compras, viene de la palabra británica “Shop” = tienda

En inglés americano, se dice “Store” para decir tienda, y no “shop”….pero si que dicen “Shopping”; y de la palabra “store” viene la palabra “Drugstore”

It´s nice and sometimes necessary to go shopping.  As life can be stressing, going shopping makes you feel good…providing you have a job and a decent salary.

The problem is that when there are bargains, usually after Christmas or in Spring, where one can buy things; mainly clothes up to a 50 % discount or more, people have a tendency to go on a shopping spree and perhaps buy things they really don´t need.

To go on a shopping spree is go to a lot of shops and go crazy buying things, as long as 
it´s cheaper than before.

Of course, shopping can also be fun, if you aren´t in a hurry. You can spend the whole day in a shopping center where there are all kinds of shops to choose from.

The other day I went shopping in the city center with my wife. The streets were very crowded and the shops were jam-packed with people.

This shop is jam-packed with people

What I hate the most about going bargain shopping is that many shops have the music really loud which makes you want to scream, and also there is no fucking place to sit down, as your spouse is trying on clothes or going around the shop looking for articles to buy.

Other problems about going bargain shopping is that one needs to wait in very long lines up to an hour in some cases and it can be too hot in the shop.

So, the loud music, being too hot and waiting in line really turn me off.

If I see long lines of people waiting to pay, I don´t bother going into the shop.

I ask myself if I really need these pants or shirts because I already have a lot at home.

If I get tired of standing and the loud music, I will sit outisde on a bench and watch all the different people walking by.

Vocabulary

Go shopping = ir de compras

Feel good = siente bien

Providing = (dos maneras de decir “con tal que”

Bargains = gangas

Mainly = principalmente

Shopping spree = de compras a lo bestia

Perhaps = quizás

As long as = “con tal que”

Cheaper = mas barato

Fun = divertido

Aren´t in a hurry = no tienes prisa

Whole = entero

Kinds = clases

Crowded = abarrotado

Jam – packed = atiborrado

What I hate the most = lo que mas odio

Loud = fuerte (sonido)

Scream = gritar

Fucking = maldito

Sit down = sentarse

Spouse = cónyuge

Trying on = probandose

Going around = llendo por

Looking for = buscando

Lines = colas

Too hot = demasiado calor

Turn me off =  desagrada

Bother = molesto

Already = ya

Get tired = me canso

Bench  = banco

Here´s a song called "I wanna buy these shoes"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS4_b2LbLW4