## Buy Nothing Day: Listening Gap Fill

### Buy Nothing Day Listening:

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## WHILE READING / LISTENING GAP FILL

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Buy Nothing Day is a great way of ____________ yourself you don’t need to go shopping. In today’s world, most of us buy too much, too often. There is really no need for us to buy half the ____________ we purchase. In fact, make that three-quarters, or even nine-tenths. Shopping has become an ____________ for many people. Companies are ____________ at making us buy stuff. TV and Internet ads can even make us buy things we don’t really want. There is a well-____________ bumper sticker that says: “When the ____________ gets tough, the tough go shopping.” I would say only ____________ people go shopping to reduce their stress. Anyway, Buy Nothing Day is a fantastic way to avoid ____________ stores, save some money (for once) and spend time wisely. |  | known foolish stuff experts reminding crowded addiction going
Lots of ideas on how to ____________ this day are on the www.buynothingday.org website. Here, you learn that you actually help ____________ our planet by not going shopping. You consume less and this means we use ____________ of Earth’s resources. We easily run out of money when we go shopping, but we can also ____________ of our planet’s animals, forests, water and a lot more. The website suggests you ____________ your credit card away for the day and keep your cash under the bed. You will not be ____________. The website says: “Buy Nothing Day is the biggest 24-hour [campaign] against consumerism. People around the world will make a ____________ to take a break from shopping as a personal experiment or ____________ statement. And the best thing is, it’s free." |  | fewer public spend lock alone save pact run out