oral - - consumerism is our golden calf

 

OUR college magazine wants

 to run an issue on the hot topic: 

Today's golden calf: consumerism as religion

        Singles Day '20 : Alibaba sales blitz set             for record haul as Chinese shake off Covid-19

 

ORAL TASK 2.   You three have to make a proposal to the committee

 what picture does better describe the sheer magnitude 

of the whopping records in that shopping day?

image 1

 

image 2

Consumerism is a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.

 

 

there  is only ONE absolute truth: truth is always relative.

 

SOURCES: Reading passages__- old info from 2019

Chinese Singles' Day Blows Away Thanksgiving Weekend 

https://www.statista.com/chart/11810/singles-day-vs-cyber-monday-and-black-friday/?fbclid=IwAR0miz6tmNbxAuGPOi9ymG3_gAhO1a7VYZFmUFzoh79fFMQNZdRav5Kk_AQ

The Scale of Alibaba's Singles' Day Haul

https://www.statista.com/chart/19931/alibabas-singles-day-gmv-in-perspective/?fbclid=IwAR0jZVbtEyDy_ezmd3hbQOjwc-97yUr057d5x3nrEzeX4J1UhWWeatiYSyQ