When something is offered at a lower price than usual.

We should go to the mall this weekend, I heard that many stores there will have huge discounts.

Doubting or not believing something.

I am very skeptical that he actually saw a UFO last night.

Something that is extremely important. Essential.

This magazine says that he will play a central role in that new movie.

When a company raises the prices of goods or services to a level that many people consider to be unreasonable.

Many companies were heavily criticized for price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic.

When a company makes a product smaller or lighter but does not change the price.

I think that chocolate bar has been affected by shrinkflation, I swear it was bigger a few months ago.

Money that a person earns.

I heard a rumor that he spends a lot of his income on brand-name clothes and expensive watches.

1. How have American consumers responded to high food prices?

미국 소비자들은 높은 식품 가격에 어떻게 반응했을까요?

2. What did Joe Biden criticize companies for?

조 바이든이 기업을 비판한 이유는 무엇인가요?

3. What did the data collected by the United States Department of Agriculture find?

미국 농무부에서 수집한 데이터는 무엇을 발견했나요?

1. What do you think about food prices in your country? Have they significantly increased over the past couple of years?

여러분의 나라의 식품 가격에 대해 어떻게 생각하시나요? 지난 몇 년 동안 식료품 가격이 크게 올랐나요?

2. Have you changed your spending habits recently in response to high prices? How have you changed them?

최근 고물가로 인해 소비 습관을 바꾸셨나요? 어떻게 바꾸셨나요?

3. Is price gouging common in your country? What do you think of it?

한국에서도 바가지 요금이 흔한가요? 이에 대해 어떻게 생각하시나요?

4. Have you seen any examples of shrinkflation before? What products are commonly affected by shrinkflation in your country?

이전에 슈링크플레이션의 사례를 본 적이 있나요? 우리나라에서는 어떤 제품이 주로 슈링크플레이션의 영향을 받나요?

5. What are the best ways to save money when shopping for food?

식료품 쇼핑 시 비용을 절약할 수 있는 가장 좋은 방법은 무엇인가요?

6. Do you think that companies should be forced to lower the prices of their products due to falling inflation? Why or why not?

인플레이션 하락으로 인해 기업이 제품 가격을 낮춰야 한다고 생각하시나요? 왜 또는 왜 안 된다고 생각하시나요?

7. Besides food, is there anything else that has gotten considerably more expensive since the COVID-19 pandemic in your country?

코로나19 팬데믹 이후 한국에서 식료품 외에 상당히 비싸진 다른 품목이 있나요?

8. What do you think about the data collected by the United States Department of Agriculture?

미국 농무부에서 수집한 데이터에 대해 어떻게 생각하시나요?

9. Do you prefer to buy food online or at a grocery store? Why?

온라인이나 식료품점에서 식품을 구매하는 것을 선호하시나요? 그 이유는 무엇인가요?