2011年职称英语考试理工类C级模拟(10)

2011年职称英语考试理工类C级模拟(10) #

第二篇Shopping at Second-hand Clothing Stores

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When 33-year-old Pete Barth was in college，shopping at second—hand clothing

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stores was just something he did-“like changing the tires on his car’’He looked at his #

budget and decided he could save a lot of money by shopping for clothes at thrift shops #

“Even new clothes are fairly disposable(用后即丢掉的)and wear out after a couple #

Of years”Barth said“In thrift shops，you can find some great stuff whose quality is better

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than new clothes” #

Since then Barth.who works at a Goodwill thrift shop in the US state of Florida.has

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found that there are all kinds of reasons for shopping for second—hand clothing Some #

people.1ike him，shop to save money Some shop for a crazy-looking shirt And some #

shop as a means of conserving energy and helping the environment

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Pat Akins an accountant at a Florida Salvation Army(SA)(救世军)thrift shop，said #

that.for her.shopping at thrift shops is a way to help the environment #

"When my daughter was little，we looked at it as recycling，“Akins said“Also，why #

pay 30 dollars for a new coat when you can get another one for a lot less?”

Akins said that the SA has shops an over the US-“some as big as department

Stores.”All of the clothes are donated(捐赠)，and when they have a surplus(盈余)，they’ll #

have“ stuff a bag” specials where customers can fi1l a grocery sack with clothes for only #

5 or l0 dollars

Julia Slocum，22,points out，however ,that the huge amount of second-hand clothing

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in the US is the result of American wastefulness

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“l，d say that second-hand stores are the result of our wasteful，materialistic culture，” #

said Slocum.who works for a pro-conservation organization，the Center for a New #

American Dream. “Thrift shops prevent that waste from going to landfills(垃圾填埋场);

They give clothing s second life，provide cheaper clothing for those who can’t afford to buy

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new ones and generate(生成)income for charities They also provide a way for the #

wealthy and middle classes to shed(摆脱)some of the guilt for their level of consumption”. #