第二篇Shopping at Second-hand Clothing Stores
* Y# ^1 v8 Z! {) F+ a9 T6 iWhen 33-year-old Pete Barth was in college，shopping at second—hand clothing
4 m+ p1 z' v4 W# I: @( ?stores was just something he did-“like changing the tires on his car’’He looked at his
: }+ Y6 H! z9 e5 D5 f) v) |budget and decided he could save a lot of money by shopping for clothes at thrift shops
2 G& I0 F2 X. J$ y3 b# r“Even new clothes are fairly disposable(用后即丢掉的)and wear out after a couple
0 E$ _0 H+ ` l1 l+ a" E7 j; bOf years”Barth said“In thrift shops，you can find some great stuff whose quality is better# k8 \: ?5 j0 R* v) j
than new clothes”1 w6 P$ B5 A2 t+ n. I/ J' w
Since then Barth．who works at a Goodwill thrift shop in the US state of Florida．has
4 |+ u9 Z8 o% F. ?found that there are all kinds of reasons for shopping for second—hand clothing Some# u8 x" k( a0 h( ]8 I
people．1ike him，shop to save money Some shop for a crazy-looking shirt And some
' p( p7 ]( H, k: G' ashop as a means of conserving energy and helping the environment
6 h! p- q, n5 N( R6 i1 K0 w* xPat Akins an accountant at a Florida Salvation Army(SA)(救世军)thrift shop，said
0 k) h4 U% ]* j9 Q+ ]) Y/ Vthat．for her．shopping at thrift shops is a way to help the environment5 f# \ T8 g: K- t" O2 ?
"When my daughter was little，we looked at it as recycling，“Akins said“Also，why
0 v" q( j5 ^# v2 @. @ q! Rpay 30 dollars for a new coat when you can get another one for a lot less?”
* A c0 B3 a- F$ TAkins said that the SA has shops an over the US-“some as big as department0 U7 S0 @) S5 v+ i
Stores.”All of the clothes are donated(捐赠)，and when they have a surplus(盈余)，they’ll
& Z# A+ t' V6 s4 jhave“ stuff a bag” specials where customers can fi1l a grocery sack with clothes for only
: d2 w8 p6 U* Z5 or l0 dollars
! s: ^2 l3 @5 ^" u: o2 {Julia Slocum，22,points out，however ,that the huge amount of second-hand clothing4 `5 Q. a( F/ _# n# c3 z( O; o
in the US is the result of American wastefulness
1 N0 U" l, d; {( R! b! i( `- P“l，d say that second-hand stores are the result of our wasteful，materialistic culture，”' B) u) I) A1 s a/ c$ n& \4 y
said Slocum．who works for a pro-conservation organization，the Center for a New W! z* B# n; j& F
American Dream. “Thrift shops prevent that waste from going to landfills(垃圾填埋场)；
; [( L# s$ u: B. XThey give clothing s second life，provide cheaper clothing for those who can’t afford to buy) Z7 M+ I' {3 i" |: N
new ones and generate(生成)income for charities They also provide a way for the* m# K U7 m, v$ X! J) O
wealthy and middle classes to shed(摆脱)some of the guilt for their level of consumption”. |
发表于 2012-8-16 00:07:50
