What do you do for recreation? Do you swim,dance, play cards, garden, or read?Many people today prefer to spend their free time shopping. These people are called recreational shoppers. Recreational shoppers do not always buy something. They really enjoy the shopping experience.
你喜欢什么样的消遣活动？你会选择去游泳、跳舞、打牌、园艺或者读书吗？
现如今，许多人更喜欢利用空闲时间去购物。这些人被称为娱乐购物者。娱乐购物者并不一定总是买东西。但他们真的很享受购物过程。
Of course, many people like going to indoor malls. However, for recreational shoppers, the mall is more than stores. For them, the mall represents happiness and fulfillment. For these people, a visit to the mall is an adventure. In fact, for many recreational shoppers the art of looking for and buying something is more fun than owning it.
当然了，有很多人喜欢逛室内购物中心。然而，对于娱乐购物者来说，购物中心要比小商店受欢迎的多。对他们来说，购物中心代表着幸福与满足。对于这些人来说，去一次购物中心等于进行了一次探险。事实上，对于许多娱乐购物者来说，海淘和购买某物的过程要比拥有它更具有艺术性。
Recently, a group of psychologists studied recreational shopping. First they used tests to identify recreational shoppers. Then they compared recreational shoppers with ordinary shoppers. The psychologists discovered that the two groups were different.Recreational shoppers were usually younger, less self-confident,and more often female.In addition, they were more interested in material things and had less self-control.
最近，一组心理学家对娱乐购物这一现象进行了研究。首先，他们使用测试来辨别娱乐购物者。之后他们将娱乐购物者与普通购物者进行了比较。心理学家发现这两组人是不同的。娱乐购物者通常更年轻、更缺乏自信，而且更多数为女性。除此之外，他们还对物质更感兴趣，也更缺乏自我控制的能力。
The recreational shoppers also went shopping when they felt worried, angry, or depressed. Ordinary shoppers didn't. Most of the recreational shoppers said buying something helped them feel better-it made them happy. Their negative feelings went away.Many recreational shoppers also did something unusual while they were shopping.They pretended that they were different people with different lives.
娱乐购物者也会在他们感到焦虑、愤怒或沮丧时去选择购物。普通购物者则不会这么做。大多数的娱乐购物者说，买东西能让他们感觉更好，让他们更快乐。他们的消极情绪消失了。有许多娱乐购物者在购物时也做了一些不同寻常的事情。他们假装自己是过着不同生活的形形色色的人。
Of course, shopping is an important part of our contemporary consumer society. We spend a lot of time in malls. In a recent study, people spent most of their time at home, at work, and in school. Shopping malls ranked fourth. However, in the future, will we think of recreational shopping as an addiction like smoking or drinking?
当然，购物是当代消费社会的一项重要组成部分。我们在商场里花了很多时间进行购物。在近期的一项研究中，人们把大部分时间都花在家里、工作和学校上。购物中心排名第四。然而，在未来，我们会把娱乐购物当作像吸烟与饮酒一样的嗜好吗？
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