英语阅读理解照抄原文的选项，英语阅读，APersonal

How important is shopping to you? How many hours of your life do you spend earning money to buy things? How much time do you spend shopping for these things? And how much time do you spend organizing these things in your home? In the future,how much time will you use up spending money- in movie theaters, at amusement parks, at drive-thrus, at shopping malls, at convenience stores, at the gas pump, or at your desk paying bills? When you add it all up, you will probably see that you spend a lot of your life consuming stuff.Consuming products is not necessarily bad.However,since we spend so much time doing it, we should look at it carefully.

购物对你来说到底有多重要？你一生中花费了多少时间赚钱去买东西？你又花了多少时间买这些东西？你在家里花了多少时间摆放你买的这些东西？在未来，你又会花多少时间在电影院、游乐园、汽车餐厅、购物中心、便利店、加油站，还是在你的办公桌上付账？当你把这些加起来，你可能会发现你一生中花了很多时间在买东西上。购物不一定就是坏的。然而，既然我们花了这么多时间做这件事，我们应该把它想清楚点。

Imagine that you have a week off from school or work.You don't have to go to the office or go to class.However, in this week, you cannot spend any money-no shopping,no movies, no amusement park rides ,no eating out. How would you spend your time? What things would bring you happiness? Perhaps you would take a walk on the beach with your best friend. Maybe you would climb a tree. You might just sit outside and enjoy the sunshine. Maybe you would play with your dog. Maybe you would draw a picture or write a story. Perhaps you would read a book, have a conversation with a stranger,or help a child read.You might sleep under the stars,daydream, or spend time with your family.

想象一下，你有一个星期的假期。你不必去办公室或上课。然而，在这一周，你不能花一分钱：不能购物、不许看电影、不能去游乐园、也不能出去吃饭。你会怎么打发时间？什么事情会给你带来幸福？也许你会和你最好的朋友在海滩上散步。也许你会爬树。你可以坐在外面享受阳光。也许你会和你的狗狗一起玩。也许你会画一幅画或写一个故事。也许你会读一本书，和一个陌生人交谈，或者帮助一个孩子阅读。你可能睡在星空下，做白日梦，或者和家人在一起。

On our deathbeds, it is likely that nonconsuming experiences like these will be our most important memories.Why? Nonconsuming activities are active, not passive. They don't come in a package. You make the experience yourself. For example, each person who reads to a child will have a different experience. The experience changes with the reader, the child, and the book. However, if you watch a movie with a friend, you will each have a packaged experience. It requires no action and little interaction between the two of you. When you take a walk and have a conversation with a friend however, you are actively creating an experience.The conversation that you have with your friend cannot be experienced or recreated by anyone else.

在我们临终之际，像这样的非消费性经历很可能是我们最重要的记忆。为什么？非消费活动是主动的，而不是被动的。他们不是被包装好的。你自己创造自己的经历。例如，每个给孩子读书的人都会有不同的经历。这种体验随着读者、孩子和书的不同而变化。然而，如果你和朋友一起去看电影，你们每个人都只会体验一样的东西。它不需要你们两人之间的任何动作，你们也几乎没有互动。然而，当你与朋友散步和交谈时，你会在积极的创造一种体验。你和你朋友之间的这次谈话是不能够被任何其他的人体验和复制的。

interaction：英 [ˌɪntərˈækʃən] 美 [ˌɪntəˈrækʃən] 相互作用;相互影响（作用，制约，配合）

The consumerist environment we live in encourages us to have packaged experiences. We feel that we must consume because we believe that buying is doing. When we say to our friends,“Hey let's do something, we usually mean,“let's spend money”However, we can start a personal revolution against consumerism. How? By consuming less. We can ask ourselves what experiences bring us the greatest satisfaction? Then we can organize our lives so that we have more of those kinds of experiences. The capitalist system can use us or we can use it. It's our choice.

我们所处的消费主义环境鼓励我们去体验定制化的内容。我们感觉我们必须要消费，因为我们相信买东西也是一件能去做的事。当我们对朋友说，“嘿，让我们做点什么吧”，我们通常的意思是，“让我们来花点钱吧”，但是，我们可以实施一场反对消费主义的个人革命。那要怎样做呢？通过减少开销。我们可以扪心自问，什么经历给我们带来了最大的满足感？然后我们可以安排我们的生活，让我们拥有更多这样子的经历。资本主义制度可以利用我们，或者被我们利用，这是我们自己的选择。

capitalist：英 [ˈkæpɪtəlɪst] 美 [ˈkæpɪtəlɪst] 资本主义者;资本家

翻译：老戴

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