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? ? ? ? ? ?{{B}}Something Men Do Not Like to
Do{{/B}}
? ?Eric Brown hates shopping. "It’s just not enjoyable to
me," said the 28-year-old. Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags
along the city’s main street, Michigan Avenue. "When I’m out{{U}} ?(1)
?{{/U}}, I basically know what I want to get. I rush in. I buy it. I{{U}}
?(2) ?{{/U}}."
? ?Common wisdom says that guys hate to
shop. You can ask generations of men. But people who study shopping say that a
number of social, cultural and economic factors are now{{U}} ?(3)
?{{/U}}this "men-hate-to-shop" notion.
? ?"{{U}} ?(4)
?{{/U}}social class, ethnicity, age — men say they hate to shop," says Sharon
Zukin, a City University of New York sociology professor. "Yet when you ask them
deeper questions, it turns out that they{{U}} ?(5) ?{{/U}}to shop. Men
generally like to shop for{{U}} ?(6) ?{{/U}}, music and hardware. But if
you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they’ll say ’Well
that’s not shopping. That’s{{U}} ?(7) ? {{/U}}.’" In other words, what men
and women call "buying things" and how they approach that task are{{U}} ?(8)
?{{/U}}. Women will{{U}} ?(9) ?{{/U}}through several 1,000-square-metre
stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100
Internet sites in search of the{{U}} ?(10) ?{{/U}}digital camcorder. Women
see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a mission or a{{U}} ?(11)
?{{/U}}to be won.
? ?"Men are frequently shopping to win," says
Mary Ann McGrath, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. "They
want to get the best deal. They want to get the best one, The last one and if
they do that it{{U}} ?(12) ?{{/U}}them happy."
? ?When women
shop, "they’re doing it in a way where they want{{U}} ?(13) ?{{/U}}to be
very happy," says McGrath. "They’re kind of shopping for love."
?
?In fact, it is in clothing where we see a male-female{{U}} ?(14)
?{{/U}}most clearly. Why, grumble some men, are all male clothes navy, grey,
black or brown? But would they wear Light green and pink?
? ?"These
days, many guys wear a sort of uniform", says Paco Underhill, author of Why We
Bye, "It’s been hard for them to understand what it means to be
fashion-conscious in a business way. It becomes much, much easier if you{{U}}
?(15) ?{{/U}}your range of choices."
? ?grumble n.
抱怨，发牢骚
? ?ethnicity n. 种族特点
? ?camcorder n.
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