2024_2025年新教材高中英语UNIT4BreakingboundariesSectionⅡUsinglanguage课后练习含解析外研版选择性必修第二册.doc

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Usinglanguage

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Whenmyfriendsuggestedgoingtothethriftshop(慈善商店),instantlyIthought“IhopenooneIknowseesme”．ItwasthesamewhenmycousincommentedonmynewfurnitureandJapanesefine-bone-chinabowlsandaskedwhereIgotthem.TheywerefromthelocalthriftshopbutinsteadIsaid“fromtheantiqueshop”．

ManypeopleinmyGreek-CypriotcommunitywouldlookdownonmeifIsaidIshoppedatthethriftshop.Theymaypityme,considermeafailure.Immigrantssacrificedtheirfamiliesandhomesforabetterlife.Buyingahouseandhavingenoughmoneytolivecomfortably,toeducatechildrenandseethemalsolivecomfortably,areabigpartoftheimmigrantdream.Buthasthisdreammadeusmaterialisticatthecostofourownplanet?

Ourloveforpurchasingthelatesttrendyclothesorfurniture,andthendonatingthemwhenwearetiredofthemhasbecomenormal.Iwasoncelikethis.ButafterwatchingthedocumentaryTheTrueCost,Ilearneddonatedclothesthatdontgetsoldaresenttodevelopingnations,manyofthemendingupinlandfills(垃圾填埋地)．Inaddition,yournewdressrequireselectricityandmaterialstomake.Butifyoubuyasecond-handdress,theresonelessdressinalandfillandonelessnewdresstobemade.

Afriendintroducedmetothethriftshoponlyafewyearsago.Myfirstitemwasadressshegiftedme.ItwaslovelyandIlovedit.Nobodycouldtellitwassecond-hand.ThenIbegantopurchasemoresecond-handbrandedclothesofhighquality.OnceIvisitedafriendandwasimpressedbyhowshedecoratedherapartment.“Itsallsecond-hand，”shesaid.Icouldntbelieveit.Thetruthisthatalotofthingssoldatthethriftshopareinneworalmostnewcondition.ThatswhenImadethedecisiontoonlybuysecond-handthings.

Sellingsecond-handthingsisntanythingnewbutwhattheplanetneedsismorebuyers.Thereissomuchexcess(过度的)productionintheworld.Sostopfeelingashamed,andletsgetshoppin