2011年12月英語(yǔ)六級(jí)考試閱讀：心情差狂購(gòu)物

　　They don’t call it retail therapy for nothing. Shopping can actually make you happy， a study has found.

　　都說購(gòu)物能讓女性心情變好，這可不是水口說說的們最近一份研究調(diào)查證實(shí)了“血拼”的這一附加效果。

　　Treating yourself to something nice at the shops apparently has a ‘lasting positive impact on mood’ and leaves ‘few if any negative emotional side-effects’。

　　在商店中挑選一些心意的物品來(lái)犒賞自己，這樣的行為能否給心情施加長(zhǎng)久的正面的影響，并且很少會(huì)出現(xiàn)感情方面的消極的“副作用”。

　　It is a find that will prompt a sigh of relief from Britain‘s ailing retailers.

　　這樣的發(fā)現(xiàn)對(duì)于零售消費(fèi)商來(lái)說應(yīng)該是個(gè)相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)的喜訊。

　　Researchers conducted hundreds of interviews at shopping centres as well as asking shoppers to keep diaries of their shopping behaviour， moods and buys they regretted.

　　研究人員們來(lái)到各大購(gòu)物中心采訪了不少的消費(fèi)者，并讓們他們將自己的購(gòu)物習(xí)慣記錄下來(lái)，把心情、或者購(gòu)買了之后又后悔情況都寫進(jìn)“血拼日記”之中。

　　Those who said they were in a bad mood on their way into a shop were more likely to indulge in an impulse buy.

　　他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，那些帶著不好的心情前來(lái)購(gòu)物的消費(fèi)者更容易沉迷于沖動(dòng)性的購(gòu)物，并且被這樣一種情緒支配。

　　A total of 62 per cent said they had bought something to cheer themselves up while 28 per cent said they had indulged as a form of celebration.

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