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¡¡¡¡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____1___£¬I basically know what 1 want to get£®I rush in£®I buy it£®I___2___¡±
¡¡¡¡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 ___3___this¡°men-hate-to-shop¡±notion£®À´Ô´£º¿¼ÊÔ´ó
¡¡¡¡¡°___4___social class£¬ethnicity, age¡ªmen 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___5___tO shop£®Men generally like to shop for___6___£¬music and hardware£®But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music£¬they¡¯11 say ¡®Well' that¡¯s not shopping£®That¡¯s ___7___¡±À´Ô´£º¿¼ÊÔ´ó
¡¡¡¡In other words£¬what men and women call¡°buying things¡¯¡¯and how they approach that task are ___8____.À´Ô´£º¿¼
¡¡¡¡Women will___ 9___ through several 1,000-square-metre stores in search 0f the perfect party dress£®Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the ___lO___ digital camcorder£®
Women see shopping as a social event£®Men see it as a mission or a___11___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__12__them happy£®¡±
When women shop£¬¡°they¡¯re doing it in a way where they want__l3__ 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__14__most clearly£®Why, grumble some men£¬are all male clothes navy£¬grey, black or brown? But would they wear 1ight 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__15__your range of choices£®¡±
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