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Test 05-Passage
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COLLECTING AS A
HOBBY
1.
Collecting must be one of the most
varied of human activities, and it’s one that
many of us psychologists find
fascinating.
Many forms of collecting
have been
dignified
with a
technical name: an archtophilist collects teddy
bears, a
philatelist
collects postage stamps, and a
deltiologist
collects
postcards. Amassing hundreds
or even
thousands of postcards, chocolate wrappers or
whatever, takes time, energy
and money
that could surely be put to much more productive
use. And yet there are
millions of
collectors around the world. Why do they do it?
生词：
dignified
['d<
/p>
?
gn
?
fa<
/p>
?
d]
adj.
庄严的；有尊严的；高贵的
v.
使高
贵（
dignify
的过
去式）
behaving in a calm and serious way, even
in a difficult situation, which makes
people respect
you
〔举止〕庄重的，有尊严的?
She made a
dignified departure.
她不
失尊严地离去。
Royal solemn sacred majestic
distinguished
生词：
philatelist
[fi'l?
t
?
list]
n.
集邮家
deltiologist
[,delt
?
'
?
l
?
d
??
st]
n
.
图画明信片收藏家
(
或研究家
)
译文：
收藏一定是人类活动中最多样化的活动之一，
而这是许多我们心理学家发现很有趣的现象之一。
许多形式的收藏都有一个专业名称<
/p>
:
收集泰迪熊的叫
archtophil
ist
，一个收集邮票的叫
philatelist
（集邮
者），还有收集明信片的叫
deltiol
ogist
。收集成百上千的明信片、巧克力包装纸或其他任何东西需要
时间、精力和金钱，这些都可以用于更有益的用途。然而，世界上仍有数以百万计的收藏家。他们为
什么这么做
?
段落大意：
引出话题：
Collect
ing,
提出问题：
Why collect.
2.
There are the people who
collect because they want to make money - this
could be
called an instrumental reason
for collecting; that is, collecting as a means to
an end.
They ‘ll look for, say,
antiques that they can buy cheaply and expect to
be able to sel
l
at a profit.
But there may well be a psychological element, too
- buying cheap and
selling dear can
give the collector a sense of triumph. And as
selling online is so easy,
more and
more people are joining in.
译文
：有一些人因为想赚钱而收藏，这可能被称为收集的工具原因
;
也就是说，收集作为达到某一目标
的手段。他们会寻找，比如说，古董，他们可以便
宜地买到，并期望能够以高利润出售。但也有可能
是心理因素，便宜买进高价卖出会给收
藏者带来胜利的感觉。随着网上销售变得越来越容易，越来越
多的人加入（收藏的行列）
。
段落大意：
收藏的两种原因
—
Instrumental vs psychological
.
3.
Many
collectors collect to develop their social life,
attending meetings of a group of
collectors and exchanging information
on items. This is a
variant
on joining a bridge
club or
a gym, and similarly brings them into contact with
like-minded
people.
生词：
variant
['ve
?
r
??
nt] n.
变体；转化
adj.
不同的；多样的
like-
minded
adj.
志趣相投的；具有相似意向或目的的
译文
：
许多收藏家利用收藏来发展他们的社交生活，
参加一群收藏家的会议或交换有关收藏品的信息。
这是加入桥牌俱乐部或健
身房的一种变体，同样也会让他们接触到志同道合的人。
段落
大意：
收藏的另一种原因
—
社交目的<
/p>
4.
Another
motive
for collecting is the
desire to find something special, or a particular
example of the collected item, such as
a rare early recording by a particular singer.
Some may spend their whole lives in a
hunt for this. Psychologically, this can give a
purpose to a life that otherwise feels
aimless. There is a danger, though, that if the
individual is ever lucky enough to find
what they’re looking for, rather than celebrating
their success, they may feel empty,
now that
the goal that drove
them on has gone.
生词：
motive
['m
??
t
?
v] n.
动机，目的；主题
adj.
发动的；成为动机的
vt.
使产生动机，激起
now
that
既然；由于
译文
：收集的另一个动机是想要找到关于藏品的一些特别的东西或者一些特例，比如某一个歌手罕见
的早期录音。有些人可能终其一生都在寻找这个。从心理学上讲，这可以给你的生活赋予一个
目标，
没有了这个目标的话你会觉得漫无目的。然而，有一种危险是，如果一个人足够幸
运地找到他们想要
的东西的话，
他们可能会感到空虚而不是庆祝
他们的成功
—
毕竟现在驱使他们前进的目标已经消失了。
段落大意：收藏的另一个原因（动机）
--
find something special~
(
类似于追求一种猎奇感
)
5.
If you think
about collecting postage stamps, another potential
reason for it - or,
perhaps, a result
of collecting - is its educational value. Stamp
collecting opens a
window to other
countries, and to the plants, animals, or famous
people shown on
their stamps.
Similarly, in the 19th century, many collectors
amassed fossils, animals
and plants
from around the globe, and their collections
provided natural world. Without
those
collections, our understanding would be greatly
inferior
to what it is.
生词：
inferior
[
?
n'f
??
r
??
]n.
下级；次品
adj.
差的；自卑的；下级的，下等的
译文
：如果你思考一下集邮（这个行为）
，另一个可能的原因是它的
教育价值
——
或者，也许这也是集
邮的
结果。
集邮为其他国家打开了一扇窗户，
也为那些在邮票上展示
的植物、
动物或名人打开了大门。
同样地，在
< br>19
世纪，许多收藏家从世界各地收集化石、动物和植物，他们的收藏展示了自然
世界（的
风貌）
。没有这些收藏品，我们对于这些事物的理解将
大大低于现在的程度。
段落大意：另一个可能的原因
--
教育价值
6.
In the past - and
nowadays, too ,though to a lesser
extent
- a popular form of
collecting, particularly among boys and
men, was trainspotting. This might involve
trying to see every
locomotive
of a particular type, using
published data that identifies
each
one, and
ticking off
each
engine as it is seen. Trainspotters exchange
information, these days often by mobile
phone, so they can work out where to go to, to
see a particular engine. As a by -
product, many
practitioner
s
of the hobby become
very knowledge
about railway operations, or the technical
specifications of different
engine
types.
生词：
extent
英
[
?
k'stent]n.
程度；范围；长度
locomotive
[l
??
k
?
'm
??
t
?
v]n.
a
railway
engine
机车；
火车头
adj.
火车头的；
relating to
movement
运动的；移动的
n. locomotion
运动；移动；旅行
vt.
locomote
移动；行动
ticking off
：
tick off
列举；用记号标出
He was
ticking off
the names of the
students.
他正
在给学生的名字作标记。
give sb a ticking of
informal
to tell someone
angrily that you are
annoyed with them
or disapprove of something they have
done
批评
责骂
The manager of a shop was
ticking off
one of his
staff.
practitioner
[pr?
k't
??
(
?
)n
?
]n.
开业
者，从业者，执业医生；
从事者，实践者
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