托福閱讀材料之網(wǎng)購時代

　　說起window shopping，大家應該都不陌生吧?它說的是人們逛街的時候只會瀏覽櫥窗里的商品，但不會花錢消費的行為，多譯為“只逛不買”。在網(wǎng)絡購物大行其道的今天，window shopping也有“電子版”了，就是monitor shopping。

　　Monitor shopping is another form of window shopping, except that instead of wandering in stores, all you have to do is to log onto a shopping website. You’re online only browsing, not looking for anything in particular because you can’t afford it or you don’t need any of them, but you enjoy looking anyway. Maybe you’ll save something in your favorites or shopping cart for when you do have money.

　　Monitor shopping(字面意思為“瀏覽器購物”)是“只逛不買”(window shopping)的另一種形式，只不過你閑逛的地方不再是實體商店，而是購物網(wǎng)站，即“只瀏覽不購物”。你登陸各類購物網(wǎng)站只是為了過過眼癮，而不一定要買什么東西，因為你可能買不起或者根本不需要那些東西。不過單純的瀏覽過程已經(jīng)讓你很享受了。或許你會把看中的一些東西放入收藏夾或購物車等著以后有錢了再買。

　　For example:

　　I have been monitor shopping the whole afternoon, my neck is killing me now.

　　我一下午都在購物網(wǎng)站閑逛，現(xiàn)在脖子疼得要命。