江苏省宜兴市屺亭中学八年级英语下册《Unit 6 A charity walk》Charity shop背景素材 牛津版.doc

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1、Charityshop下面是维基百科的解释：FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia.Acharityshop(UK),thriftstore(US)oropshop(Australia/NZ,fromopportunityshop)isaretailestablishmentoperatedbyacharitableorganizationforthepurposeoffundraising.Theyusuallysellsecond-handgoodsdonatedbymembersofthepublic,andareoftenstaffedbyvolunt

2、eers.Becausetheitemsforsalewereobtainedforfree,theycanbesoldatverylowprices.Alltheprofitsfromthesalesgotowardsthecharity,apartfromthecostsforoverheadssuchaslighting,electricityandthelease.Charityshopsareoftenpopularwiththepoor,buttheyarealsopopularwithvarioussubcultures.Forexample,clothingfromcha

3、ritystoreswasoftenmodifiedbyearlypunkrockers.IntheUnitedStatesshoppingatathriftstorehasbecomepopularenoughtoearnaslangterm,thrifting.Somethriftstoresalsosellalimitedrangeofnewgoodswhichmayhavesomeconnectionwiththecausethecharitysupports.Oxfamstores,forexample,sellfairtradefoodandcrafts.Somestores

4、specializeinsellingbooks,music,orbridalwear.22