英文原版对话1000个:1075 Retail Therapy

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　　Silvia: Yeah, I know. Actually, it's a little bit of a sad story if I tell you why I have a lot of bags and shoes.

 

　　Diego: It's OK, we have time.

 

　　Silvia: Actually, I love to shop. I don't know what girl doesn't love to shop, and I love shopping and so basically¹ how I ended up with all these shoes is because I broke up and I was sad and it was like therapy² for me to go shopping.

 

　　Diego: So it was retail³ therapy.

 

　　Silvia: Exactly. So yeah, I just went crazy shopping. For me I don't know, I just feel good shopping, and the other thing is I like to travel a lot, and when I'm traveling then I also buy a lot of stuff⁴. Like the handbags I have, some are traditional looking bags from Vietnam or Cambodia, Thailand.

 

　　Diego: Different countries.

 

　　Silvia: And it's so cheap. That's the thing. Sometimes I go somewhere and I see everything so cheap that I go crazy shopping.

 

　　Diego: Wow! But do you really need thirty handbags?

 

　　Silvia: I'm a girl. Of course I need thirty handbags.

 

　　Diego: Do you really need thirty five pairs of shoes?

 

　　Silvia: Mmm?

 

　　Diego: No. That's quite interesting. Have you ever worn everything?

 

　　Silvia: No.

 

　　Diego: You haven't. OK.

 

　　Silvia: No, not yet. And actually last week, I went through ... I was walking and I saw this store had a sale and I went in and as an excuse, it was by birthday last week, so I thought, well, I'm far away from home, and no one gives me any gifts so maybe I should give myself some gifts and I almost used my credit⁵ parents credit card, and I thought oh, I will just call them and tell them like hey, happy birthday, but in the end, I ended up paying for the stuff.

 

　　Diego: OK, that's good, so you're a responsible shopoholic.

 

　　Silvia: I'm trying to control it. Actually, before last week, I spend a few months not buying anything, but I couldn't resist the sale.

 

　　Diego: But you do know that the sale sign is just cheap marketing⁶, right?

 

　　Silvia: No, my God, it was a really good sale.

 

　　Diego: No, I think you're just ...

 

　　Silvia: No, it was a good sale.

 

　　Diego: ... a victim of good marketing.

 

　　Silvia: Maybe but still. I'm happy with what I bought so.

 

　　Diego: OK, so as long as you're happy, that's good.

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