BÀI LUẬN TIẾNG ANH HAY the pleasures and displeasures of shopping

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BÀI LUẬN TIẾNG ANH HAY
The pleasures and displeasures of shopping

In our modern cities, we find hundreds of shopping complexes, centers, malls, arcades,
supermarkets, mini markets all catering for the apparently endless streams of people whose
only pleasure in life seems to be shopping.
While I do not deny that shopping has its pleasures, I must add that shopping also has its
displeasures, perhaps even more than the pleasures.
An example of the pleasure of shopping is to find a perfectly fitting pair of jeans for half the
usual price, only after spending one hour of displeasure going through a huge pile of garments
dumped at the discount section of the shopping center. What more, there are a dozen other
people rummaging through the garments as well. Worst still is that you have to buy two
garments in order to qualify for the half price. In effect you end up buying something you are not
particularly interested in.
The interior of shopping centers are usually attractively decorated and the air is cool. However as
modern shopping centers are so huge, it would be an impossible task to visit even a fraction of
them in one day. Furthermore, parking costs escalates the more time you spend in a shopping
center. Time is money money flowing out your pocket the longer you leave your car in the car
park.
A great displeasure occurs when you want to get something but do not know where to get it. So
you consult the map that they display in the premises. It takes time to go through the map and
finally when you find the shop you want, you discover it is four floors from where you are. So
you trudge along up the escalators until you reach the shop only to find that what they have is
not exactly what you want.
The most displeasurable part of shopping is checking out. Often there are long queues of people
all wanting to do the same thing. So you select what seems to be the fastest line only to find
some idiot ahead is having problems with the cashier.
Finally when all the shopping is done and you have got very good deals for the things you have
purchased, you lug your heavy bags to the car and go home. That is not the end of the story
though. On reaching home, another story begins. You will have to unpack the stuff you just

bought. That is another displeasure and another story.



rummaging

to search for something by moving things around carelessly
and looking into, under, and behind them



trudge

to walk slowly with a lot of effort