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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：重塑法国制造品牌效应 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：重塑法国制造品牌效应 GRE考试精品课程指导  What a new love of shopping malls says about French society  购物中心的新宠如何评价法国社会  WITH polished stone floors and a plate-glass roof, a shimmering multi-storey shopping mall has just opened beside a motorway north of Paris. Named Qwartz, and costing 300m ($510m), it houses 165 shops and what developers call “eating concepts”. Two other American-style shopping malls opened in the greater Paris region last year, and a third, So Ouest, in 2012. A country that prides itself on chic designer boutiques and artisanal shops seems to be turning into one of mall rats.  一个带有抛光的石质地板和平面屋顶、闪闪发亮的多层购物中心刚刚在巴黎北边的高速公路旁开业。这个名叫Qwartz的购物中心，斥资30亿欧元(约合51亿美元)，拥有165家商铺，并且正在发展“饮食理念”。另外两家美式风格的购物中心去年在大巴黎地区开业，第三家名为So Ouest的购物中心于2012年开业。一个以时尚设计精品店和手工店为傲的国家如今似乎正向繁多的购物街转变。  Partly this is just catching up. Until recently, strict planning rules stopped big out-of-town shopping centres around the French capital. Most malls that existed, such as Vélizy 2 or Rosny2, dated from the 1970s, when five new towns were built in the Paris suburbs. But a new relaxed attitude has now let more modern projects go ahead.  这种现象的一部分原因是赶时髦。截至最近，法国首都严格的计划规则将大型外来购物中心拒之门外。大多数像Vélizy 2 或 Rosny 2那样的购物街是从上世纪70年代就在巴黎存在了，那时正值巴黎城郊新建了五个小镇。但是一个新的随意态度让更多现代项目得以进行。  It also points to two features of French society that escape the gaze of historic Paris. One is most shoppers suburban way of life. Only 2.2m people live in the capital itself. Yet the greater Paris region, excluding the city, counts over four times more inhabitants, many in small towns and car-dependent suburbs. The new malls, ringed by car parks, are handy, even alluring. Fully 62% of the French told one poll that malls were their favourite places to shop, ahead of the high street or traditional department stores.  这也表明了法国社会常被历史悠久的巴黎忽视的两个特点。一个是大多数购物者的郊区生活方式。只有220万人住在首都里。但是大巴黎地区，不包括城区，居民超过首都四倍，其中很多人住在小城镇和以汽车代步的郊区。新型购物中心被停车位环绕，