中国年轻人买车:为炫耀还是为方便

 　　A majority of Chinese youth are keen on having a car of their own which they think is a reflection of their social status。

　　A nation-wide survey conducted by China Youth Daily found more than a half of the respondents are planning to buy cars very soon。

　　The survey polled 1,541 respondents, 40 percent of whom were from small and medium-sized cities, and 43 percent were from provincial¹ capitals. Of the respondents, 60 percent said they were planning to buy a car during the next five years, while 16 percent already had one. Only 21 percent ruled out buying a car。

　　Many respondents wanted to buy cars out of peer pressure and associated cars with their social status. A professor in psychology² in Fudan University said: "More and more people tend to use cars as show-off to satisfy their spiritual emptiness."

　　However, a few respondents considered the "convenience" of having a car as the main reason for wanting to own one。

　　Ma Liwei, a graduate student of Tsinghua University, bought a car a month ago. "The outreach of buses and subways is still limited, but with a car, I can go everywhere. Besides, driving saves time and effort compared to catching³ public transport," he said。

　　印亚通讯社9月8日文章：中国年轻人认为，车能反映社会地位

　　大部分中国年轻人都热衷于给自己买辆车，因为他们认为这是拥有一定社会地位的体现。

　　日前由《中国青年报》发起的一项全国性调查显示，超过一半的被调查者计划在不久的将来买车。

　　该项调查对象有1541人，40%来自中小城市，43%来自省会城市。其中60%的人称将会在未来五年内买部车，而16%的人已经拥有了一部。只有21%的人表示不考虑买车。

　　许多被调查者称买车是出于同俳压力，并且还把车和社会地位联系起来。复旦大学一位心理学教授说：“越来越多的人把有车作为炫耀资本来填补他们精神的空虚。”

　　然而，也有一些被调查者认为汽车带来的“方便”是他们买车的主要原因。

　　从清华大学毕业的马立伟(音)一个月前刚买了一辆车。“公共汽车和地铁所能到达的地方是有限的，可是如果我有了车，去哪儿都可以。此外，自己开车比乘坐公共交通工具更加省时省力，”他说。

1 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

2 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

3 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。