北京中考 CBuying Is Doing?How important is shopping to you？ How much time do you spend buying things？ And how much time do you spend organizing these things in your home ？ In the future, how much time will you spend in movie theaters， at amusement parks， at shopping malls, or at convenience stores? When you add it all up ， you will probably see you spend a lot of your life consuming （ 消 费 )things 。 Consuming products is not necessarily bad。 However, if we spend too much time doing it， we should look at it carefully。Imagine that you have a week off from school 。 You don’t have to go to class。 However, in this week， you cannot spend any money -———- no shopping, no movies, no eating out。 How would you spend your time? What things would bring you happiness? Perhaps you would take a walk with your best friend 。 Perhaps you would help a child read. Or you might spend time with your family.When we look back, it is likely that non—consuming experiences like these will be our most important memories. Why? Non-consuming activities are active ， not passive. They don’t come in a package. You make the experience yourself. For example, each person who reads to a child will have a different experience. The experience changes with the reader， the child， and the book。 Similarly, when you have a conversation with a friend, you are actively creating an experience. The conversation that you have with your friend cannot be experienced or recreated by anyone else. However, if you watch a movie with a friend ， you will each have a package experience. It requires no action and little interaction between the two of you。The environment we live in encourages us to have...
