Shopping at Second-hand Clothing Stores When 33-year-old Pete Barth was in college, shopping at second-hand clothing stores was just something he did — “ like changing the tires on his car. ’，He looked at his budget and decided he could save a lot of money by shopping for clothes at thrift shops. "Evev new clothes are fairly disposable ( 用后即丢掉的） and wear out after a couple of years "Barth said. “ In thrift shops，you can find some great stuff whose quality is better than new clothes.，’ Since then, Barth, who works at a Goodwill thrift shop in the U. S. state of Florida, has found that there are all kinds of reasons for shopping for second-clothing. Some people，like him,shop to save money. Some shop for a crazy-looking shirt. And some shop as a means of conserving energy and helping the environment. Pat Akins，an accountant at a Florida Salvation Army (SA) （救世军）thrift shop，said that, for her, shopping at thrift shops is a way to help the environment, When my daughter was little，we looked at it as recycling,” Akins said. “ Also, why pay 30 dollars for a new coat when you can get another one for a lot less?" Akins said that the SA has shops all over the U. S. — “ some as big as department stores."All of the clothes are donated （捐赠）， and when they have a surplus （盈余），they'll have “ stuff a bag” specials，where customers can fill a grocery sack with clothes for only 5 or10 dollars. Julia Slocum, 22, points out, however, that the huge amount of second-hand clothing in the U.S. is the result of American wastefulness. “I’d say that second-hand stores are the result of our wasteful，materialistic culture,” said Slocum, who works for a pro-conservation organization, the Center for a New American Dream. “ Thrift shops prevent that waste from going to landfills （垃圾填埋场）；they giveclothing a second life, provide cheaper clothing for those who can’t afford to buy new ones and generate （生成）income for charities. They also provide a way for the wealthy and middle classes to shed （摆脱) some of the guilt for their level of consumption.Thrift shops can do everything EXCEPT A give clothing a second life.B generate income for charities.C provide cheaper clothes for the poor.D stop rich people from wasting money.