【英语翻译Passage1Havingtoomanychoiceswhenshoppingisconsideredbymanypeopletobeabigproblemtoday.Someexpertsarebeginningtowonderifmanyvarietiesofonethingmaybetoomuchofagoodthing.Haveyoutriedtobuybreakfastfood】

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　　Passage1

　　Havingtoomanychoiceswhenshoppingisconsideredbymanypeopletobeabigproblemtoday.Someexpertsarebeginningtowonderifmanyvarietiesofonethingmaybetoomuchofagoodthing.

　　Haveyoutriedtobuybreakfastfoodlately?Wastryingtofindtherightthingtoeatdifficult?Somestoreshavemorethan40varietiesofbreakfastfood,andmoreareontheway.Accordingtooneexpert,peoplecanspendalargepartoftheirlivesmakingdecisionsaboutwhattobuy.Forexample,asimpletriptobuybutter,sugar,andcarrotscouldtakeallday.It'stiringtospendextratimeshopping.

　　Someshoppers,ofcourse,don'tmindthisatall.AnatolyRosinsky,aRussianwhonowlivesinLosAngeles,recalls,"InRussia,ifyouwanttobuyatinofbeer,youstandinlineforhalfanhour.Thenyouhaveonechoiceiftheyhavebeerthatday.Here,youspend30minutesdecidingwhichbeertobuy.Intheend,youloseaboutthesameamountoftime.Butthiswayit'smuchmorepleasant."

　　Somepeople,however,thinkthereisabiggerproblemthanlosingtime:stress.

　　"Youcangointoamajorshoppingareaandafteronehouritfeelslikeyourmindisdead.Thereasonisthattherearetoomanythingstopickfrom,"saysanexpert.Headdsthatpeoplenowadaysfeeltheyhavetoconsiderenvironmentalproblems(suchaswhethertheproductisharmfultotheenvironment).Theyalsohavetoconsiderhealthproblems(suchaswhethertheproductcontainsharmfulmaterials)."It'saverybigjob,"hesays,"wellbeyondthelevelofstressthatourparentsknew20yearsago."