Deciding to get her money’s worth out of the wedding dress on which she spent over $1,000, an Australian woman has been wearing her wedding dress, a year after her wedding.
43-year-old Tammy Hall adopted a new lifestyle—anti-consumerism (反消费主义) lifestyle in 2016, after a trip to India opened her eyes to how much we as a society consumed. She decided not to buy any new clothes or footwear for a whole year after she returned home to Adelaide, in Southern Australia, and she managed to make it.
But last year, as her wedding day approached, she faced a dilemma. She wanted to look good on the most important day of her life, but how could she spend a small fortune on the wedding dress she would only wear on that day?
“In the end I decided that if I was going to get a wedding dress, I’d make sure I could get my money’s worth,” Hall tells PA Real Life.
“The first time I wore it after the wedding was to vote in the Australian election in early 2019,” the 43-year-old adds. “Since then, it’s been to all sorts of places. Wearing it on a crowded train was especially funny, but I’ve worn it to do housework, to football games and to the gym.”
Hall says that she has got some strange looks from people, but no irritating comments. It may have something to do with the fact that the dress is not the fanciest, but she believes people are just too reserved to say anything. Anyway, she doesn’t really care, because she knows she has to hit the goal she has set and wearing the dress multiple times is the most reasonable way she could think of to make the most of her wedding dress.
Hall now plans to wear her wedding dress on a trip to Iceland that she and her partner will take nest summer.
1.Why did Tammy Hall adopt a new lifestyle?
A.To adapt herself to Indian life. B.To save money for her next trip.
C.To cut down her consumption. D.To get prepared for her wedding.
2.What did Tammy Hall do to get her money’s worth out of her wedding dress?
A.She brought fun to people with it B.She wore it repeatedly in daily life.
C.She tried to wear it to earn money. D.She got it exchanged again and again
3.What can we infer about Tammy Hall?
A.She has been struggling to make ends meet.
B.She has influenced people’s lifestyle widely.
C.She values her wedding dress less than her trips.
D.She is determined to turn her ideas into practice.
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4.A.gifts B.letters C.documents D.postcards
5.A.how B.what C.which D.where
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7.A.before B.after C.since D.when
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