首页
登录
职称英语
Why DIY? The reasons why people engage in DIY ha
Why DIY? The reasons why people engage in DIY ha
游客
2024-02-21
33
管理
问题
Why DIY?
The reasons why people engage in DIY have always been numerous and complex. For some, DIY has provided a rare opportunity for creativity and self-expression. For others it has been an unwelcome necessity, driven purely by economic considerations. Then there has been a group which feels that a building can never be a home unless it has been altered and modified to reflect a change of occupancy. A final group has traditionally taken the line that if you want a job done well, you must do it yourself.
The same four basic species of DIYers exist today, although these various motives may now overlap very substantially. The perfectionist in search of the good job done well is often also driven by a desire for creativity. There are also two new categories of motive — the pursuit of DIY as a leisure activity and DIY as a form of occupational therapy. These, again, overlap with other reasons. DIY as necessity
There is a significant number of young homemakers (38% of our informants) (被调查者) for whom there is no option but DIY. Their new home, whether bought on a mortgage (抵押借款) which consumes a major slice of their income, or rented at similarly challenging rates, will often require essential rearrangement and even structural repair.
Some of these people are reluctant first-time DIYers. They would much prefer to hire professionals, but can’t afford to do so. The majority, however, welcome the opportunity that need has forced upon them to get involved for the first time in the real business of creating a home — with all of its unfamiliar physical labour and the learning from scratch of new techniques. In time, many will migrate to one of the other categories of DIYer, continuing to exercise their new found talents and enthusiasm when no longer forced by financial constraints to do so.
DIY as territorial marking
Even those who have bought a brand new "starter home", the type which increasingly gains popularity around the edges of our towns and cities, will feel compelled to add personal touches of a less dramatic kind to disguise its otherwise bland and expressionless nature. Putting a "personal stamp on the place" was one of the most frequently reported motives for DIY, with 72% of sample seeing this as being a very important aspect. DIY as self-expression
Many young people today are frustrated artists — their latent creative talents just waiting for the chance to reveal themselves. There are also those seeking opportunities for a sense of achievement and personal fulfillment. DIY provided just such opportunities for the overwhelming majority of our informants (84%).
This sense of creative achievement comes both from the choices made by the first-time DIYer — the selection of colors, textures and components to apply to the "canvas" of the home — and from the application of specific skills and techniques. The manufacturers of DIY materials clearly understand this and now provide a wide range of "arty" products to fuel creative urges. At the same time, they make the materials themselves much easier to use — the DIY equivalent of painting by numbers. Special paint effects, which once required the specialist knowledge and training of the true professional, can now be achieved straight out of the can with a simple brush. DIY as perfection-seeking
A large proportion of first-time DIYers (63%) distrust builders and decorators. They feel that most are "cowboys" and that even the more reputable ones are very unlikely to have the same loving attention to detail and care as the DIYer. Some had previously suffered from the alleged bodge of small builders, while others were proud of the fact that no tradesman of this kind had ever set foot in their home.
Within this group there were those who were content for builders to perform basic or structural work, and to undertake tasks such as plastering (抹水泥) which are beyond the competence of most DIYers, particularly the younger beginners in our sample. The finishing work, however, was something these people kept for themselves — the final "perfecting" of what otherwise would be just a second-rate result.
This drive for perfection was also evident among the "strippers" in this group. The idea of putting wallpaper over existing paper, or even paint on the top of preceding coats, was anathema. Everything needed to be taken back to the bare plaster or the naked wood before any new decoration could be applied. Some informants recognized that this search for perfection could sometimes go too far: "It’s an obsession for me really. I’m never happy with anything."
The problem perfectionists face is that progress can be very slow. When perfectionists are obliged, by nagging or circumstance, to speed things up, other problems can result. DIY as leisure activity
For a significant minority of first-timers (28%), DIY is seen as a novel and entertaining pastime. It is not really work, but something similar to entertainment, shared by both partners and even the children in the case of young families. "It’s just great fun" enthused one of our sample.
The idea that DIYing is similar to a trip to the lions of Longleat may seem strange. But for these informants home-making was sufficiently different from, and infinitely preferable to, the dull routines of weekday work to constitute a weekend break. The results of such activity were rewarding, but probably less so than engaging in the activity itself. DIY as therapy
"It’s therapeutic, isn’t it? I’m always in my own little world when I’m doing DIY — it’s great." So said a young man of 27 in our sample. "For me it’s occupational therapy", said another informant. For them and others it was their way of getting rid of stress after a long day at work — a way of switching off and using the repetitive nature of many DIY tasks as a way of relaxing. Others hinted at a similar process, where DIY was almost an end in itself, rather than just a means to achieving a better home. In this sense they were similar to those who saw DIY as a form of leisure, but it was the psychological effects which were emphasized by 18% of our sample. [br] A brand new "starter home" becomes more and more popular______.
选项
A、with young married couples
B、near the urban areas of big cities
C、as advertisers keep promoting it
D、around the border of towns and cities
答案
D
解析
该句插入语the type的定语从句提到,这一类型(“starter home”)在城镇和城市边缘逐渐流行起来。D)意为“围绕城镇和城市的边缘”,与原文意思相符,故为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3469739.html
相关试题推荐
Careeristsarepeoplewhoseself-imageisdeterminedalmostexclusivelybyt
Careeristsarepeoplewhoseself-imageisdeterminedalmostexclusivelybyt
Careeristsarepeoplewhoseself-imageisdeterminedalmostexclusivelybyt
Careeristsarepeoplewhoseself-imageisdeterminedalmostexclusivelybyt
[originaltext]Penurywaswhatpeoplecalledamysteryman.Wehadknownhim
[originaltext]Penurywaswhatpeoplecalledamysteryman.Wehadknownhim
[originaltext]Penurywaswhatpeoplecalledamysteryman.Wehadknownhim
[originaltext]Peoplewhoareoverweightat40arelikelytodieatleastth
Manypeoplethink______(学习的责任在学生)ratherthanteachers.theresponsibilityfor
Scientistssaytheyhave【B1】______evidencethatjoggingisgoodforpeople.
随机试题
DirtyJobsontheDiscoveryChannelanunlikelytelevisionprogram,hasbecomea
C
以下哪项不是燥淫证的证候表现A、小便短黄 B、干咳少痰 C、渴不欲饮 D、
葛根芩连汤的主治证是A.表邪未解,邪热入里证 B.表邪未解,湿浊内阻证 C.
小儿,4个月。腹泻2天,每天10余次稀水便,呕吐,尿少,前囟凹陷,精神萎靡,呼吸
患者,女性,58岁。今晨慢跑时突然左腰部阵发性剧痛,向下腹部放射。医院查尿常规见
建构主义理论倡导的学习与教学方式有( )。A.探究学习 B.情境学习 C.
下列哪些属于清朝的会审制度()A.九卿会审 B.秋审 C.大审 D.热审
基础心理学是研究()。 (A)正常成人心理现象的心理学基础学科 (B
编辑栏内的“=”图标是(),用来在活动单元格中创建公式。A、输入按钮 B、取消
最新回复
(
0
)