Collecting as a Hobby: Insights and Psychological Perspectives

COLLECTING AS A HOBBY
Collecting must be one of the most varied of human activities, and it's one
that many of us psychologists find fascinating. ● Varied = different
● fascinating = appealing = engrossing= interesting ● find sth adj Translate into English:
1. Nhiều người già thấy việc sưu tầm đồ cổ rất thú vị
Many old people find it interesting in collecting antiques.
2. Bảo tàng có một bộ sưu tập đa dạng và thú vị về các cổ vật
(artifacts) từ các nền văn hóa khác nhau
Museum has a diverse and interesting col ection of artifacts from different cultures.
Many forms of collecting have been dignified with a technical name: an
archtophilist collects teddy bears, a philatelist collects postage stamps, and a
deltiologist collects postcards. Amassing hundreds or even thousands of
postcards, chocolate wrappers or whatever, takes time, energy and money
that could surely be put to much more productive use. And yet there are
millions of collectors around the world. Why do they do it? ● To dignify ● to amass
● Take - spend- waste time/ money/ energy
● to put sth to a more productive use
3. Thời gian dành chơi điện tử nên dùng cho mục đích hữu ích hơn
Spending time on playing video games should be put to a more productive use
4. Chúng ta nên tận dụng tối đa (make the most of) các nguồn tài
nguyên chúng ta đã tích lũy bằng việc dùng chúng cho mục đích hữu ích.
We should make the most of the resources we have accumulated by
putting them to much more productive use
There are the people who collect because they want to make money - this
could be called an instrumental reason for col ecting; that is, collecting as a
means to an end. They'll look for, say, antiques that they can buy cheaply
and expect to be able to sell at a profit. But there may wel be a psychological
element, too - buying cheap and selling dear can give the collector a sense
of triumph. And as selling online is so easy, more and more people are joining in. ● to sell at a profit ● element = factor = aspect ● to buy cheap and sell dear
● a sense of triumph = a feeling of triumph
5. Học tiếng Anh là một phương thức tới đích đến của việc mở mang đầu óc
Stuyding English is a means to an end of mind expansion
6. Mua rẻ và bán đắt có thể giúp bạn bán kiếm lời. Đây cũng là yếu tố
mang lại cho bạn cảm giác chiến thắng.
Buy cheap and sell high enable you to sell at a profit. This is also the
factor that gives you the a feeling of triumph.
Many collectors collect to develop their social life, attending meetings of a
group of collectors and exchanging information on items.
This is a variant on joining a bridge club or a gym, and similarly brings them
into contact with like-minded people. Another motive for collecting is the
desire to find something special, or a particular example of the collected item,
such as a rare early recording by a particular singer. ● to develop social life ● do sth for a change ● to exchange info on
● to bring sb into contact with ● motive
7. Người cùng chí hướng có xu hướng trao đổi thông tin về các mục tiêu chung.
like-minded people is tend to exchange info on common goals
mutual objective/ goal/ motive/ purpose/ target/ aim
8. Người làm kinh doanh thường kết bạn với những người thích giao
lưu gặp gỡ (have active social life) vì họ có thể kết nối những
người này với khách hàng tiềm năng, điều này giúp họ bán kiếm lời.
Business people often make friends with people who have an active social life
because they can bring these people into contact with potential customers,
which helps them sell at a profit.
Some may spend their whole lives in a hunt for this. Psychologically, this can
give a purpose to a life that otherwise feels aimless.There is a danger,
though, that if the individual is ever lucky enough to find what they're looking
for, rather than celebrating their success, they may feel empty, now that the
goal that drove them on has gone. ● in a hunt for ● A purpose
● to celebrate an occasion/ a holiday/ success
9. Sưu tầm một cái gì đó mang lại cho bạn mục đích trong cuộc sống.
Nếu không có mục đích này, cuộc sống của bạn sẽ cảm thấy rất vô nghĩa.
Collecting st that gives you a purpose in life. Without this purpose,
your life will feel very aimless 10.
Khi mọi người có cảm giác chiến thắng, họ muốn ăn
mừng thành công của mình.
When people feel a sense of triumph, they want to celebrate their success
If you think about collecting postage stamps another potential reason for it -
Or, perhaps, a result of collecting is its educational value. Stamp collecting
opens a window to other countries, and to the plants, animals, or famous
people shown on their stamps. Similarly, in the 19th century, many collectors
amassed fossils, animals and plants from around the globe, and their
collections provided a vast amount of information about the natural world.
Without those collections, our understanding would be greatly inferior to what it is. ● Open a window to
● to provide a vast amount of information about
● be inferior to > < superior to 11.
Nếu không có những tiến bộ công nghệ (technological
advance), hiểu biết của chúng ta sẽ thua kém hiểu biết của tổ tiên.
Without technological advancements. Our knowledge will be inferior to ancestor 12.
Internet cung cấp một lượng kiến thức đa dạng về thế giới,
điều này giúp chúng ta tích lũy nhiều kiến thức.
Internet provide vast amount of information about the world, which
allow us to accumulate a lot of knowledge
In the past - and nowadays, too, though to a lesser extent - a popular form of
collecting, particularly among boys and men, was trainspotting. This might
involve trying to see every locomotive of a particular type, using published
data that identifies each one, and ticking off each engine as it is seen.
Trainspotters exchange information, these days often by mobile phone, so
they can work out where to go to, to see a particular engine. As a by-product,
many practitioners of the hobby become very knowledgeable about
railway operations, or the technical specifications of different engine types.
● to become knowledgeable about ● technical specifications ● A by-product ● a practitioner of a hobby 13.
Rõ ràng là người theo đuổi một sở thích nào đó rất hiểu biết
về sở thích của mình
Clearly that people pursue a hobby and become knowledgeable about their interests 14.
Như một sản phẩm phụ, người cuồng tập luyện (fitness
fanatics) rất hiểu biết về các chế độ ăn.
As a by-product, the fitness fanatics become knowledgeable about the diets
Similarly, people who col ect dol s may go beyond simply enlarging their
col ection, and develop an interest in the way that dolls are made, or the
materials that are used. These have changed over the centuries from the wood
that was standard in 16th century Europe, through the wax and porcelain of
later centuries, to the plastics of today's dolls. Or collectors might be inspired
to study how dolls reflect notions of what children like, or ought to like. ● To enlarge = to expand ● Wax ● porcelain ● notion = view = opinion ● To reflect notions 15.
Quan điểm rằng người theo đuổi một sở thích có mục đích
sống rõ ràng là đúng. 16.
Quan điểm rằng du khách thường thích thú với văn hóa địa
phương sau khi tiếp xúc trực tiếp (be directly exposed to) là hợp lý
Not all collectors are interested in learning from their hobby, though, so what
we might call a psychological reason for col ecting is the need for a sense of
control, perhaps as a way of dealing with insecurity. Stamp collectors, for
instance, arrange their stamps in albums, usually very neatly, organising their
col ection according to certain commonplace principles-perhaps by country
in alphabetical order, or grouping stamps by what they depict -people, birds, maps, and so on. ● A sense of control ● To deal with insecurity ● neat
● according to a commonplace principle ● to depict 17.
Cảm giác chủ động giúp bạn đối mặt với sự bất an 18.
Mọi người thường sắp xếp nhà cửa ngăn nắp theo một
nguyên tắc phổ biến nào đó.
One reason, conscious or not, for what someone chooses to collect is to show
the collector's individualism. Someone who decides to col ect something as
unexpected as dog col ars, for instance, may be conveying their belief that
they must be interesting themselves. And believe it or not, there is at least one
dog collar museum in existence, and it grew out of a personal col ection. ● Conscious: ● environmental y conscious ● Individualism: cá tính
● to convey a message/ a belief 19.
Quan điểm rằng mọi người nên có ý thức bảo vệ môi trường hơn là đúng 20.
Phạt những người vứt rác bừa bãi (discharge rubbish
irresponsibly) có thể thể hiện quan điểm rằng chính phủ muốn
mọi người có ý thức bảo vệ môi trường hơn.
Of course, all hobbies give pleasure, but the common factor in col ecting is
usually passion: pleasure is putting it far too mildly. More than most other
hobbies, col ecting can be totally engrossing, and can give a strong sense of
personal fulfil ment. To non-collectors it may appear an eccentric, if harmless,
way of spending time, but potentially, collecting has a lot going for it. ● To put something mildly: ● Engrossing:
● A sense of personal fulfil ment ● Eccentric 21.
Khi bạn đạt được mục tiêu trong cuộc sống, bạn sẽ có
cảm giác thỏa mãn và chiến thắng. 22.
Hành động của người lập dị thường truyền đạt một
thông điệp rằng họ có một cá tính mạnh.
Document Outline

• 1.Nhiều người già thấy việc sưu tầm đồ cổ rất thú vị
• We should make the most of the resources we have a
• Collecting st that gives you a purpose in life. Wi
• 11.Nếu không có những tiến bộ công nghệ (technologica
• 12.Internet cung cấp một lượng kiến thức đa dạng về t
• about their interests
• 16.Quan điểm rằng du khách thường thích thú với văn h
• 20.Phạt những người vứt rác bừa bãi (discharge rubbis