Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings.
The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust jacket（书皮，包书纸） is irresistible, although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book.
You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment --without buying a book, of course.
This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think , the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant to you with inevitable greeting, "Can I help you, sir?" You finished browsing.
Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire carefully and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.
You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste great deal of time wandering from section to section.
相关单词：unaware
unaware解释：a.不知道的，未意识到的
unaware例句：
They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。
相关单词：surroundings
surroundings解释：n.周围的事物(或情况)，环境
surroundings例句：
She is not very well tuned into her surroundings. 她不太适应周围的环境。
The rich man lives in luxurious surroundings.这位富人生活在奢侈的环境中。
相关单词：irresistible
irresistible解释：adj.非常诱人的，无法拒绝的，无法抗拒的
irresistible例句：
The wheel of history rolls forward with an irresistible force.历史车轮滚滚向前，势不可挡。
She saw an irresistible skirt in the store window.她看见商店的橱窗里有一条叫人着迷的裙子。
相关单词：selection
selection解释：n.选择，挑选，精选品，可选择的东西
selection例句：
We left the selection of the team to the captain.我们把挑选队员的工作交给了队长。
The shop has a fine selection of cheeses.那家商店有各种精美乳酪可供选购。
相关单词：engrossed
engrossed解释：adj.全神贯注的
engrossed例句：
The student is engrossed in his book.这名学生正在专心致志地看书。
No one had ever been quite so engrossed in an evening paper.没人会对一份晚报如此全神贯注。
相关单词：inevitable
inevitable解释：adj.不可避免的，必然发生的
inevitable例句：
Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
相关单词：browsing
browsing解释：v.吃草( browse的现在分词 )；随意翻阅；（在商店里）随便看看；（在计算机上）浏览信息
browsing例句：
He sits browsing over[through] a book. 他坐着翻阅书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
Cattle is browsing in the field. 牛正在田里吃草。 来自《简明英汉词典》
