Mall rats always shop and hang out in packs or groups. Shopping is a very social activity, especially among girls.

“商场老鼠”一般都集体行动。购物是一种非常社会性的活动，尤其是对女孩子来说。

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Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called"mall rats". Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores under one roof.

一些人在商场里耗费很多时间，以至于被称为“购物狂”，购物狂们都要把商店全逛遍了才会下手买东西。

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University of Kentucky researchers in 1995 studied rats exploring unfamiliar compartments in their cages - the laboratory equivalent of discovering a new store at the mall.

肯塔基大学的研究人员在1995年研究了白鼠对放于笼子中的陌生小隔间的反应，这同人们在购物中心发现一家新店铺的情况类似。

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But she's a bubblegum starlet as well, delivering confections to the nation's mall rats.

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Mostly young, well-educated and dressed like mall rats, many are self-employed and can work at home.

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