Just a few years ago there was only a few department stores and small bazaars, but now there are many super-stores, mega-malls and markets where you can buy just about anything you need.

几年之前，仅仅有少数百货公司和小的集市，但是现在有许多超级商店、超大购物中心和市场，在那儿你能差不多买你需要的任何东西。

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In the mega-malls of Thailand's capital the famous bunny with a bow tie is displayed between Hello Kitty cuddly toys and T-shirts bearing the monkey symbol of the Paul Frank clothing label.

在泰国曼谷的mega-malls大厦中，带着蝴蝶结的可爱兔就陈列在Hello kitty开爱玩具和Paul Frank牌印着猴子图像的T-恤衫。

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Various buildings including mega-shopping malls, amusement facilities, DIY stores, electronics retail stores and restaurants are lined up along arterial roads, with huge billboards displayed on top.

多种多样的建筑，包括大型销品茂，娱乐设施，DIY手工作坊，电器零售店和餐馆一线式地沿主干道排列，在房顶上则设巨大的广告牌。

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But the era of unbridled growth for mega-malls, the automobiles, and highway miles was already ending before the Great Recession.

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The post-WWII emergence of low-cost high-performance automobiles combined with an enormous build-out of highways enabled the era of mega malls to co-locate hundreds of stores in millions of square feet of space making shopping more convenient and for many, more social and fun.

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For retailers the demographically-designed mega malls drove traffic.

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