雅思阅读材料：德国人喜欢回忆_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读材料：德国人喜欢回忆

　　在现在经济危机的影响下，越来越多的德国人喜欢回忆以往的生活，他们认为以前的生活非常幸福，让他们流连忘返，不想活在当下。真的是这样吗？

　　BERLIN For the infrequent flier landing here from anyplace else in the euro zone, or at least for people with longish memories, there is still a lingering sense of novelty in the single-currency bills that do not need changing for the cab ride into town, the euro coins that buy an S-Bahn ticket in Berlin as easily as a Mtro ride in Paris.

　　A German five-mark note with Albrecht Drers portrait of a young Venetian woman. Todays euro notes carry architectural motifs.

　　And, equally, there is a sense that those old Deutsche mark notes that preceded the euro blue for 100s, green for 20s did a pretty good job, too, even if you did have to buy them at banks or exchange booths, grumbling about inflated rates and usurious commissions.

　　It is, after all, only a brief nine years since Europe embarked on its greatest monetary experiment, trading national cash for a currency that optimists hoped would surpass the dollar. But as the euro has lurched in recent months from crisis to crisis over the indebtedness of some of the countries that use it, an older and unrealistic hankering for its predecessor is emerging.

　　Two years ago, opinion surveys here placed the number of Germans pining for a return to the mark at around a third. Now the figure is around half. At his open-air emporium of traditional seasonal fare, Joseph Nieke even accepts the old notes, which may still be exchanged for euros. Bring out your marks! says a sign next to the steaming kettles of mulled wine and trays of mettwurst and other pork products at a Christmas market on Unter den Linden near the State Opera.