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【F1】Retail may not get much more niche than poetry, which historically has never been a profitable proposition. But it does have

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问题    【F1】Retail may not get much more niche than poetry, which historically has never been a profitable proposition. But it does have prestige in some circles, and a dedicated readership. The best poetry stores mix the scholarly with the fancy, the linear with the arty. Berl’s is in a former gallery space, subleased from two artists, with exposed brick walls that have been painted white, barrel ceilings, a gray Lego sculpture of Walt Whitman, and an eighteen-chair area for readings.
   【F2】The store makes a small profit, but Mr.White, the store owner, who combines the support of a diligent poet with that of a family-businessman making ends meet, told me that the favors also plays a part in the poetry economy. "A reading for a beer," he explained. That night, a group of poets from Massachusetts who were ten years out of their M.F.A. programs would be taking the mic at Berl’s.
   【F3】White was inspired to develop a business plan for a storefront after seeing the balance sheet that the independent Greenlight Bookstore, an institution nearby, had posted online. "Their numbers were amazing," he said. Berl’s also grew out of White and his wife’s friendships with poets—an early advantage in cultivating a dedicated community around the shop, which is named for his grandfather.
   Berl’s own distinctive approach goes beyond selling poetry. 【F4】Part of its appeal is that the owners completely reject one of the traditional aims of stores—selling as much as possible and making as much money as possible. Instead, White and his wife want to embrace art and creativity as an enterprise—to serve as a sign of respect to the spaces that visual artists and others founded in SoHo and San Francisco in the nineteen-seventies.
   Although he knows that poetry is itself a niche, White doesn’t consider Berl’s to be niche retail—stores that do one thing well or create an experience. Niche stores are often artful, and poetry shops would be on the losing end of the trend from a purely real-estate perspective—brokers certainly aren’t closing deals based on their presence in a neighborhood. But White is also aware that "waves of gentrification," as he put it, have helped to keep the store thrive. 【F5】The countercultural appeal of poetry, like that of art, makes it a relatively easy sell to a population willing to shop for things that they don’t necessarily need but might long for as a form of self-expression. That niche is centuries old, and enduring.
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答案这家书店的利润不多，但是怀特先生——这家书店的老板，在一位勤勉的诗人和家族商人的共同帮助下，使书店实现了收支平衡。他告诉我们，这些外界的支持在诗歌行业经济中也起着一定的作用。
解析 ①本句为连词but连接的并列复合句。②分句2中the store owner为同位语，解释说明前面的Mr．White．说明怀特先生是这家书店的老板。后面带有who引导的定语从句修饰先行词Mr．White。谓语动词搭配combine A with B意为“把A和B结合起来”。that of a family-businessman中的代词that指代前面提到的support。分词短语making ends meet“收支平衡”为非谓语成分作状语，表结果。③分句2是“双宾语”基本句型，其中that从句充当句子的直接宾语。
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