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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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答案零售业可能不及诗歌业有更多有利可图的市场，诗歌业是历史上从未盈利过的行业。
解析 ①本句为主从复合句，包含一个非限定性定语从句。②主句包含的结构not much more than是mot more than的强调形式，意为“不比……多”；niche意为“有利可图的市场(或形势等)”。③逗号后which引导的是非限定性定语从句。关系代词which作从句的主语，指代的是前面的poetry，说明诗歌业这个行业在以往从未盈利过。proposition本义是“议题；论点；陈述”，结合从句的主语，这里应指诗歌这个行业。
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