情景对话

Todd: So, Melissa, this week we're talking about buying things. Now, in terms of shopping, are you one those people that are like a shop-a-holic? You buy things you don't need?
托德：梅莉莎，这周我们来聊聊买东西^v_WD9Kn9v%X5。在购物方面，你算是购物狂吗？你会买那些你不需要的东西吗？
Melissa: Yes, but recently I've been trying to veer away from that habit.
梅莉莎：会，不过最近我正在努力改变这个习惯@SOT9y4=~TIy7KjW。
Todd: So, what influences you most to buy something? Is it like commercials or is just impulse?
托德：在买东西时，什么对你的影响最大？是广告还是一时的冲动？
Melissa: I think it's kind of just having the money and feeling like I deserve it.
梅莉莎：我想应该是这样，如果我有钱，那我觉得那东西就应该是我的@(Isdn^0rIcP_EAb@*。
Todd: So, it's a reward?
托德：就像奖励一样？
Melissa: Yeah, it's always a reward for something.
梅莉莎：对，一种奖赏%cSnjH)S4PgD4v1。
Todd: Well, how about ... how persuaded are you to buy something by commercials or advertising or things like that?
托德：那广告之类的宣传对你买东西的影响有多大?
Melissa: Defintely food commercials persuade me to buy it. Like I'll see a food commercial or even a picture of deliciously looking food and I'll want to have it, so I have two or three concrete examples over just the past month where I saw an ad for food and I went and bought it.
梅莉莎：我看到食品广告后绝对会去买回来-WejWT~Q.qP|v1H+5。如果我看到食品广告，或是看上去很好吃的食物的图片，那我就会想去买回来，我上个月这样做了得有两三次，我看到食品广告后，就会去买回来.6UGJJ_yHFB;1^5。
Todd: Oh, really. Like what did you buy?
托德：哦，真的吗？那你买了什么？
Melissa: One was hot Hotto-Motto. It was like a kind of fast food chain and they were selling a fried chicken on rice that looked really good, and the other was a McDonald's Cinnamon Role.
梅莉莎：好麦道8ZEijXIo~EGL5|。那是家快餐连锁店，它们在卖炸鸡盖饭，看上去非常好吃，我还买了麦当劳的Cinnamon Rolef)1kHfGOB+3Fm+.P[!vJ。
Todd: And you saw it and you're like, I gotta have it.
托德：你看到以后喜欢，就会去买WyBK=cKW0#lF-B6rTfM。
Melissa: Yeah, and like one weird thing happened. I just saw a red and yellow sign and it reminded me of Wendy's and then I was craving a chocolate milkshake ...frosty ... so I went somewhere else and bought it.
梅莉莎：对，而且还发生了一件不可思议的事@=X=5G9+Z*9hf+yl1。我看到一个红色和黄色的标志，那让我想起了温迪快餐，然后我就想来杯冰冰的巧克力奶昔，所以我就去买了JET@93LAqReo#yv^V。
Todd: And you got it?
托德：你买了？
Melissa: Yeah.
梅莉莎：对4@B)qCq4.KU-LvM。
Todd: Oh, Ok.
托德：哦，好,ym@2Rj60!ZzW)2CZwfD。

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重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. in terms of 在…方面；从…角度看；根据…来说；
例句：Plug up holes in terms of source and system.
从源头上、制度上堵塞漏洞mA(V&2G5x!_Lu2gh。
2. kind of 稍微；有几分；有点儿；
例句：She kind of hoped to be invited for her ex-boyfriend's wedding.
她有点儿希望被邀请参加前男友的婚礼68jUC)K;obu8s*。
3. persuade sb. to do sth. 劝说；说服；
例句：We're trying to persuade manufacturers to sell them here.
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例句：I kept it all the time to remind me of you.
我一直保存著它,以此唤起我对你的记忆9_V7cJmHnHQ。