洋洋：心涛，你知道LV吗？ 心涛：你说的是法国的知名品牌吗？ 洋洋：对呀，这个牌子的服装、皮包特别高档，尤其是皮包我超喜欢。 心涛：这个牌子的东西很贵的。 洋洋：那当然了，一分价钱一分货嘛。 心涛：你怎么突然想起来问我这个了？ 洋洋：我看中LV的一款皮包，可是太贵了，我的钱不够，想找你借点钱。 心涛：洋洋，我说一句你别不高兴啊，咱们是工薪阶层，你这样有点儿太奢侈。 洋洋：怎么是奢侈，这叫超前消费。你看咱们单位的小刘用的包就是LV的，她还跟我说超前消费是现在的潮流。 心涛：我觉得你的消费观不对，我们应该学会节俭，不能盲目攀比，人云亦云。 洋洋：可是你上次不是还说我们要顺应时代嘛。 心涛：我说的是咱们的思想观念要与时俱进，在物质上一味地追求高档次是不对的，而且我们的收入也不多啊。 洋洋：你说的有道理，我不应该和别人比的。 心涛：这就对了，而且我觉得你现在用的那个包就挺好的。 YY: Xin Tao, have you heard of LV?
XT: Are you talking about the famous French brand?
YY: Yep, clothing and handbags from this brand are of exceptional quality, I'm especially fond of their handbags.
XT: Their goods are very expensive.
YY: Of course, one gets what one pays for.
XT: Why did you suddenly raise this topic?
YY: I'm in love with one of LV's handbags, it's really very expensive, I'm short on money and was wondering whether you can loan me some.
XT: Yang Yang, I'm going to say something, but please don't be unhappy (when you hear it), we're wage-earners (lit. working class), what you're doing is kinda too extravagant.
YY: It's not extravagant, it's called premature consumption. Just take a look at our colleague Xiao Liu, she's using an LV bag and she told me that premature consumption is the in thing right now.
XT: I feel that your concept of consumption is rather unbecoming, we should learn to be thrifty. We shouldn't keep up with the Joneses blindly and simply parrot what others say.
YY: But didn't you say before that we should flow with the times?
XT: What I meant was that we should keep our thinking abreast with modern developments. Being materialistic and blindly chasing after superior goods is not right. Also, we don't earn that much.
YY: You have a point, I shouldn't compare myself with others.
XT: Now you get it. Moreover I think the bag you're using right now is just fine.
-- atchooo@
XT: Are you talking about the famous French brand?
YY: Yep, clothing and handbags from this brand are of exceptional quality, I'm especially fond of their handbags.
XT: Their goods are very expensive.
YY: Of course, one gets what one pays for.
XT: Why did you suddenly raise this topic?
YY: I'm in love with one of LV's handbags, it's really very expensive, I'm short on money and was wondering whether you can loan me some.
XT: Yang Yang, I'm going to say something, but please don't be unhappy (when you hear it), we're wage-earners (lit. working class), what you're doing is kinda too extravagant.
YY: It's not extravagant, it's called premature consumption. Just take a look at our colleague Xiao Liu, she's using an LV bag and she told me that premature consumption is the in thing right now.
XT: I feel that your concept of consumption is rather unbecoming, we should learn to be thrifty. We shouldn't keep up with the Joneses blindly and simply parrot what others say.
YY: But didn't you say before that we should flow with the times?
XT: What I meant was that we should keep our thinking abreast with modern developments. Being materialistic and blindly chasing after superior goods is not right. Also, we don't earn that much.
YY: You have a point, I shouldn't compare myself with others.
XT: Now you get it. Moreover I think the bag you're using right now is just fine.
XT: Are you talking about the famous French brand?
YY: Yep, clothing and handbags from this brand are of exceptional quality, I'm especially fond of their handbags.
XT: Their goods are very expensive.
YY: Of course, one gets what one pays for.
XT: Why did you suddenly raise this topic?
YY: I'm in love with one of LV's handbags, it's really very expensive, I'm short on money and was wondering whether you can loan me some.
XT: Yang Yang, I'm going to say something, but please don't be unhappy (when you hear it), we're wage-earners (lit. working class), what you're doing is kinda too extravagant.
YY: It's not extravagant, it's called premature consumption. Just take a look at our colleague Xiao Liu, she's using an LV bag and she told me that premature consumption is the in thing right now.
XT: I feel that your concept of consumption is rather unbecoming, we should learn to be thrifty. We shouldn't keep up with the Joneses blindly and simply parrot what others say.
YY: But didn't you say before that we should flow with the times?
XT: What I meant was that we should keep our thinking abreast with modern developments. Being materialistic and blindly chasing after superior goods is not right. Also, we don't earn that much.
YY: You have a point, I shouldn't compare myself with others.
XT: Now you get it. Moreover I think the bag you're using right now is just fine.
-- atchooo@
Lesson Summary:
Nowadays, the Chinese people's strong consumption of luxury goods is really astonishing. Would you pay tens of thousands for a luxury bag? Lesson Content: YY: Xin Tao, have you heard of LV?XT: Are you talking about the famous French brand?
YY: Yep, clothing and handbags from this brand are of exceptional quality, I'm especially fond of their handbags.
XT: Their goods are very expensive.
YY: Of course, one gets what one pays for.
XT: Why did you suddenly raise this topic?
YY: I'm in love with one of LV's handbags, it's really very expensive, I'm short on money and was wondering whether you can loan me some.
XT: Yang Yang, I'm going to say something, but please don't be unhappy (when you hear it), we're wage-earners (lit. working class), what you're doing is kinda too extravagant.
YY: It's not extravagant, it's called premature consumption. Just take a look at our colleague Xiao Liu, she's using an LV bag and she told me that premature consumption is the in thing right now.
XT: I feel that your concept of consumption is rather unbecoming, we should learn to be thrifty. We shouldn't keep up with the Joneses blindly and simply parrot what others say.
YY: But didn't you say before that we should flow with the times?
XT: What I meant was that we should keep our thinking abreast with modern developments. Being materialistic and blindly chasing after superior goods is not right. Also, we don't earn that much.
YY: You have a point, I shouldn't compare myself with others.
XT: Now you get it. Moreover I think the bag you're using right now is just fine.
- expensive [ik´spensiv]
a.费钱的，昂贵的 (初中英语单词) - unhappy [ʌn´hæpi] a.不幸的；不快乐的 (初中英语单词)
- working [´wə:kiŋ] a.工人的；劳动的 (初中英语单词)
- concept [´kɔnsept] n.概念；观念；思想 (初中英语单词)
- moreover [mɔ:´rəuvə] ad.再者，此外，而且 (初中英语单词)
- luxury [´lʌkʃəri] n.奢侈(品)；享受 (初中英语单词)
- extravagant [ik´strævəgənt] a.奢侈的；过度的 (高中英语单词)
- consumption [kən´sʌmpʃən] n.消耗；结核病 (高中英语单词)
- abreast [ə´brest] ad.并排，并肩 (高中英语单词)
- astonishing [əs´tɔniʃiŋ] a.令人惊讶的 (高中英语单词)
- exceptional [ik´sepʃənəl] a.异常的，特别的 (英语四级单词)
- colleague [´kɔli:g] n.同事，同僚 (英语四级单词)
- blindly [blaindli] ad.盲目地；没头脑地 (英语四级单词)
- parrot [´pærət] n.鹦鹉；应声虫 (英语四级单词)
- summary [´sʌməri] a.&n.摘要(的) (英语四级单词)
- thrifty [´θrifti] a.节俭的；兴旺的 (英语六级单词)
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