The Price of Pleasure 贵得有理
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- 创建于 2008年5月02日
- 最后更新于 2024年5月25日
- 发布于 2012年2月10日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Thrifty consumers pride themselves on finding the best deals. Yet by saving some money, they could be ___1___ their enjoyment. Recent studies show that people enjoy things more when they pay a high price to get them.
节俭的消费者以觅得便宜货为傲，然而省钱可能会减少他们的乐趣。最新研究显示，人们较享受以高价购得的商品。
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Dr. Antonio Rangel of the California Institute of Technology ___2___ to this conclusion after an interesting experiment. He conducted a wine-tasting session with several volunteers. Two wines were secretly served twice. Subjects enjoyed the samples of wine described as expensive much more than ___3___ of the same wine described as cheap.
做完一项有意思的实验后，加州理工学院的安东尼奥．兰杰尔博士得到此一结论。他和几名志愿者办了一场品酒会，其中有两种酒被暗中端出来两次。品尝两杯其时完全相同的酒时，受试者觉得价格高的那一杯好喝多了。
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Researchers suggested two possible explanations for this. The first is that humans have evolved to take mental shortcuts, ___4___ survival depended on being able to make quick judgments. Nowadays, price often serves ___5___ a good indicator of quality. People use prices as a shortcut to deciding the quality of a product.
研究者为该现象提出两种解释。第一种是，由于生存端赖有能力迅速下判断，演化使得人类具备采取心理快捷方式的能力。现今价格常被当作质量的指针，因此人们依赖价格来迅速判断商品的质量。
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(B) though |
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The second explanation is ___6___ that people’s opinions are affected by vanity. People enjoy something that is expensive because it is perceived as exclusive and showing it ___7___ makes it more pleasurable. So don’t worry if you don’t always get the best deals. If you pay a high price for something, you might enjoy it even more!
第二个解释其实只是，人们的意见会受虚荣心左右。人们喜爱昂贵的东西，是因为它被视为高档货，而炫耀高档货会令人更开心。因此，如果你无法总是买到便宜货，别担心。当你以高价购得某物时，也许你会获得更多乐趣呢！
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(A) hardly |
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(C) sincerely |
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(A) on |
(B) down |
(C) off |
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−by Jamie Blackler
Vocabulary
单词发音
thrifty [ˋθrɪftɪ] adj. 节俭的
session [ˋsɛʃən] n.〔某团体从事某项活动的〕集会〔时间〕
volunteer [͵vɑlənˋtɪr] n. 志愿者
vanity [ˋvænətɪ] n. 虚荣
exclusive [ɪkˋsklusɪv] adj. 高级的；时髦的
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单词发音
pride [praɪd] v. 使得意，以……自豪[（+on）]
subject [ˋsʌbdʒɪkt] n. 接受实验者，实验对象
shortcut [ˋʃɔrt͵kʌt] n. 快捷方式，近路；快捷办法
indicator [ˋɪndə͵ketɚ] n. 指标
show off 卖弄, 炫耀 to display or behave in an ostentatious or conspicuous way
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