美语情景对话 第791期:Ad Space 广告空间
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?
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。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。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。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。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。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。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 Role。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。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 ty ... 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。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。Todd: And you got it?
托德：你买了？Melissa: Yeah.
梅莉莎：对。Todd: Oh, Ok.
托德：哦，好。
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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。
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。
3. persuade sb. to do sth. 劝说；说服；
例句：We're trying to persuade manufacturers to sell them here.
我们正在努力劝说制造商在这里销售。
4. remind sb. of sth. 使想起；使记起；提醒；
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。
