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Material Girl and Boy Unit 13 Material Girl and Boy Useful expressions Text interpretation Word family Sentence structure Translation Homework Useful expressions World Exposition 商学院 供求 设下一个陷阱 据估计 参加，参与 Household name 商标，品牌 Useful expressions 意识到 企业文化 招待朋友 处于包围中 First aid 信息时代 源源不断 注意到 Text interpretation Warm-up questions How often do you shop? What products attract you most? When did you first shop without your parents’ company? What do you think of TV commercials? Do you agree that our society today is also commercialized? Text interpretation Juliet has written a must-read for every parent. Called Born to Buy, it frightened me. …and they are getting more so. Look at what Schor found based on studies … children aged 10 to 13 …kids in the fourth through eighth grades… …their children were brand-aware by age 3… …my boy stormed into the kitchen and demanded that I take him to a fast-food restaurant. …he said, forming two fingers in the shape of … …order him to go cut the TV off. Text interpretation In fact, I went a step further. …adults inhabit an oppressive…world. …it’s the product, not your parents who’s really on your side. There is the practice of turning everyday items into playthings. This trend leaves little space for imagination. What we are losing isn’t just the money we spend to buy what our kids are brainwashed to believe they need. … programming surrounded by a steady stream of messages… Word family Exposure, exposition, impose, commerce, demanding, scare, scaring, horrible, overstate, depression, earache, toothache, stardom, freedom, boring, bored, participator, homely, worthy, trademark, unaware, awareness, unconsciousness, possession, accident, severity, prejudice, corporation, inhabitant, oppression, resistance, joyful, imagine, imaginary, unimaginable, imaginative, entertaining, entertainment, surround, brainstorm, well off, dealer, evil, devil, demon, assistance, allowance, motivation, motive, inspire Sentence structure Subjunctive mood in that-cl