新编大学英语Unit4 After-Class Reading PPT 课件.pptVIP

* There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they dont need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game: when they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason. 然而，无法自拔的购物狂，却经常购买一些价格低廉但自己并不需要的东西。 专家称，大多数人，对自己的行为有两个动机：一个对事情本身来说好的动机和一个真实动机。 It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business: they consider peoples needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods. 在广告和营销方式上，他们考虑到人对爱、力量的需要，或是影响，以及他们的基本价值观、信仰和观点等等。 compulsive adj. (of someone) having a uncontrollable strong desire to do something; (of behavior) very difficult to stop or control 不能自拔的；难以抑制的 e.g. Ⅰ) He was a compulsive gambler and often heavily in debt. 　　 Ⅱ) She is suffering from a compulsive eating disorder. n. compulsiveness, compulsivity, compulsion adv. compulsively 同：[a.] determined, driven compulsion n. a strong and unreasonable desire that one cannot resist 欲望，冲动 e.g. Ⅰ) She felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run. 　　 Ⅱ) Its a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer. 1.most后可直接跟名词(可数或不可数)，同时，也可接有形容词修饰的名词。注意：跟可数名词时，谓语动词要用复数形式。 Most boys like playing football.大部分男孩都喜欢踢足球。 I always spend most time learning English.大部分时间我总是花在学习英语上。 2.most后不能直接跟有定冠词、指示代词或物主代词所修饰的名词，那么，遇到这些情况用most of代替most。 I spent most of my time learning to play the piano last year.去年我把大部分时间都花在学弹 钢琴上了。 I did most of that