研究生英语精读教程[上册]Unit 7.ppt

《研究生英语精读教程》(第三版·上);Unit Seven;Good Taste, Bad Taste; [ 1 ] The things you own tell stories about you as surely as the Joneses youre keeping up with. Each purchase reveals something your partner or closest friend may not realise from your intimate exchanges. Every time you buy something you exercise your taste.; [ 2 ] Before the age of mass production, taste used to be the province of an educated elite*. But when the entire population became consumers for the first time, taste came out of the salons* and onto the streets. Suddenly, everybody had the opportunity to make a choice.;