實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Ad Space 廣告空間

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?

托德：梅莉莎，這周我們來聊聊買東西。在購物方面，你算是購物狂嗎?你會買那些你不需要的東西嗎?

Melissa: Yes, but recently I've been trying to veer away from that habit.

梅莉莎：會，不過最近我正在努力改變這個習慣。

Todd: So, what influences you most to buy something? Is it like commercials or is just impulse?

托德：在買東西時，什么對你的影響最大?是廣告還是一時的沖動?

Melissa: I think it's kind of just having the money and feeling like I deserve it.

梅莉莎：我想應該是這樣，如果我有錢，那我覺得那東西就應該是我的。

Todd: So, it's a reward?

托德：就像獎勵一樣?

Melissa: Yeah, it's always a reward for something.

梅莉莎：對，一種獎賞。

Todd: Well, how about ... how persuaded are you to buy something by commercials or advertising or things like that?

托德：那廣告之類的宣傳對你買東西的影響有多大?

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：我看到食品廣告后絕對會去買回來。如果我看到食品廣告，或是看上去很好吃的食物的圖片，那我就會想去買回來，我上個月這樣做了得有兩三次，我看到食品廣告后，就會去買回來。

Todd: Oh, really. Like what did you buy?

托德：哦，真的嗎?那你買了什么?

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：好麥道。那是家快餐連鎖店，它們在賣炸雞蓋飯，看上去非常好吃，我還買了麥當勞的Cinnamon Role。

Todd: And you saw it and you're like, I gotta have it.

托德：你看到以后喜歡，就會去買。

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 ...frosty ... so I went somewhere else and bought it.

梅莉莎：對，而且還發(fā)生了一件不可思議的事。我看到一個紅色和黃色的標志，那讓我想起了溫迪快餐，然后我就想來杯冰冰的巧克力奶昔，所以我就去買了。

Todd: And you got it?

托德：你買了?

Melissa: Yeah.

梅莉莎：對。

Todd: Oh, Ok.

托德：哦，好。