美語情景對話 第791期: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?
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?
託德：在買東西時，什麼對你的影響最大？是廣告還是一時的衝動？
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?
託德：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?
託德：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：我看到食品廣告後絕對會去買回來。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，我看到食品廣告後，就會去買回來。Todd: Oh, really. Like what did you buy?
託德：哦，真的嗎？那你買了什麼？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.
託德：你看到以後喜歡，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 ty ... so I went somewhere else and bought it.
梅莉莎：對，而且還發生了一件不可思議的事。我看到一個紅色和黃色的標誌，那讓我想起了溫迪快餐，然後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?
託德：你買了？Melissa: Yeah.
梅莉莎：對。Todd: Oh, Ok.
託德：哦，好。
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重點講解：
1. in terms of 在…方面；從…角度看；根據…來說；
例句：Plug up holes in terms of source and system.
從源頭上、制度上堵塞漏洞。
2. kind of 稍微；有幾分；有點兒；
例句：She kind of hoped to be invited for her ex-boyfriend's wedding.
她有點兒希望被邀請參加前男友的婚禮。
3. persuade sb. to do sth. 勸說；說服；
例句：We're trying to persuade manufacturers to sell them here.
我們正在努力勸說製造商在這裏銷售。
4. remind sb. of sth. 使想起；使記起；提醒；
例句：I kept it all the time to remind me of you.
我一直保存著它,以此喚起我對你的記憶。
