如何正確挑選新年禮物？
有些研究表明甚牲，大多數(shù)人只是礙于社交習(xí)俗會對收到禮物表示開心义郑，但實(shí)際上他們并不喜歡那些禮物。新年將至丈钙，經(jīng)歷了這艱難的一年魔慷，我們可能特別渴望在那些收到禮物的人臉上看到綻放的喜悅。怎樣準(zhǔn)備一份心意滿滿的禮物著恩？什么樣的禮物是大家更想要的院尔？一起來聽今天的講解蜻展。
英文原文
You’re Choosing a Gift. Here’s What Not toDo.
選禮物，別踩雷
By Daniel T. Willingham
On Christmas morning, a husband quietlyapologizes to his wife that his gifts this year are humble — money is tight.She bravely affirms that she loves the pajamas and the sweater. Later, as thechildren play with their new toys, the husband reveals one last gift box, inwhich the wife discovers a diamond necklace. She squeals with astonisheddelight.
在圣誕節(jié)的早晨邀摆，丈夫悄悄地向妻子表達(dá)歉意纵顾，因?yàn)槭诸^緊，今年的禮物很寒磣栋盹。妻子很有勇氣地表示她喜歡那套睡衣和套頭衫施逾。隨后，在孩子們玩著新玩具時例获，丈夫拿出了最后一個禮盒汉额，妻子看到里面的鉆石項(xiàng)鏈，驚喜地尖叫起來榨汤。
This advertising trope is not just cloying.It also feeds some false beliefs people commonly hold about what makes giftrecipients happy.
這種廣告畫面不只讓人膩歪蠕搜，它還給人們灌輸了一些如何讓收禮者開心的錯誤信念。
First, ignore price. When researchers askedpeople to recall a gift they gave and then to rate how much they thoughtrecipients liked it, higher prices went with higher ratings. But when peoplemade the same ratings for a gift they had received, price was completelyunrelated to enjoyment.
首先收壕，別管價錢妓灌。研究人員要求人們回憶一個他們送出的禮物，然后對他們認(rèn)為收禮者喜歡它的程度進(jìn)行評分蜜宪，發(fā)現(xiàn)價格越高虫埂，評分就越高。但是當(dāng)人們?yōu)樽约菏盏降亩Y物進(jìn)行評分時圃验，價格與愉悅程度完全無關(guān)掉伏。
Second, give gifts that are actuallyusable. Gift givers tend to focus on how pleasurable it would be to use thegift, but overlook how easily or often the gift will be used; a husband mightimagine his wife feeling like a million bucks in her diamonds, but ignore thefact that she seldom wears formal jewelry.
其次，送實(shí)用的禮物澳窑。送禮者往往更看重使用禮物的樂趣斧散，然而忽略了禮物的易用程度或使用頻率。丈夫可能會想象戴上鉆石項(xiàng)鏈的妻子感覺自己傾國傾城照捡，但忽略了實(shí)際上她很少佩戴正式珠寶。
Third, don’t worry if your gift isn’tusable immediately. In one experiment, researchers asked people to comparedifferent types of gifts: One was immediately appealing, like a dozen flowersin full bloom, or, for a similar price, a gift that would be more satisfying inthe long term, like two dozen buds that would bloom in a few days. When peoplethought they would give the gift, they preferred the former, but others whowere asked which they’d like to receive picked the latter.
第三话侧，不用擔(dān)心你的禮物不能被馬上用起來栗精。在一個實(shí)驗(yàn)中，研究人員要求人們比較不同類型的禮物：一種是能夠馬上吸引人的禮物瞻鹏，比如十幾朵盛開的鮮花悲立，另一種價格相似，但更能延長滿足感新博，比如二十幾朵在未來幾天會綻放的花蕾薪夕。人們送禮物的時候，更喜歡前者赫悄，但收禮物時原献，會選擇后者馏慨。
生詞好句
1.apologize
英 [??p?l?d?a?z]? 美 [??pɑ?l?d?a?z]
vi. （因內(nèi)心有愧疚而）道歉
拓展:
apologize to sb. 向某人道歉
apologize for sth. 因?yàn)槟呈碌狼?/p>
2.humble
英 [?h?mbl]? 美[?h?mbl]
adj. 謙虛的，謙遜的姑隅；簡單而普通的写隶，不貴重的
拓展:
· 表自謙
in my humble opinion 依照我的愚見
Welcome to my humble abode.
歡迎光臨寒舍。
· 表簡單而普通的讲仰，不貴重的
They live in a humble two-roomed flat.
他們住在一個有點(diǎn)簡陋的兩居室公寓里慕趴。
3.money is tight
手頭緊
拓展:
time is tight 時間緊張
4.reveal
英 [r??vi?l]???? 美 [r??vi?l]
vt. 使顯露（to show
something that was previously hidden）
5.squeal
英 [skwi?l]???? 美 [skwi?l]
vi. 發(fā)出尖叫聲
拓展:
常與with搭配，例如：squeal
with delight 歡呼雀躍
6.trope
英 [tr??p]????? 美 [tro?p]
n. （被過度使用的）主題鄙陡，策略（a
common or overused theme or device冕房，與cliché意思相近）
拓展:
Jump Scare is the usual horror movie trope.
一驚一乍的手法是恐怖電影的常見手法。
7.cloying
英 [?kl????]? 美 [?kl????]
adj. 因過度使用而讓人覺得厭煩的（disgusting
or distasteful by reason of excess）
拓展:
cloying sweetness 甜得發(fā)膩
8.feed
英 [fi?d]? 美 [fi?d]
vt. （用食物）喂養(yǎng)趁矾；（在思想感情上）支持耙册，鼓勵（相當(dāng)于support或encourage）
拓展:
Media reports are feeding public anxietyabout coronavirus.
媒體報(bào)道在不斷增強(qiáng)公眾對于新冠疫情的恐懼。
9.recall
英 [r??k??l]??? 美[?ri?k??l]
v. 回想愈魏，回憶（to bring
back to mind）
拓展:
I recalled seeing her somewhere before.
我回想起曾在某處見過她觅玻。
10.go with
與其他事物同時存在或相關(guān)（to often exist with something
else or be related to something else）
拓展:
Ill health often goes with poverty.
疾病往往與貧窮并存。
近義詞組：relate to
11.focus on sth.
集中注意力（到一個事物上）
12.overlook
英 [???v??l?k]????? 美 [?o?v?r?l?k]
vt. 好高騖遠(yuǎn)培漏，忽略
13.feel like a million bucks
（通常指享受奢侈品時）感覺非常好（feel extremely good溪厘，也可以說feel like a million dollars）
拓展:
She feels like a million bucks since shelost all that weight.
自從減肥成功后，她感覺超級良好牌柄。
14.in
英 [?n]?? 美 [?n]
prep. 穿著畸悬，戴著
拓展:
描述穿衣服、戴首飾珊佣、戴帽子蹋宦、戴眼鏡、梳辮子等都用in咒锻。例如：a man in a white shirt 一個穿著白襯衣的男人冷冗；a man in
glasses 戴眼鏡的男人；a girl in pigtails 梳辮子的姑娘惑艇。
15.in bloom/ in full bloom
（花朵）盛開
16.bloom
英 [blu?m]???? 美 [blu?m]
vi. 開花蒿辙；綻放
17.the former
英 [?f??m?r]? 美 [?f??rm?r]
n. 前者，前一個
拓展:
the former和the
latter用在只有兩種選擇的情況下滨巴。
Of these two options, the former is lessexpensive, while the latter is less risky.
在這兩種選擇中思灌，前者價格較低，而后者則風(fēng)險較低恭取。
