考研英语阅读分析详解例16
<p> <span word="Historians">Historians</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="begun">begun</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="note">note</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="luxury">luxury</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="eighteenth">eighteenth</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="England">England</span>. <span word="McKendrick">McKendrick</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="explored">explored</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Wedgwood">Wedgwood</span> <span word="firms">firms</span> <span word="remarkable">remarkable</span> <span word="success">success</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="marketing">marketing</span> <span word="luxury">luxury</span> <span word="pottery">pottery</span>; <span word="Plumb">Plumb</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="proliferation">proliferation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="provincial">provincial</span> <span word="theater">theater</span>, <span word="musical">musical</span> <span word="festivals">festivals</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="childrens">childrens</span> <span word="toys">toys</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="books">books</span>. <span word="While">While</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="consumer">consumer</span> <span word="revolution">revolution</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="doubt">doubt</span>, <span word="three">three</span> <span word="key">key</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="remain">remain</span>: <span word="Who">Who</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="consumers">consumers</span>? <span word="What">What</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="motives">motives</span>? <span word="And">And</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="effects">effects</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="luxuries">luxuries</span>?</p><p> <span word="An">An</span> <span word="answer">answer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="obtain">obtain</span>. <span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="infer">infer</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="manufacturers">manufacturers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="servicing">servicing</span> <span word="trades">trades</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="customers">customers</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span>, <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="relevant">relevant</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="actual">actual</span> <span word="consumers">consumers</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="precise">precise</span> <span word="picture">picture</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="what">what</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="consumer">consumer</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="scale">scale</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="consumer">consumer</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="luxury">luxury</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="penetrated">penetrated</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="regard">regard</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="question">question</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="note">note</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="passing">passing</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Thompson">Thompson</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="rightly">rightly</span> <span word="restoring">restoring</span> <span word="laboring">laboring</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stage">stage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="eighteenth">eighteenth</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="history">history</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="exaggerated">exaggerated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opposition">opposition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="inroads">inroads</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="capitalist">capitalist</span> <span word="consumerism">consumerism</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="general">general</span>; <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="laboring">laboring</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="eighteenth">eighteenth</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="readily">readily</span> <span word="shifted">shifted</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="home">home</span>-<span word="brewed">brewed</span> <span word="beer">beer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="standardized">standardized</span> <span word="beer">beer</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="huge">huge</span>, <span word="heavily">heavily</span> <span word="capitalized">capitalized</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="breweries">breweries</span>.</p>
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