淘金高阶英语六级巅峰阅读 篇章阅读37：生活消费
<p> <span word="Early">Early</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="affluence">affluence</span>(富裕)<span word="that">that</span> <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="II">II</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="retailing">retailing</span> <span word="analyst">analyst</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Victor">Victor</span> <span word="Lebow">Lebow</span> <span word="proclaimed">proclaimed</span>, <span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="enormously">enormously</span> <span word="productive">productive</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>... <span word="demands">demands</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="consumption">consumption</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="life">life</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="convert">convert</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="rituals">rituals</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="seek">seek</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="spiritual">spiritual</span> <span word="satisfaction">satisfaction</span>, <span word="our">our</span> <span word="ego">ego</span> <span word="satisfaction">satisfaction</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="consumption">consumption</span>...<span word="We">We</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="consumed">consumed</span>, <span word="burned">burned</span> <span word="up">up</span>, <span word="worn">worn</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="replaced">replaced</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="discarded">discarded</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="rate">rate</span>.</p><p> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="responded">responded</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Lebows">Lebows</span> <span word="call">call</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="followed">followed</span>.</p><p> <span word="Consumption">Consumption</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="pillar">pillar</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="lands">lands</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="embedded">embedded</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="values">values</span>.</p><p> <span word="Opinion">Opinion</span> <span word="surveys">surveys</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worlds">worlds</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="economies">economies</span>-<span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span></p><p> <span word="States">States</span>-<span word="show">show</span> <span word="consumerist">consumerist</span> <span word="definitions">definitions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="success">success</span> <span word="becoming">becoming</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="prevalent">prevalent</span>.</p><p> <span word="Overconsumption">Overconsumption</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worlds">worlds</span> <span word="fortunate">fortunate</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="unmatched">unmatched</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="severity">severity</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="growth">growth</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="surging">surging</span> <span word="exploitation">exploitation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="resources">resources</span> <span word="threatens">threatens</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="exhaust">exhaust</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="unalterably">unalterably</span> <span word="spoil">spoil</span> <span word="forests">forests</span>, <span word="soils">soils</span>, <span word="water">water</span>, <span word="air">air</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="climate">climate</span>.</p><p> <span word="Ironically">Ironically</span>, <span word="high">high</span> <span word="consumption">consumption</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mixed">mixed</span> <span word="blessing">blessing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="terms">terms</span>, <span word="too">too</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="time">time</span>-<span word="honored">honored</span> <span word="values">values</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="integrity">integrity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="character">character</span>, <span word="good">good</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="friendship">friendship</span>, <span word="family">family</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="sacrificed">sacrificed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rush">rush</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="riches">riches</span>.</p><p> <span word="Thus">Thus</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="lands">lands</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="plenty">plenty</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="somehow">somehow</span> <span word="hollow">hollow</span>-<span word="that">that</span>, <span word="misled">misled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="consumerist">consumerist</span> <span word="culture">culture</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="fruitlessly">fruitlessly</span> <span word="attempting">attempting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="satisfy">satisfy</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="essentially">essentially</span> <span word="social">social</span>. <span word="psychological">psychological</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="spiritual">spiritual</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="material">material</span> <span word="things">things</span>.</p>
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