听力扩展：
A: I also dislike having to listen to advertisements when they are broadcast in stores or on the subway.
B: I couldn’t agree more. That annoys me too. With billboards, you can look away, but with broadcasts, you can’t avoid them.
A: Do you like the way that advertising agencies use comedy in their campaign?
B: I suppose I do. I don’t like the way that advertising campaign often tells you if you don’t buy a certain product, you’re not cool or modern or something.
A: That kind of advertising seems to be very common with brand name products. They are always trying to maintain brand loyalty.
A：我不喜欢听商店和地铁里面播放的广告。
B：我完全同意。我也讨厌那种广告。如果是广告牌，你可以不看它;但是广播，你却没法儿不听。
A： 你喜欢广告宣传里面的幽默吗?
B：喜欢。我不喜欢那种老是告诉你，如果你不买某个产品，你就不够酷，不够时尚之类的广告宣传。
A：品牌产品常常这样，它们总是想让人们忠实于品牌。【注】billboards n. 广告牌
nature n. ①自然，自然界，自然状态 ② 本性，性质
例：Cats and dogs have quite different natures—dogs like company, and cats are independent. 猫和狗的习性迥异——狗喜欢有伴儿，猫爱独来独往。It’s her nature to be generous. 慷慨大方是她的天性。搭配：in nature 性质上，本质上：The liberation of the whole nation in 1949 was a great change in nature. 1949年的全国解放是本质上的改变。in the nature of sth. 与……类似，以……风格：His speech is in the nature of an apology. 他讲的话就算是道歉。拓展：natural a. 自然的，自然界的
听力扩展：
W: Mike, come and look at this painting of shrimps! It is so simple yet so vivid!
M: Yeah. It is incredible! Is it the work of Qi Baishi?
W: Yes, it is. How do you know that?
M: Well, Qi is famous all over the world, isn’t he? Besides I am quite interested in Chinese painting.
W: Cool! What kind of Chinese painting do you prefer, Xie Yi or Gong Bi?
M: I prefer Xie Yi painting, especially the landscape paintings. I can always sense peace and harmony from those landscape paintings.
W: That’s true. Chinese art stresses the harmony between Man and Nature, which is an important part of Chinas traditional culture.
女：迈克，快来看这幅虾戏图!简单但却非常生动!
男：是啊。简直令人难以置信! 这是齐白石的作品吗?
女：是的。你怎么知道的?
男：这个嘛，齐白石世界闻名，不是吗? 而且我对中国画很感兴趣。
女：你真棒!写意和工笔两种中国画，你更喜欢哪种?
男：我更喜欢写意画，尤其是风景画。风景画能让人体味平静与和谐。
女：的确如此。中国艺术强调人与自然的和谐，这也是中国传统文化的重要组成部分。【注】shrimp n. 小虾;incredible a. 难以置信的
physical a. ①身体的 ②物理的 ③物质的
例：Physical disability causes mental anguish. 生理伤残会引起心理苦闷。Staying up late makes him at his worst in terms of physical situation. 熬夜使得他的体力状况处于低潮。拓展：physics n. 物理学;physician n. 医师
听力扩展：
A: I’ve heard some friends say when they get the article, it’s quite different from what they see on the website advertisement.
B: That happens. Without close quality examination, we may encounter fraud, and the e-shop may suddenly disappear.
A: What’s more, it’s not always so safe for us to pay online as hackers might steal the user name and password.
B: It’s said that some measures have been taken to deal with this problem. Paying online is much safer than before, but I still have the feeling that it’s not safe enough.
A: I can’t agree more. That’s why I only do street shopping.
B: Me too. Sometimes I surf online shops to check some related information, and then go to a physical store to do the actual shopping.
A: That’s a good idea.
A：我听朋友说，网上买到的东西和网站广告上看到的很不一样。
B：确实有这种事，不好好检查质量，可能会买到假货，网店也没准儿突然消失。
A：而且网上付费有时也不安全，黑客可能会偷走用户名和密码。
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