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Welcome to Spotlight.
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I'm Liz Waid.
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And I'm Colin Lowther.
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What do you think of when you hear the word 'luxury'?
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Some people may think of lying in the sand on a beautiful ocean beach.
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Others may think of sitting on a costly boat in the sun, enjoying a cold drink.
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These are experiences of luxury.
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But luxury also involves goods and services.
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Here are some real luxury goods that people can buy.
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A solid gold baby bed for 16 million dollars.
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Women's underwear covered in jewels.
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For $10 million.
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A brand name watch for $42 ,000.
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A popular handbag for $4 ,900.
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A martini drink for $1 ,000.
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A one -person dinner for $270.
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These are extreme examples of available luxury goods.
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Most people could never buy these expensive things. and do?
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What makes people want luxury?
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Is it good for us?
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Today's Spotlight is on luxury.
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To some people, luxury means excess.
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Or having more than what is necessary.
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To others, luxury means goods and services that cost a lot of money.
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In this case, Luxury can represent high quality.
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Or, it can also just represent the image of a particular brand name.
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- Yeah.
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The Oxford Dictionary defines luxury as both a state of being And as a thing.
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It says that luxury is "a state of living with ease and excess.
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And, it says, "Luxury is a thing that is not needed. but desired.
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Expensive And difficult to get.
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Bye.
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The global market for luxury goods and services is growing.
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Euromonitor reports that in five years,
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from 2010 to 2014, the luxury goods market grew 36%.
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It estimates that by 2019,
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The global market for luxury goods will have increased 88 % in 10 years.
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Thank you.
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So why are luxury goods so popular?
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especially since they are difficult to get.
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One of the reasons is because they are so difficult to get.
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It makes people feel like they have status, or a high position.
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that other people do not have.
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The website Psychology Today states: Thank you.
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Buyers purchase luxury goods for different reasons.
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One reason is that luxury goods give a sense of status and wealth.
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They help people feel exclusive.
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or More rare and special. than others.
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Luxury brand names want to stay exclusive, or only available to a few people.
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They encourage the sense that people who buy their products are better than others.
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If too many people have a particular product, it loses its appeal.
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Simon Peck is from the House of Luxury, a company that sells watches and jewels.
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Peck told the BBC: When the person who drives you around owns the same watch as you,
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It is time to look for something better.
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But not everyone wants luxury just to feel better than everyone else.
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Some people simply want to be like everyone else.
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Farnoosh Brock writes a blog on the internet.
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She wrote about her desire for luxury products.
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Brock travelled several times to Japan.
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There, she saw many women with expensive $5 ,000 bags.
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Then she wanted one.
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She wrote about it on her blog Prolific Living.
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She said that buying particular brands is very popular in Japan.
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place in society.
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The top Western brand names speak loudly in that culture.
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So naturally, everyone buys them.
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Possibly this is because everyone wants to belong - to be accepted as an equal.
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desire for a luxury bag.
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She writes: I really badly want a luxury Prada bag.
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Suppose I buy my Prada bag.
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Will I stop wanting the beautiful sunglasses that go with it?
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What about the perfect little black dress?
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pleased and satisfied.
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For other people, luxury is more about beauty.
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Writer Dana Thomas wrote a book about luxury.
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Thomas says that not all luxury is greed.
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She told the Luxury Society: Luxury is moral when it comes from creativity and not greed.
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When you create, to make something beautiful Then you are being mortal.
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Spiritual? and true Luxury does not have to only represent a fashionable brand.
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It can also represent high achievement in beauty and creativity.
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But you still need to have wealth to possess luxury.
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Buying and experiencing luxury puts a person in a rare group.
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Many many people in this world are poor.
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The World Bank reports that more than two billion people live in poverty.
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And more than one billion live in extreme poverty.
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The United Nations reports that almost half of the world's children live in extreme poverty.
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300 million children actually go to bed hungry.
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Every night, The inequality of people living in poverty and in luxury is very clear.
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And it brings up an important question. Is luxury morally wrong?
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Is it wrong to spend $16 million on a golden bed for a baby?
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Is it wrong to spend thousands of dollars on shoes?
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That money could buy food for very poor people.
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It could support schools.
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It could do many other things too.
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you Thank you.
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This is a complex debate.
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You may not be able to buy $5 ,000 shoes.
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But you may be able to spend $50,
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or $100, or possibly even $500.
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These are still large amounts of money.
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Any of those amounts could help a poor person.
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But you need shoes too.
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How can you tell what exact amount is morally right to spend?
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Christian teaching moves the question away from numbers and products.
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The Christian Bible does not say that having wealth is wrong.
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Or even that desire for beauty and comfort is wrong.
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It says, 'Keep your lives free from the love of money.' Be happy with what you have.
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For Jesus said, "I will never leave you." This teaching asks us to examine our hearts.
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Jesus' followers believe that they do not have to chase wealth.
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They can have money, but they should not love money.
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They believe that God will provide for their needs, including the presence of Jesus.
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The writer of this program was Jen Hawkins.
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The producer was Michio Ozaki.
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The voices you heard were from the United States and the United Kingdom.
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All quotes were adapted for this program and voiced by Spotlight.
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You can listen to this program again, and read it on the Internet. at www.
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dot radioenglish .com dot net.
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This program is called "Buying Things That Cost A Lot." Tell us what you think about today's program.
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You can leave a comment on our website.
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We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program.
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Goodbye.
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Thank you.
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为什么要用这个视频练习口语？
本视频提供了一个独特的机会，帮助英语学习者在真实的上下文中练习口语。讨论奢侈品时，您能接触到丰富的词汇和短语，这对于提高您的口语能力非常重要。通过模仿视频中的对话，您可以有效地进行英语影子跟读（shadow speech），不断增强您的发音和流利度。
此外，使用这种视频练习，您不仅能提高语言技能，还能了解不同文化对奢侈品的看法，从而丰富您对英语的理解和应用。在模仿时，记得注意语调和语速，这会进一步增强您的听力和口语能力。
语法与表达在上下文中的应用
- 奢侈（luxury）：视频中多次使用这个词，它不仅代表昂贵的物品，还传达了一种高档生活方式。例如，“奢侈意味着超出必要”的说法，清晰阐述了奢侈品的定义。
- 状态（state）：描述奢侈的“状态”时，讲话者使用了“生活的状态与安逸”。这种表达方式在任何一段对话中都能为您增加深度和复杂性。
- 愿望（desire）：通过“被需要，但又被渴望”的表达，可以看出奢侈品的复杂性。它让我们思考需要与想要之间的关系，这对提升您的口语表达非常有帮助。
常见发音陷阱
在这个视频中，有几个单词可能会对英语学习者造成发音上的困惑。特别是“奢侈（luxury）”这个词，有时口语中会被发错音。确保您熟悉这个词的正确发音，可以帮助您在口语交流中更显得自信。
另一个值得注意的点是语调。例如，提到“昂贵的（expensive）”时，讲话者的重音放在了不同的音节上，理解这一点将对您理解他人的口语表达大有裨益。
通过视频练习，您可以体验到雅思口语练习和shadowspeaks的乐趣，不断提高自己的发音和表达能力。记得在每次模仿后，思考表达的意思及反应，这将帮助您在日常对话中自如运用。
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
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| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | is not needed · be accepted · is greed |
| 定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物 | people who buy · person who drives |
| 用 “might / may” 表可能 might/may + 动词 — 有可能但不确定的事 | may think · may not be · may be |
| 比较级 -er than / more … than — 比较两个事物 | better than |
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。