首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
China has surpassed the US to become the second-largest luxury market in 2009, spending of $ 9. 4 billion and accounting for 27.
China has surpassed the US to become the second-largest luxury market in 2009, spending of $ 9. 4 billion and accounting for 27.
admin
2011-04-11
59
问题
China has surpassed the US to become the second-largest luxury market in 2009, spending of $ 9. 4 billion and accounting for 27. 5 percent of total global sales. Global luxury brands have been fighting for profits tooth and nail. Chinese people’s ability to purchase such products indicates the economic development of the country; however, some people’s obsession with luxury brands has raised criticism while some people are scraping by for money from their daily living expenses. What is your opinion? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic:
Can Luxury Brands Buy Happiness?
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization , grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
选项
答案
Can Luxury Brands Buy Happiness? The monopoly of the brand effect gives foreign brands advantages and privileges. However, who can boldly guarantee that luxury brands can buy happiness? Definitely not. Luxury goods buyers usually fall into three categories. One group is the really rich, another includes so-called "cool" youngsters, and the third consists of white-collar workers, especially managers. Rich people in and outside China buy luxury products to show off their wealth and status. What sets China apart from Western countries and, by extension, accounts for the unusually high purchase of luxury goods in relation to consumer assets, is the third major segment of the high-end product market: white-collar workers. While white-collar workers in the West, especially America, are big consumers, they typically hunt for bargains. This behavior is reflected in the success of retailers like Wal-Mart. In contrast, white-collar workers in China often equate expensive luxury brands with high quality. As one white-collar worker quoted in a Xinhua China, org report put it: "I think a bag priced at 10,000 yuan is more suitable for me. It is better than 100 bags priced at 100 yuan each. " One extreme example is the case of Tony Wang, a senior executive in an advertising company. Even though Wang makes 20,000 yuan a month, he limits himself to fruits and a cup of coffee for lunch in order to add to his piggy bank for luxury purchases. The money saved to make such purchases could surely be better spent on other things, including continuing education to upgrade skills or travel to unique destinations to broaden one’s horizons. Moreover, this white-collar behavior certainly smacks of keeping up with the Joneses. The desire to show off one’s taste for elegance locks middle-class Chinese into a competitive struggle to sport the latest and best Italian clothes, designer handbags, and the like. And when it comes to function, most of the time one can get by just well with good generic brands versus expensive luxury goods. Finally and most importantly, the scramble for luxury products doesn’t seem to have made Chinese any happier. Indeed, in the most recent University of Michigan World Values Survey, China ranked 46th in the world with respect to the happiness of its citizens. In my personal observation, the happiest people in China are ordinary residents I see in parks and other public spaces indulging in simple pleasures like singing and dancing together. I seriously doubt that few, if any, of these folks care much about owning lots of luxury brand products. It is often said that money can’t buy happiness; the same goes for owning a very expensive Louis Vuitton handbag. Is it time for people to stop flaunting China’s flourishing luxury consumption?
解析
文章首先引发读者的思考,由于品牌效应占统治地位,这为国外牌子带来许多好处。但是否这就可以保证人们生活幸福呢?
从第二段开始,深人阐明观点。奢侈品牌的消费者一般分为三类:巨富、潮人、白领(尤指经理)。限于篇幅,文章主要针对第三类人——白领展开。与国内白领不同,国外的白领通常买打折商品。
第三段,强调中国白领的非理性消费,另起一段为了引起读者对这一现象的重视,这也是这篇文章的写作目的。在论证阶段,举出两个实例,说明奢侈品牌仅仅用于显示白领们的品位多么与众不同。作者同时指出,这些省吃俭用的钱不应该花在追逐奢侈品牌上,而应该有更好的选择,比如提升专业技能,去旅游等。
第四段进一步指出,白领争相购买大牌货品只是互相攀比的结果,而非出于实用的考虑。此处使用短语keep up with the Joneses,形象而贴切。
有了前面几段的铺垫,文章水到渠成,指出争相购买奢侈品牌并不能让国人更加幸福。作者个人的观点是,老百姓的普通生活可以很幸福,与奢侈品牌没有任何关系。
结尾部分,money can’t buy happiness一语点醒梦中人,奢侈品牌与幸福感无关。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/oVYO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
ThebeginningofwhatwastobecometheUnitedStateswascharacterizedbyinconsistenciesinthevaluesandbehaviorofitspop
DangersofUsingComputerTerminalsUndoubtedly,thecomputerhasgreatlyincreasedhumanbeing’sworkingcapacityandintel
Maslow’sHierarchyofNeedsAbrahamMaslowhasdevelopedafamoustheoryofhumanneeds,whichcanbearrangedinorderofim
WHO,workingcloselywithitsMemberStates,otherUnitedNationsagenciesandnongovernmentalorganizations,isfocusingonma
TheAmericanTaxSystemGovernmentsraiserevenuesthroughtaxation.Ataxisa【1】______paymenttogovernment.IntheUnit
IrememberMaxverywell.HehadaPh.D.fromPrinceton.HewasaChaucerian.Hewasbrilliant,eloquent,andprofessorial.He
FashionWiththeprogressionofthehumansociety,peopleareincreasinglydemandingtheirclothestobebeautifulaswellas
______isoneofthegreatestEnglishpoets,whosemasterpiece,TheCanterburyTales,wasoneofthemostimportantinfluenceso
A、changedmarketdemandB、changedOPECpolicyC、securitysituationinSaudiArabiaD、U.S,policytowardSaudiArabiaC
Countlessmedicalstudieshaveconcludedthatplayingtoomanyvideogamescanbeharmfultoone’shealth.Now,however,itturn
随机试题
一般我们冲泡绿茶时,应用什么水温进行冲泡
男性,33岁,左小腿被锈铁钉刺伤一段时间后出现乏力、头疼、打哈欠,继而有张口困难、蹙眉和苦笑面容等表现,全身肌肉阵发性痉挛,但神志一直清醒,诊断为破伤风。痉挛严重发作时,应特别注意观察病人是否发生了
体内代谢时,由亚砚转化为硫醚而产生活性体内代谢时,由硫醚转化为亚砚,活性提高
患者,男性,70岁,肺癌晚期,昏迷。患者骶尾部皮肤有2cm×3cm压疮,水疱破溃,创面脓性分泌物较多。判断该患者压疮的临床分期是
在谈判过程中,除对自身情况要作出全面分析外,还要设法全面了解谈判对手情况,甚至包括谈判对手的人员情况,如谈判者的性格、爱好等。()
专业分包人须在进场前,将其承包范围内的施工组织设计报技术部,由()后方可依照施工。
甲软件开发企业(增值税一般纳税人)2016年2月销售自行开发生产的嵌入式软件产品和相关计算机设备,共取得不含税销售额360万元(含设备销售额80万元),已开具增值税专用发票;本月购进材料取得增值税专用发票注明的增值税为26万元(含专用于软件产品开发生产工具
()是以法律共同体的长期实践为前提,以法律共同体的普遍的法律确信为基础。
督察机构认为需要对公安机关的人民警察给予行政处分或者降低警衔、取消警衔的,督察机构可以提出建议,并进行办理。()
ATM网络的协议数据单元称为(56)。ATM适配层分为(57)两个子层。(58)是对应于A类业务的ATM适配层,它提供的业务特点是(59)。如果要传送IP数据报,则需要(60)业务的支持。
最新回复
(
0
)