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小夥伴們上課啦：今天的主題有點哲學，有像托福口說與寫作題~

 今日主題：People Think Experiences Bring Happiness, Still Opt for Things
人們認為經歷帶來快樂，但相比之下仍然選擇物品

洪欣老師推薦：托福聽力最好的課外教材：60-Second Science
康康精選托福會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!

建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。

MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://online1.tingclass.net/voaspe/2014/20140905sa_mind.mp3

只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：

中英文稿：
You might assume that a new purse, painting or pair of shoes will bring happiness. Although you'd probably get a bigger kick out of attending a play or spending a week in Paris. But people still mostly opt for items over experiences—because the value of items is more easily quantifiable. That's according to a study in The Journal of Positive Psychology. [Paulina Pchelin and Ryan T. Howell, The hidden cost of value-seeking: People do not accurately forecast the economic benefits of experiential purchases]
你可能一個新的錢包，一幅畫，或一雙鞋會給你帶來幸福。雖然或許你會因為出去遊玩或在巴黎度過一週而感覺更開心。但是相比於經歷，人們大多數仍然會選擇物品——因為物品的價值更容易量化。這是根據《積極心理學雜誌》上的一項研究而來。

Researchers surveyed people before and after they made purchases. Beforehand, they rated life experiences as making them happier and as a better use of money than buying objects.
研究人員調查了在買東西之前和買東西之後的人們。在買東西之前，他們認為生活經歷更能使他們快樂，相比於購買物品能更好的利用金錢。

But subjects still tended to choose to buy objects over experiences. Then, despite picking items, most said they still believed the experiences would have been a better choice.
但接受調查的人們仍然傾向於選擇購買物品要優於經歷。然後，儘管他們選擇了物品，但是大多數人卻仍然相信經歷將是一個更好的選擇。

The researchers ascribe this conflict to the tangible and quantifiable nature of a thing. You can point to a car and say how much its worth. But taking that car on a cross-country trip is an experience, and experiences can't easily be assigned a value.
研究人員把這種矛盾歸因為物品有形的及可量化的性質。你能指著一輛車，說它值多少錢。但是開著那輛車去跨國旅行是一種經歷，而且這種經歷不能輕易的被指定成一種價值。

Unless of course, you're still paying off that week in Paris.
—Erika Beras
當然，除非你仍然喜歡為巴黎一週經歷買單。——埃裡克‧貝拉斯