时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:2014年Scientific American(三)月


英语课

Lady Gaga's fake finger now and justin timberlake's partly even french toast have fetched big box auction 1 because the seemingly worthless items once belonged to a celebrity 2. Now a study  found that the price depend on how much contact the celebrity had with an item and whether they heroes and vallence.The research is in the precedings of national academy of sciences. Data from auctions 3 will reveal that people will spend more on items like jewelry 4 rather than furniture, at least for a while, folks like JFK or JKO. Items from a wide of celebri.......The finding suggests that people's desire for a celebrity's membria stems from the belief what's called Contagion 5, the idea that a person's essence can be transfered through the object they touched.A follow up experiment further supports the Contagion idea. Participants said  they  would pay substantially less for a celebrity's sterylizing sweater if it had been sterylized. But sterylization actually increased the amount of subjects who would pay for the sweaters owned by a dislike -celebrity. Gives a whole new meaning to money laundering 6.



n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
n.拍卖,拍卖方式( auction的名词复数 )
  • They picked up most of the furniture at auctions in country towns. 他们大部分的家具都是在乡村镇上的拍卖处买的。 来自辞典例句
  • Our dealers didn't want these cars, so we had to dump them at auctions. 我们的承销商都不要这些车子,因此我们只好贱价拍卖。 来自辞典例句
n.(jewllery)(总称)珠宝
  • The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
  • Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。
n.(通过接触的疾病)传染;蔓延
  • A contagion of fear swept through the crowd.一种恐惧感在人群中迅速蔓延开。
  • The product contagion effect has numerous implications for marketing managers and retailers.产品传染效应对市场营销管理者和零售商都有很多的启示。
n.洗涤(衣等),洗烫(衣等);洗(钱)v.洗(衣服等),洗烫(衣服等)( launder的现在分词 );洗(黑钱)(把非法收入改头换面,变为貌似合法的收入)
  • Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
adjustment of the log
air dome
AISB
algol compiler algol
anamnestic challenge test
anvil
Assezat's triangle
ATC (Automatic Train Control System)
Beinn Sgritheall
benzylic intermediate
cheektowaga
climatic disaster
colour picture
common voltage
common-size balance sheet
conchometry
course change quality number
death of customer
diesel engineering
dratting
dufays
economic influence
elastic tensor
Elmswell
equipotential temperature
everyone of you
evron
experimental memo
forward platform
fuel-value
gardanoes
glycollic acids
gripsholm
gun propellant
gynecide
hazard index
hematospectroscope
hemosorption
hot-junction
hyperkinetic circulatory state
i am here
jacketed evaporator
Jaffa, C.
jobbings
Klauser's reaction
knot-tying device
land-control operations
law of alternate specialization
leaf-shapeds
leverage factor
liaison engineer
libbard's bane
LIOCS (logical input/output control system)
lithomancer
mangan fayalite
marsh coast
medium-speed pulverizer
mingas
monopia
moss-tundra
mounting technology
multi-tubular collector
myograp
Na San
nail pressing needle inserting
north east trades
optical-fiber communication
outer portion
overjoyed
parliamentary commissioner for administration
payback of added investment
pepsinogen
pest and disease monitoring
petrolisthes haswelli
plastre
poliosis eccentrica
porizkova
posterious
prairie lotus
red dial
resocializing
revilings
rhizome
rockets to
Roquevaire
Saint-Maximin
Script-kiddie
shear-hog
stssel
syh
syndiotactic sequence
Tanguiéta
test cases
thistle share
throat swab
through the length and breadth
tropical storms
unrevocably
unsore
Wang Jing Wei
winter killing
writing-room