advertising, now not only to stay in fashion but more so to find our own style. (para. 4)Yet my friends and I still pay attention to advertising not only to follow the fashions, but more to find our own personal style. 我和朋友们依然关注广告,不过现在不只是为了紧跟时尚,更想找到自己的风格 5. Advertising feeds off human insecurities and make us want to be like these beautiful people. Advertising makes people insecure about who they are and need expensiv clothes to make them look good. 广告利用人类的不甘人后的心理,怂恿我们去学这些俊男美女 6. Advertisers show us people around us, yet they choose only a certain look.(para. 5) Advertising makes people insecure about who and need expensive clothes to make them look good 广告给我们看到的是我们身边的人,但他们只选择特定的类型。 7. Is it the victim s fault for believing, or the fault of society for allowing advertisers to do so? (para. 6) Is it the buyers fault for believing the advertising, or society's fault for allowing ads to make us buy things we don' t need? 怪人们相信广告吗?还是该怪社会纵容广告误导人? Understanding the Text 1. Why do the authors friends call her a shop-a-holic? They do so because she likes shopping and keeps a lot of name-brand items in her room 2. When does the author realize that she is a victim of advertising? She realizes that she is a victim of advertising when she learns more about marketing. 3. Why is clothing very important to high school girls and not that important to college students? Because high school girls are defined and identified by their clothing but college students are defined by their personality rather than by their clothing. 4. Advertisers portray beautiful models in advertising. Why do they do that? They use those beautiful models to pass this message to us: if we want to be popular, loved, and attractive, we should follow these models 5. Do you think there is a way for us to avoid being the target of advertising? Open Summary of the Text he author once was a compulsive shopper and might even be addicted to shopping She tended to buy more clothes than she needed, and often looked for famous brands, and even discounts. Later in her life. when she became a marketing student, this helped her understand how much heradvertising, now not only to stay in fashion but more so to find our own style. (para. 4)Yet my friends and I still pay attention to advertising, not only to follow the fashions, but more to find our own personal style.. 我和朋友们依然关注广告，不过现在不只是为了紧跟时尚，更想找到自己的风格。 5. Advertising feeds off human insecurities and make us want to be like these beautiful people. Advertising makes people insecure about who they are and need expensive clothes to make them look good. 广告利用人类的不甘人后的心理，怂恿我们去学这些俊男美女。 6. Advertisers show us people around us, yet they choose only a certain look.(para. 5) Advertising makes people insecure about who they are and need expensive clothes to make them look good. 广告给我们看到的是我们身边的人，但他们只选择特定的类型。 7. Is it the victim's fault for believing, or the fault of society for allowing advertisers to do so? (para. 6) Is it the buyer's fault for believing the advertising, or society's fault for allowing ads to make us buy things we don't need? 怪人们相信广告吗？还是该怪社会纵容广告误导人？ Understanding the Text 1. Why do the author's friends call her a shop-a-holic? They do so because she likes shopping and keeps a lot of name-brand items in her room. 2. When does the author realize that she is a victim of advertising? She realizes that she is a victim of advertising when she learns more about marketing. 3. Why is clothing very important to high school girls and not that important to college students? Because high school girls are defined and identified by their clothing, but college students are defined by their personality rather than by their clothing. 4. Advertisers portray beautiful models in advertising. Why do they do that? They use those beautiful models to pass this message to us: if we want to be popular, loved, and attractive, we should follow these models. 5. Do you think there is a way for us to avoid being the target of advertising? Open. Summary of the Text The author once was a compulsive shopper, and might even be addicted to shopping. She tended to buy more clothes than she needed, and often looked for famous brands, and even discounts. Later in her life, when she became a marketing student, this helped her understand how much her