父母为孩子买玩具的花费每年平均为220元。

Parents spend an average of $220 a year on toys.

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有钱人会相互竞争，花大量的钱为他们的花园买最稀有的花。

Wealthy people would compete, spending enormous amounts of money to buy the rarest flowers for their gardens.

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例如，一个单身母亲为特殊场合买的摄像机现在就没什么意思了。

The video camera that one single mother bought for a special occasion, for example, is not much fun now.

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It's the amount that people spend on consumption goods, things that you buy for your current use, like food, shelter, clothing, etc.

它是人们购买消费品所花费的总额，为每日生活所买的东西，比如食物，住宿，衣物等。

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People, for example, take out life insurance so that-- well, here's what seems to be the explanation.

比如人们，为自己买人寿保险-,这个行为的理由可能就是。

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There are many people who talk about this generation as the "ME" generation: all I care about, all this generation cares about is " "well,let me just make more money", " "let me just get a bigger house", "let me just be more successful and accrue more eclats, " more prestige".

很多人认为这一代人,以自我为中心，这一代人只关心,“赚更多的钱，“买大一点的房子，“更成功，取得更高荣誉，变得更有威望。

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