Mrs. Stogdale, 89, of Oxford, bought the General Electric refrigerator in 1952 and it has since followed her family around the world.

斯托格戴尔夫人居住在牛津，今年已经89岁高龄了。 她是在1952年购买了这台通用电气公司制造的冰箱，那那时起它跟着她的全家走遍世界各地。

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My aunt and I decided to buy a new electric refrigerator with the money I had sent her from California; it was to be the first one in the family.

我阿姨和我决定用我在加州给她寄的钱,买一个新的电冰箱;,家里的第一个电冰箱。

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It is hard to believe that automobiles, radios, motion pictures, frozen foods, electric refrigerator, to mention only a few items, have come into common use within thirty years.

且举几件东西来说吧，汽车、无线电、电影、速冻食品、电冰箱，这些东西在过去的30年中得到了广泛的应用，这简直令人难以置信。

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My aunt and I decided to buy a new electric refrigerator with the money I had sent her from California; it was to be the first one in the family.

我阿姨和我决定用我在加州给她寄的钱,买一个新的电冰箱;,家里的第一个电冰箱。

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And I would suggest to you that the consumption of home is driven by a certain kind of desire as well, that desire to move up in the American class structure: "the first electric refrigerator in my family."

而我的看法是对家的消耗,也是由一种特定的渴望驱动的，这种渴望上升到美国的阶级结构：,“我们家的第一台电冰箱“

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