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1、智課網(wǎng)TOEFL備考資料多人求婚帶動消費一托福閱讀機經(jīng)背景Proposals,raisedspendingtomarkValentine'sDayConsumerswillbediggingdeeperintotheirpocketstobuyflowers,giftcardsandchocolatesonValentine'sDaywithaveragespendingexpectedtoriseeightpercentoverlastyeartonearly$200.情人節(jié)這天消費者將花更多錢用于購買鮮
2、花、賀卡和巧克力，預(yù)計今年情人節(jié)的人均花費將接近200美元，比去年上漲8%。Andalongwiththeirexpandingwallets4millionAmericansareexpectedtopopthequestionorreceiveaproposalonFeb14.隨著錢包漸漸鼓起來，四百萬美國人將在2月14日求婚或者接受求婚。"We'veseenaconsistenttrendofconsumerssayingtheywillspendmore,fromholidayshoppingto2
3、012travelplans,andspendingplansforFeb14arenoexception,"saidSonaliChakravorti,vicepresidentatAmericanExpress.美國運通副總裁索娜麗?查克拉沃提說：“我們看到消費者一致傾向于更多消費，無論是假日購物還是2012旅游計劃，2月14日的消費計劃也不例外。”InitslatestspendingandsavingstrackerAmericanExpressquestioned2,000adultsacross
4、theUnitedStatestogaugehowmuchandonwhatconsumerswillbespendingtheirmoneyonCupid'sbigday.美國運通公司通過它最新的消費和儲蓄追蹤系統(tǒng)對美國各地2000名成人進(jìn)行了調(diào)查，以此估測在丘比特的大日子里，消費者會在何種物品上消費多少錢。Nearlyhalfofpeoplesaidtheyintendtocelebrateatafavoriterestaurant,sevenpercentmorethanlastyear.Flower
5、sarestillthemostpopulargiftforaValentine,followedbygiftcards,jewelryandelectronics.近一半的人稱他們打算去最喜愛的餐館慶祝，該比例相對去年上升了7%。鮮花依然是情人節(jié)最受歡迎的禮物，其次是賀卡、珠寶和電子產(chǎn)品。Amongcouplesgettingbetrothed,30percentsaidtheywouldproposeduringaweekendgetawayorvacation,whichhavebeendubbede
6、ngagementcations.那些準(zhǔn)備訂婚的情侶有30%稱他們會在被譽為“訂婚假日”的情人節(jié)周末或情人節(jié)假期求婚。Tosealthedeal,48percentofpeoplethinkanengagementringcostingbetween$1,000to$5,000wouldbeappropriatebut22percentsaidupto$2,000forblingwouldbemorerealistic,whilefivepercentthoughtnothingofspending$10,
7、000ormoreonaring.要達(dá)成婚約，48%的人認(rèn)為一千到五千美元的訂婚戒指是合適的，但是22%的人認(rèn)為花兩千美元買戒指將更為現(xiàn)實，5%的人認(rèn)為就算花費上萬美元買個戒指也沒有什么。Althoughnearly40percentofwomenthinkwhoeveraskedforthedateshouldpayforit,14percentsaidthebillshouldbesplit,butmostunmarriedmensaidtheywouldcoverthecostofthedate.近4
8、0%的女性認(rèn)為約會邀請者應(yīng)該買單，14%的女性卻認(rèn)為費用應(yīng)該平攤。不過大多數(shù)未婚男性稱他們會為約會買單。Financescanbeadelicatesubject,sohalfofpeopledon'ttalkaboutmoneyuntiltheyhavebeentogethersixmonthsand20percentofmarriedcouplesdidnotbroachthesubjectuntilafte
