2021考研英語長難句復習（六十四）

　　

　　And since these messages have an agenda -- to lure us to open our wallets -- they make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable.

　?、賂oday the messages the average Westerner is surrounded with are not religious but commercial, and forever happy.

　?、贔ast-food eaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling, smiling.

　　③Our magazines feature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect homes.

　?、蹵nd since these messages have an agenda -- to lure us to open our wallets -- they make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable.

　?、荨癈elebrate!” commanded the ads for the arthritis drug Celebrex, before we found out it could increase the risk of heart attacks.

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　　①(論點：總1)如今一個普通西方人面對的信息轟炸不是宗教的，而是商業(yè)的，而且是永遠快樂的。

　?、?例：分1)快餐食客、新聞主播、收發(fā)短信者，都在微笑、微笑、微笑。

　?、?并列：分2)我們的雜志刊登滿面春風的名人和美滿幸福的家庭。

　?、?原因：總2)由于這樣的信息都有一項任務——誘使我們打開錢包——從而使“快樂”的概念本身顯得虛假。

　　⑤(例：分)“歡慶吧!”宣傳關節(jié)炎良藥西樂葆的廣告這樣鼓動道，隨后我們卻發(fā)現它能增加心臟病的發(fā)病率。