VOA慢速英语:When Your Possessions Control Who You Are

词汇讲解：

1. compulsive adj.极有趣的; 令人着迷的
例句：Are some of these new products so compulsive that people should worry about them?
如果这些新产品让人如此上瘾，我们是不是应该为此担心呢？

2. rescue vt.营救，救援
例句：Who will rescue financial reform?
谁来拯救美国的金融改革？

3. involve vt.包含; 使参与
例句：The guidelines involve only microeconomic reforms.
指导方针仅仅包含微观经济改革。

4. affect vt.影响; 假装
例句：Slowing exports will affect domestic spending.
出口减少会影响国内消费。

5. treat vt.处理; 探讨
例句：Treat people as people first.
把他们首先当做群众来对待。

6. recognize vt.认出; 识别
例句：Should be very easy to recognize.
应该是很容易识别的。

7. resist v.抵抗，抗拒
例句：Shoppers can't resist fancy brand names.
顾客无法抵御奢侈品牌的诱惑。

8. communicate vt.传达，表达
例句：I like to communicate with my family.
我喜欢和我的家人沟通。