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第1段
1 .<-NARRATOR:-> Now listen to part of a lecture on this topic in a psychology class.
请听在心理学课堂上关于这个话题的部分内容。
第2段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:-> OK, so an example of this from my own life.
这个例子是我的真实经历：
2 .Five or six years ago, I was helping a friend of mine decide on a house to buy.
五六年前，我帮一个朋友决定要买哪个房子。
3 .He had been in the market to buy a house, and he had it narrowed down to this one house that he was interested in.
他为了买房已经逛过房产市场了，并且将范围缩小到了他感兴趣的这座房子。
第3段
1 .What he really liked about this house was...
他特别中意这座房子的一点
2 .it had an excellent location.
就是它极佳的地理位置。
3 .It was in a great place
这座房子和他工作的地方
4 .that was actually in the same part of town where he was working-
正好在城里的同一片区域，地段极佳，
5 .right up the street from his job
就在他公司上面一条街。
6 .-so he wouldn't have far to drive to get to work,
这样他就不用开很久的车去上班了，
7 .which he really liked.
这让他十分满意。
8 .However, the downside of this house was that it was smaller than what he was hoping to buy.
可是，这座房子的底侧比他预期的要小。
9 .He had wanted to buy sort of a big house, and
他本想买座大房子，
10 .this house just wasn't that big.
可是这座房子并没有那么大。
第4段
1 .So, it was a tough decision,
这很难做决定。
2 .but my friend eventually did decide to buy the house.
不过最终我的朋友还是决定买下这座房子。
3 .And a few years after he made the purchase, I remember, we were talking about the decision and why he decided to buy the house.
我记得他买下这座房子几年之后，我们还讨论过这个决定以及他决定买下这座房子的原因。
4 .He told me, well, of course, it was because of the house's location.
果然，他告诉我还是因为这座房子的位置。
5 .He told me how happy he was with the fact that it was so close to his work...
他说一想到这座房子离他公司那么近就很开心，
6 .how great it was that it was only a few minutes from his job.
住得离工作地点只有几分钟的路程实在是太棒了。
第5段
1 .I said, yes, but
我说：“当然，不过
2 .what about its size-do you still think the house is kind of small?
房子大小呢？你还是觉得房子有点小吗？”
3 .And he looked at me
他有点惊讶地看着我说：
4 .kind of surprised"Small?
“小？
5 .What do you mean, small?"
你怎么会觉得它小呢？”
6 .-like he didn't know what I was talking about.
就好像他根本不懂我到底在讲什么一样。
7 .The house's size, a couple years after buying it,
买下这座房子几年后，房子的大小
8 .just didn't seem to be on his mind anymore.
似乎已经被他抛之脑后了。