This tells the retailers of the world that if you want to get into a mother’s 19 , you’ve got to win her daughter over first.
答案:(D) pocketbook
【句型】get into someone's pocketbook 固定慣用表達「打入某人的荷包/讓某人願意掏錢」(pocketbook=錢包,引申為消費意願);textbook/notebook/workbook 都不合這個語境。
四個選項都是 -book 結尾的複合字,textbook、notebook、workbook 都是每天在用的字,pocketbook 反而最陌生,很容易因為沒看過就直接跳過它。
先看語境。這一段在講零售商怎麼賺媽媽的錢,整句是 if you want to get into a mother’s ______ , you’ve got to win her daughter over first(要 ______ ,就得先贏得她女兒的心)。既然在談銷售,零售商想進去的當然是裝錢的那個東西。pocketbook 拆開看就懂了:pocket(口袋)加上 book,原意是能放進口袋的皮夾、錢包,引申指「荷包、財力」。get into someone’s pocketbook 就是「打進某人的荷包」,也就是讓對方願意掏錢。碰到陌生的複合字,先拆開看兩個部分,往往就能推出方向。後半句 win her daughter over(把女兒爭取過來)也是線索:贏得女兒是手段,目的一定是媽媽的錢。這一題的鑑別度只有 36,是這一年最低的一題。原因是它考的是認不認得一個單字,而不是能不能讀懂文章——認得的人直接選,不認得的人再怎麼讀上下文也難以確定,所以連平常表現不錯的人也會失手,差距因此拉不開。
textbook:教科書。notebook:筆記本。workbook:習作簿。三個都是學習用品,與「掏錢消費」的語境無關,而且 get into a mother’s textbook 這種說法根本不存在。
get into someone’s pocketbook(打進某人的荷包)、win somebody over(把某人爭取過來)、household purchases(家庭採購)、more often than not(往往、多半)、be aware of(察覺、知道)、influence a decision(影響決定)。
Anita was shopping with her mother and enjoying it. Interestingly, both of them 16 buying the same pair of jeans. According to a recent marketing study, young adults influence 88% of household clothing purchases. More often than not, those in their early twenties are the more 17 consumers. There isn't a brand or a trend that these young people are not aware of. That is why mothers who want to keep abreast of trends usually 18 the experts-their daughters. This tells the retailers of the world that if you want to get into a mother's 19 , you've got to win her daughter over first.
With a DJ playing various kinds of music rather than just rap, and a mix of clothing labels designed more for taste and fashion than for a precise age, department stores have managed to appeal to successful middle-aged women 20 losing their younger customers. They have created a shopping environment where the needs of both mother and daughter are satisfied.