We laugh at commercials.
我们嘲笑广告。
We don’t think we pay that much attention to them.
我们不会留意它们。
But evidence shows we are kidding ourselves.
但事实证明我们在自欺欺人。
The making of a commercial that costs so much money is not kid stuff. 做广告所需的经费的数额很大,这不是骗小孩的。
It’s big,big business.它是很大很大的生意。
And it’s telling us what to think, what we need, and what to buy.
而且它告诉我们了怎么考虑,我们需要什么,和我们应该买什么。
To put simply, the TV commercial is a form of brainwashing.
简单地说,电视广告是洗脑的一种方式……