I bought into the popular myth that when I got the new car or the next house, I'd finally be happy.

我相信了这种大众神话，以为只要买上新车或再买栋房子就会最终幸福起来。

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He bought a new house, a new car and some unnecessary luxuries.

他买了一间新房子、一辆新车和一些不必要的奢侈品。

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Once, it happened when we bought a house. I thought we had no debts outside of a car loan.

有一次，我们买了一栋房子，我本以为我们只欠一辆汽车的贷款，再没有其他欠款。

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In the village of Oknita a 20-year-old woman had bought a car and a house with the proceeds from her kidney.

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"I could have bought a bigger house, a fancy car, " says Pistritto, who drives a ten-year-old Nissan Pathfinder.

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