In consumer culture, we are constantly conditioned to gratify our impulses immediately: buy, eat, watch, click - now.

在消费文化中，我们不断地被训练去立即满足我们的冲动——购物，吃饭，看电影，现在就点击。

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Economists watch consumer attitudes for clues about the consumer demand that drives more than two-thirds of all U.S. economic activity.

经济学家关注消费者态度的原因是探寻消费者需求，而消费者需求拉动美国经济活动的三分之二以上。

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To understand the power of these techniques, just watch for them in the carefully choreographed words and movements of someone whose living depends on consumer compliance, like a car salesperson.

为了理解这些技巧的威力，只需注意一下某些靠顺应客户吃饭的人，注意他们精心制作的语言和行动，比如汽车销售员。

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Such long-term trends backstopped by consistent consumer demand to watch the game live are not bubbles.

FORBES: Super Bowl Advertising Rates Top The Stock Market

They have plenty of time (again, unlike young men) to read consumer magazines and watch television.

ECONOMIST: Revenge of the office lady

If an astronaut wore an Omega watch, a consumer could identify with the adventure of walking on the moon by wearing the same watch.

FORBES: Leadership