Freinke's new book, plastic: a Toxic Love Story Chronicles the rise of plastic in consumer culture, and its effects on the environment and our health.

弗赖恩克尔的新书，《塑料：一个有毒的爱情故事》记录了塑料在消费文化中的兴起，以及它对环境和我们健康的影响。

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I should note that consumer culture has historically capitalized on poorer populations, long before the web.

我认为远在网络诞生以前，消费文化就以那部分较为“贫穷”的群体为基础建立。

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Modern consumer culture rests on the assumption that the nicest, most advanced goods-computers, audio systems, wall-sized tvs-will get cheaper year by year.

现代消费者文化建立在这样一个假设上：那些最精致、最高端的产品，像电脑、音响系统和大屏幕电视等，将会一年比一年便宜。

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Now,it is relying on China's cheap labor and the emergence of a consumer culture to help claw the world out of the financial crisis.

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The Seattle-based coffee-shop chain is the latest symbol of American consumer culture to make its mark on China's rapidly changing urban landscape.

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