A recent example of overselling: the National Association of Realtors has been running ads saying that home prices have always doubled every ten years.

举一个最近这方面的例子,全国房地产经纪人协会,投放了一则广告,内容是,在过去,房价每十年就能翻一番

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Ads in newspapers, like this one in Charleston, would read, "Negroes wanted. I am paying the highest cash prices for young and likely Negroes, those having good front teeth and being otherwise sound."

报纸上的广告,比如查尔斯顿市的这一则,是这么写的,"诚购黑奴,本人愿付最高价格,购买年轻可靠之黑奴,需有整洁的牙齿以及悦耳的声音"

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I don't know if any of you watched tennis recently, but the U.S. Open has been shown and there's an Oreo advertisement with the William sisters and so you--that's why people know about these foods.

不知道你们最近看没看网球赛,美国网球公开赛上有一则奥利奥广告,是由威廉姆斯姐妹做代言的,人们以这种方式听说这类食品

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