It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit.

它把经济效率考虑在内——当我们从生产成本比我们低的地方购买东西时，我们就会从中受益。

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Then we buy things like grain.

然后我们就可以买进其他东西例如谷物。

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So now, when we buy things, we need to be increasingly clear, on target, to choose the best art.

所以现在，我们买的时候，我们的头脑要格外地清晰，目标明确，选择最好的艺术品。

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But we've been so completely socialized into thinking two things: one is that we need water with us all the time; and second we have to buy it.

但如今我们都对以下两个观念习以为常了,第一是我们每时每刻都需要水,第二是我们要花钱买水

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