新视野三版 读写 B2 U5 Text A Spend or save — The student's dilemma 1 Do you feel as confused and manipulated as I do with this question, environment seem to defy common sense and contradict each other
The government tel s us to spend or we'l never get out of the recession
At the same time, they tel us that unless we save more, our country is in grave danger
Banks offer higher interest rates so we increase savings
Then the same banks send us credit card offers so we can spend more
2 Here's another familiar example: If we don't pay our credit card bil on time, we get demanding, nasty emails from the credit card company saying something like: failure to pay is unacceptable
Pay immediately or you'l a charming tone tel ing us how valuable a customer we are and encouraging