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So, they’re scanning your items at the grocery store, and when the last tomato gets bagged you’re stunned1 at the cost. How did you spend so much? Maybe those cherries were 12 bucks2 a pound. Or maybe you should have paid more attention to what you put in the wagon3. Then again, maybe not. Because a new study in the Journal of Marketing4 shows that the harder shoppers try to keep track of what they’re spending, the worse they actually do.
With the economy still in the dumps, sticking to a budget is key. And food’s a major expense. So a lot of shoppers try to keep a mental tally5 of what they toss into the cart as they go along. Scientists interviewed 300 shoppers, and found that more than half of them try to crunch6 the numbers without a calculator or even a pen and paper. The trouble is doing that math in your head is hard. As a result, they underestimate their total cost, and end up overspending.
One trick, the scientists say, is to count what’s in your cart and multiply by a guesstimate of the average cost of the items. So nine things at $2 a pop should give you change of a twenty. It’s not perfect, but it’ll also tell you whether you can get in the 12 items or less lane.
1 stunned | |
adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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2 bucks | |
n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 );钱;(英国十九世纪初的)花花公子;(用于某些表达方式)责任v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃 | |
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3 wagon | |
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车 | |
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4 marketing | |
n.行销,在市场的买卖,买东西 | |
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5 tally | |
n.计数器,记分,一致,测量;vt.计算,记录,使一致;vi.计算,记分,一致 | |
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6 crunch | |
n.关键时刻;艰难局面;v.发出碎裂声 | |
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