2021考研英语长难句复习（六十四）

　　

　　And since these messages have an agenda -- to lure us to open our wallets -- they make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable.

　　①Today the messages the average Westerner is surrounded with are not religious but commercial, and forever happy.

　　②Fast-food eaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling, smiling.

　　③Our magazines feature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect homes.

　　④And since these messages have an agenda -- to lure us to open our wallets -- they make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable.

　　⑤“Celebrate!” commanded the ads for the arthritis drug Celebrex, before we found out it could increase the risk of heart attacks.

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　　①(论点：总1)如今一个普通西方人面对的信息轰炸不是宗教的，而是商业的，而且是永远快乐的。

　　②(例：分1)快餐食客、新闻主播、收发短信者，都在微笑、微笑、微笑。

　　③(并列：分2)我们的杂志刊登满面春风的名人和美满幸福的家庭。

　　④(原因：总2)由于这样的信息都有一项任务——诱使我们打开钱包——从而使“快乐”的概念本身显得虚假。

　　⑤(例：分)“欢庆吧!”宣传关节炎良药西乐葆的广告这样鼓动道，随后我们却发现它能增加心脏病的发病率。