Unit 2: Theme-related Cloze How does spending connect to happiness? One explanation lies in “conspicuous consumption ( 炫耀式消费 )”. The idea is that the rich don't accumulate wealth simply in order to ­­­­_________ (1) it. Rather they accumulate wealth in order to display it, and their happiness is _________ (2) by their neighbors’ envy. As a result, the country finds itself in the grips of a "luxury fever”- families with __________ (3) incomes of $50,000 try to emulate ( 仿效 ) the consumption of those with$70,000,who in turn try to emulate those with$140,000,and so on. It's just _________ (4) common sense. It's __________ (5) impossible for a piece of paper like money to make you happy. Instead, what makes people happy is the feeling of ___________ (6) or power money brings. A recent survey ________ (7) that those from the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans and the Maasai of East Africa are almost __________ (8) satisfied. The Maasai are a ___________ (9) herding people who have no electricity or running water and live in huts made of mud. It _________ (10) that economic development and personal income cannot account for the happiness that they are so often linked to. consume security innocent equally destination traditional physically indicates significance plain mostly follows annual estimated fueled