听力题 W: Hey, that’s a beautiful bag you’ve got! Is it genuine Louis Vuitton? M: No, are you kidding? I can’t afford the real thing for my wife. It’s a fake that I got at a street market on the cheap. W: But don’t you feel bad supporting pirates? I mean pirated stuff undercuts companies which produce the real thing. M: So should we all drive Ferraris? There are those who can afford to and those who can’t. Those who can’t buy a cheaper sports car and paint it Ferrari-red. Pirated stuff is for those too poor to afford the real thing. W: I think it is illegal. M: What? Illegal to want to look good? W: No, illegal to own, sell, and above all, manufacture fakes. It’s like copyright—if you author a book, you don’t want someone else to print and sell it for their own profits, do you? M: I see what you mean about books, but if I write a novel, I hope it’s read by as many people as possible so I price it so that it’s accessible to the most. But designer luxury items are priced beyond most people’s means—they are not intended for the general public but for the elite few. And that is why I don’t care about supporting pirated luxury items. W: What about pirated textbooks? A photocopy of the original at a tenth of the price? Would you buy that? Furthermore, what about music? I mean CDs and the like? M: Um, I guess you’re right there. It’s not fair to exploit the work of other authors and producers. But I still wish they wouldn’t price their products so high.