【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] In many cases, advertisements offer their products as solutions to problems. But they can also create dissatisfaction with the way things are. What if you cannot afford what is on offer and what if it fails to fulfill its promise? By offering products to aspire to in a mythical future, advertising may create discontent with the here and now. The purchase of the product becomes the key to entering this mythical world. So advertising has effects beyond stimulating the need to buy. Some agencies have come up with what is called 'lifestyle' advertising. In order to create such lifestyle images they need to find out what we as audiences are thinking and feeling. So when market research uncovers new- social trends advertisers are feeding back to us versions of ourselves. In the 1980s, images of thrusting, self-satisfied, high-consuming 'yuppies' were rife in advertising. For the 1990s, agencies suggest that the dominant images will be more socially and environmentally sensitive. 'Greed', they say, will be replaced by 'Green'. But how can advertising be used for socially desirable ends like promoting green issues? Is there not a danger that concern for the environment is being translated into just another 'lifestyle' label? Some advertising agencies have predicted a number of new labels for the 1990s which are a strange blend of 'Greed' and 'Green'. They include people who are 'carers' but not 'sharers' and 'money-grabbing ecologists'. How can advertising create discontent with the here and now?