哈喽大家好！欢迎来到飞凡英语新栏目【PTE新题速递】第1期：SST新题讲解：“Luxry Brands”
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The question today of what makes a luxury brand and how do we distinguish it is very hard to answer. The standard business response is to say, they are more exclusive. And we get exclusivity by having high price and relatively small amounts of the product available. The reality, however, of luxury brands is that they are sold in their millions, and in some cases, are not priced that much higher than the standard output. The only way I can really answer your question is to say, it is all relative. As you said in your introduction, it wasn’t that long ago in Australia that we would have considered two televisions to be a luxury, or even further back, one colour television. And you can make a strong argument, for example, that Starbucks in China, right now, is a luxury purchase, because of its cost, because of how frequently it is purchased by many people. So, I think the long answer is a complicated one, but the answer is, it depends who you talk to. I think in the business community what we would say, is that there is a small cluster of more expensive brands? which have a distinct strategy that we would identify as being luxury brands? and they start with the Rolls Royces and the Tiffanys and the Louis Vuittons of the world. And, I think that tends to be how we see them.
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- 65分或以下版：
This lecture mainly discussed luxury brands. Firstly, the speaker mentioned it is difficult to distinguish what makes a luxury brand. They are more exclusive. After that, he believed the answer is also relative in reality. Finally, he highlighted that the answer is complicated and depends on who you talk to. (51 words)
- 65-79分版：
This lecture mainly discussed how do we distinguish luxury brands is a difficult question. Firstly, the speaker mentioned that they are more exclusive by having high price and small amounts. After that, he believed the answer is also relative. Starbucks in China is a luxury purchase now. Finally, he highlighted that the answer depends on who you talk to. For example, LV and Tiffany are expensive and luxury brands. (69 words)
本期的新题速递SST第一期练习版+视频讲解, 就到这里结束啦！希望正在看文章的你有所帮助
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