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While analysts said it should be possible for a Labour government to strike more limited deals, like a new trade pact on animal and plants that would help British food exporters, these would provide only a small boost to the economy.
虽然分析人士表示，工党政府应该能够达成更多的有限协议，比如一项新的动植物贸易协定，这将有助于英国食品出口商，但这些协议对经济的提振作用有限。
注：more limited deals在这里可能容易产生不同的解读，如更有限的协议，或更多（有限的协议）；但原文的“a new trade pact on animal and plants that would help British food exporters”说明这是一种给英国食物供应商更多机会的协议，与“更有限（更不开放）的协议”相左，因此这里应解读未“更多的(有限的协议)”（类似于有限责任公司的用法）
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Para.1
An emotional connection between fans and celebrities is good business. It encourages people to consume more entertainment and buy more celebrity-endorsed products in order to feel close to their fictional “friends.” Many celebrities will even directly sell “personal,” parasocial interactions through companies such as Cameo. Want Caitlyn Jenner to wish you a happy birthday? That’ll be $2,500.
Para.2
Perhaps parasocial bonding conjures up the image of lonely people grasping at strangers’ lives to get a faint shadow of human connection. But loneliness and parasocial interaction are not consistently correlated. There is no evidence that, for most people, parasocial bonds extend beyond a surface level. I have never once accidentally called my wife “Farrah.” Most chatter about the private lives of celebrities is trivial at worst.
Para.3
Although there are no exact statistics on frequency that I have found, psychologists do document cases of parasocial relationships that can go much deeper, with significant consequences. Scholars note that parasocial bonds exist on a continuum of intensity, from entertainment-social (say, gossiping about a celebrity) to intense-personal (intense feelings toward a celebrity) to borderline-pathological (uncontrollable behavior and fantasies). At the deepest level, the parasocial relationship can be dangerous, such as when a fan loses touch with reality and stalks a star, under the delusion that they have a real-life connection.
Para.4
But even in less-severe cases, parasocial bonding can signal that something is amiss in a fan’s real-life relationships. It can be a symptom of a poorly adjusted “attachment style,” a psychological concept that has been an area of intense focus of psychologists for many years. Decades of research have shown that the happiest people tend to be secure in their personal relationships, meaning that they are neither unduly anxious about nor avoidant of commitment. Anxious attachment can lead to jealousy, suspicion, or clinginess, and avoidant attachment might lead a person to offer less emotional support and intimacy than is necessary to sustain a successful bond. Generally, this leads to unsatisfying relationships and unhappiness.
Para.5
My purpose here is not to say that parasocial interactions are always bad for you, or even abnormal. Rather, it is to suggest that heavy parasocial bonding might be a signal that you are crowding out the real people who can give you the love you truly need. One way to address this is to get some more distance from your fictional friends, thus pausing the feedback loop and giving yourself more space to pursue in-person connection.
本文节选自：The Atlantic（大西洋月刊）
发布时间：2024.07.03
作者：HOW TO BUILD A LIFE
原文标题：Parasocial Relationships Are Just Imaginary Friends for Adults
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写作句总结
原句：Although there are no exact statistics on frequency that I have found, psychologists do document cases of parasocial relationships that can go much deeper, with significant consequences.
结构：Although there is no X on Y that Z, experts do document cases of A that can B.
例句：Although there are no exact statistics on the prevalence of social media friendships, psychologists do document cases of online relationships that can deeply impact individuals' mental well-being.
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阅读理解题
In the context of the paragraph, what does the author mean by "surface level" in Para.2?
A) The initial stage of developing a parasocial bond
B) Shallow or superficial interactions in parasocial relationships
C) The physical appearance of celebrities
D) The financial implications of celebrity interactions
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