【热点话题】根据上述报道，由于名人效应，所以很多公司把名人代言广告作为公司打入市场的主要渠道，同时也不惜在名人广告费上花大手笔。本篇文章通过引证其他学者的调查研究来陈述在近些年各个公司和品牌在名人代言上的动态和花费。朗阁海外考试研究中心分析认为，这类话题是近两年雅思阅读和写作比较热门的话题，希望大家多多予以关注。此外，像这类的学术类文章一般多会出人名-观点搭配和多选题。

　　【难句词汇】 雅思考试的阅读难点之一就是词汇量和句型的掌握程度的不同，如果学生的词汇量不足，那么文章将看不懂，我们从上文中就可以学到很多的句型和词汇。

　　As a result of the pervasiveness of celebrity endorsement in advertising, much has been studied and written about this phenomenon over the past several years (for recent examples, see Bailey 2007; Biswas, Biswas, and Das 2006; Thomson 2006).

　　表被动语态的简单句

　　Pervasiveness n. 无处不在、普遍性

　　Celebrity endorsement 名人代言

　　The studies have explored a number of issues related to such factors as the relative effectiveness of celebrity endorsers in advertising, the factors that impact consumer response to celebrity endorsers, and, more recently, the consequences of negative information or publicity surrounding a celebrity endorser (for example, Bailey 2007; Louie and Obermiller 2002; Silvera and Austad 2004; Till and Shimp 1998).

　　主语从句、定语从句

　　effectiveness n. 效力

　　Celebrity endorsers n. 名人代言者

　　publicity n. 宣传、宣扬

　　Such factors as... 譬如。。。这样的因素

　　The introductory quote from Peetz, Parks, and Spencer (2004) encapsulates the reasons that marketers have been using celebrities as endorsers, while Jones and Schumann (2000) underscore that there is a high price tag attached to this endeavor.

　　同位语从句、while引导的对比从句

　　introductory quote 介绍部分的引证

　　encapsulate vt. 概述

　　underscore vt. 强调

　　price tag 价格标签

　　endeavor n. 努力

　　Although the use of athletes as endorsers and the amount of money spent on these endorsers is increasing, there still remains much to be learned about how consumers perceive athlete endorsers and the variables that influence endorser effectiveness.

　　让步转折状语从句、宾语从句和定语从句

　　perceive vt. 察觉、感知

　　variables n. 变数、变量

　　The study seeks to determine whether the gender of the consumer who is exposed to a celebrity endorsement will impact how that consumer views a male or female celebrity endorser.

　　宾语从句、定语从句

　　is exposed to... 使易受、暴露于………

　　Female celebrity endorser 女名人代言者

　　从行文架构来说，本篇文章引证了多位专家的发现和观点，这在学术类阅读中也是比较常见的。事实上，任何一篇能编排出人名-观点型Matching题目的雅思阅读文章，都可以被看作这篇文章在结构上的翻版。考虑到人名-观点型Matching本身又是雅思阅读高频题型之一，本文的借鉴意义更加明显。

　　【真题预测】 根据刚才关于celebrity advertising的原版文章，我们来练习一下雅思考试阅读的常考题型之—— 人名-观点搭配题：

　　Look at the following statements (Questions 1-3) and the list of researchers below.