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    Sometimes your friends start to talk about a new video game or a new app they have downloaded. It sounds pretty cool, and your friends really seem to like it. You become so ____ (interest) in it that you want to buy it too. Has this ever happened to you?

    In the US and in places around the world, there is a similar feeling of wanting the ____ (new) , greatest tech gadgets (小玩意). There is a big ____ (attract) to getting the latest technology even though people may not need it. But why is this?

    There's ____ initial （最初的）excitement about these technologies that ____ ( get ) people's attention, according to Richard Larson, a director at MIT, US. If there's a big group of people ____ want these things, you want to be a part of the excitement too.

    One of the major US ____ (company) that really take advantage of this is Apple. It comes out with a new iPhone with very small changes every year. But people still flock (涌入) to the stores even if they have just bought the previous phone.

    However, ____ （buy）these things may not always be the best choice. You could be buying things that you don't really need and ____ (spend) too much money just for the right to show it off to your friends.

    Not only that, but our need to always be on your phones or playing video games takes ____ a lot of time in our lives. So is this excitement over technology a good or a bad thing?