Some people say that advertising is extremely successful at persuading us to buy things. Other people think that advertising is so common that we no longer pay attention to it.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

1. advertising

2. advertisements 

3. commercials(网上看到的广告不叫commercials)

4. is very effective at 

5. buying decisions

6. draw people's attention

7. social media/social media platforms 

8. feed someone with something

9. tremendous amounts of

10. influencers 

11. post 

12. a promotion of a certain brand

13. be insensitive to /be immune to 

14. promotional posts 

15. scroll through their feed

16. yield sales

17. create desire 

18. plant a seed of desire in consumers’ minds 

19. advertisers

20. lingerie manufacturers 

21. arouse their desire 

22. I purchased many unnecessary things which I wouldn’t even have thought of buying if advertisers hadn’t planted the ideas in my head.