Perhaps material goods just can't make us happy?

或许单单的物质享受并不能真的让我们感到幸福；

The fact is that people like piling up material goods.

事实是，人们就爱添置物质用品。

Focus more on friends and family, less on material goods.

更关注朋友和家庭，而非物质财富。

They are being taught to shop, and to value material goods over anything else .

我们教给他们购物，教他们物质商品重于一切。

Prices for material goods tend toward equilibrium, depending on supply and demand.

物质商品的价格倾向于达到均衡点，该价格依供求状况而定。