“双十一”的冷思考
Second thoughts on Singles' Day — Chinese reading, HSK 6
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每年的“双十一”，各大购物网站都会推出满减、预售、抢红包等各种优惠活动，规则复杂得让人眼花缭乱。不少人熬夜等到零点下单，生怕错过了“最低价”。
měi nián de shuāng shí yī gè dà gòu wù wǎng zhàn dōu huì tuī chū mǎn jiǎn yù shòu qiǎng hóng bāo děng gè zhǒng yōu huì huó dòng guī zé fù zá de ràng rén yǎn huā liáo luàn bù shǎo rén áo yè děng dào líng diǎn xià dān shēng pà cuò guò le zuì dī jià
Every "Double Eleven", the big shopping sites roll out spend-and-save offers, presales, red-packet grabs and every other kind of deal, with rules so complicated they make your head spin. Many stay up until midnight to order, terrified of missing the "lowest price".
然而，冷静下来算一算就会发现，有些商品的价格其实和平时差不多，甚至先涨价再打折。更常见的情况是，为了凑够满减的金额，人们买了一堆根本用不上的东西。
rán ér lěng jìng xià lai suàn yí suàn jiù huì fā xiàn yǒu xiē shāng pǐn de jià gé qí shí hé píng shí chà bu duō shèn zhì xiān zhǎng jià zài dǎ zhé gèng cháng jiàn de qíng kuàng shì wèi le còu gòu mǎn jiǎn de jīn é rén men mǎi le yì duī gēn běn yòng bú shàng de dōng xi
Yet calm down and do the sums, and you find some prices are about the same as usual — some are even raised first and then discounted. More common still, to reach the spend threshold people buy piles of things they'll never use.
购物节本身无可厚非，关键在于消费者能否保持理性。列一张购物清单，只买真正需要的东西，才算是真正的“省钱”。
gòu wù jié běn shēn wú kě hòu fēi guān jiàn zài yú xiāo fèi zhě néng fǒu bǎo chí lǐ xìng liè yì zhāng gòu wù qīng dān zhǐ mǎi zhēn zhèng xū yào de dōng xi cái suàn shì zhēn zhèng de shěng qián
There's nothing wrong with a shopping festival as such; the key is whether shoppers can stay rational. Making a shopping list and buying only what you truly need is what really counts as "saving money".
生詞
优惠 yōuhuì discount, offer
眼花缭乱 yǎnhuāliáoluàn dazzled, bewildered
熬夜 áoyè to stay up late
生怕 shēngpà for fear that
涨价 zhǎngjià to raise prices
凑 còu to make up (an amount)
无可厚非 wúkěhòufēi beyond reproach, understandable
理性 lǐxìng rational