早安英文 第57期:美国人也买买买吗?

 daily adj. 日常的

straight up 直接地

convenience store 便利店

make up for 弥补

Back Friday 黑色星期五

How does an average American people shopping in his or her daily life?

美国人平常是怎样购物的？

In America,so many people are in credit¹ card debt². We don’t buy things straight up. We always pay for the stuff³ we have over a period of time.

在美国，许多人都有信用卡贷款。人们不会直接买东西，人们会选择在之后来付货款。

In america, which convenience store is best?

在美国，哪个便利店最好？

There's a chain of stores where I’m from called Publix. The prices are a bit higher but they make up for it in customer service.

在我老家有一个连锁的便利店叫做“大众超市”，价格有点小高，不过服务真心很棒。

Does America have some big festival for discounts for customers ?

在美国有什么比较盛大的购物节吗？

Back Friday. It's the shopping day after thanksgiving and it's the biggest one of the year.

黑色星期五，它是在感恩节后一年一度最盛大的购物节。

1 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

2 debt   

n.债务，义务，负债状态，罪，过失

参考例句：

• The man was pressed to pay off his debt.那人被逼还债。
• The firm had to charge off the debt as hopeless.公司只得把那笔没希望要回的债务注销。

3 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。