趣味英语第74期:应该在黑色星期五那天去购物吗

Bubbly_ginger wants to know:

Bubbly_ginger想知道：

"Should I go shopping on Black Friday? It seems hectic¹ but the deals are amazing!"

“我应该在黑色星期五那天去购物吗？虽然看上去闹哄哄的，可是折扣真的太吸引人了！”

It's supposed to be the biggest shopping day of the year. Why would you want to go on the biggest shopping day of the year?

那是年度最大的购物日。你为什么想在年度最大的购物日去购物？

Do you want to get trampled²? Do you wanna lose an arm?

你想被踩吗？你想失去一只胳膊吗？

You probably shouldn't go because there's gonna be thousands of people bumping³ into you, pushing into you, and it's really not worth that 10% off.

你不应该去购物，因为会有数千人撞到你，或是推你，为了那只有10%的折扣并不值得。

People have died from Black Friday shopping. Like, your TV that you want, that's on sale, is not that important. Like, chill⁴.

人们会死于黑色星期五购物的。你想买的那台电视正在打折，那并没有那么重要。你要冷静下来。

Do Black Friday shopping online. There's a lot of Black Friday deals online too, and you get to skip all the stupid lines.

黑色星期五那天可以在网上购物。现在黑色星期五那天网上也有很多折扣，这样你就不用傻傻地去排队了。

I would avoid it, but if you're willing to stand in line forever, you probably could get a good deal.

我会避免那天去购物，不过如果你愿意一直排队，那你可能会享受到不错的折扣。

Yes, you should go shopping because everything is cheap.

是的，你应该去购物，因为所有商品都很便宜。

If you wanna go shopping, go shopping. Don't feel bad about it.

如果你想去购物，那就去吧。不要为此不快。

Yes and no. It depends upon the deals. If it's something you want, go ahead and do it. Just know it's gonna be early.

应该也不应该。这要取决于折扣力度。如果有你想买的东西，那就去购物吧。不过要早点去。

If you're a pretty patient person, then yeah, sure, go on. But if you have a very low patience level, maybe you shouldn't.

如果你是一个非常有耐心的人，那当然应该去购物了。但是如果你的耐心水平很低，那也许你不应该去购物。

Get a group of friends, get up early and go somewhere and have breakfast first, then get in line and just pretend it's a party because the deals are amazing.

叫上一群朋友，早点起床，先找个地方去吃早餐，然后再去排队，假装那是个派对，因为折扣真的太不可思议了。

I don't go for the deals. I go for the hecticness. I love how there's so many people there, and it's all crazy. It's a free comedy show. Like, look at these ladies fighting over lipstick⁵ you can buy literally⁶ for two more dollars the next day.

我不会为了折扣去购物。但是我会为了那种喧闹去。那天会有非常多的人，而且大家都很疯狂，我很喜欢那种情况。这可是免费的喜剧秀。看看那些为了口红打架的女士，其实第二天也只要多花两美元而已。

1 hectic   

adj.肺病的；消耗热的；发热的；闹哄哄的

参考例句：

• I spent a very hectic Sunday.我度过了一个忙乱的星期天。
• The two days we spent there were enjoyable but hectic.我们在那里度过的两天愉快但闹哄哄的。

2 trampled   

踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯

参考例句：

• He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。
• People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。

3 bumping   

爆沸； 突沸； 放气； 崩沸

参考例句：

• The circulation of the magazine has been bumping along for some time at around 30, 000. 一段时间以来，杂志的销量一直在三万份上下摇摆。
• "Yes, "and shipped his oars without bumping the boat. "来啦，"说着从桨架上取下双桨，没有让船颠簸一下。

4 chill   

vt.使变冷，使冷却，使沮丧；n.寒冷，风寒

参考例句：

• With the chill factor,it's nearly minus forty here.加上风寒指数，气温接近零下40度。
• The bad news cast a chill over the whole family.这坏消息使全家人感到沮丧。

5 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

6 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。