AEE 第17集：附加内容——如何在黑色星期五以美式风格购物

这是《All Ears English》播客第17期，教你如何在美国黑色星期五购物。

This is an All Ears English podcast episode 17, how to shop American style on Black Friday.

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我们相信，学英语的关键在于交流，而不是追求完美。

We believe in connection, not perfection when it comes to learning English.

接下来是你们的主持人——英语冒险家林赛·麦马洪，和纽约电台女孩米歇尔·卡普兰，她们分别从波士顿和纽约为大家带来节目。

Now here are your hosts, Lindsey McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl coming to you from Boston and New York City,

说到文化，我们特别喜欢黑色星期五。

culture, we love Black Friday.

你会参与吗？

Do you participate?

今天，我们来听听林赛和米歇尔的建议，教你如何在感恩节后的购物日里，既不超支，又能玩得开心。

Today, get Lindsey's and Michelle's advice on how to make sure you don't spend too much and you can enjoy the day after Thanksgiving in The United States.

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米歇尔，感恩节过得怎么样？

Michelle, Thanksgiving.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

你过得好吗？

Did you have a good one?

我过得不错。

I did.

你呢？

Did you?

我过得很开心。

I had a great one.

跟往常一样，我吃太多了。

As usual, I ate too much food.

我穿上火鸡裤，然后小睡了一会儿。

I put on my turkey pants, and I took a nap.

这样挺好。

That's good.

这样挺好。

That's good.

这真的很美式。

Very typical American culture.

对吧？

Right?

火鸡裤？那是什么意思？

Turkey pants, what does that mean?

就是那种吃很多东西时穿的松紧裤。

The stretchy pants that you wear for eating lots of food.

没错。

Exactly.

米歇尔，你最喜欢的感恩节甜点是什么？

What's your favorite Thanksgiving dessert, Michelle?

我选派。

I'll go with the pie.

我比较喜欢苹果派，不太爱吃南瓜派，但对红薯类的甜点挺感兴趣的。

I'll go with, like, a apple pie or I'm not much in I'm not much of a pumpkin pie person, but I do like things with sweet potatoes.

我不确定这算不算甜点，但那种加了棉花糖的红薯料理我很喜欢。

So I don't know if you would call it a dessert, but some something that consists of sweet potatoes and marshmallows.

我很喜欢这种东西。

I like that stuff.

哦，真好吃。

Oh, yum.

这更像是配菜，但包装得特别讲究。

That's like a that's a that's a side, but it's so packaged.

对。

Yeah.

它确实更偏向配菜。

It's more of a side.

你呢，琳达？

What about you, Lindsay?

是的。

Yeah.

我特别喜欢苹果派。

I love the apple pie.

我觉得就非它莫属了。

I think that's gotta be it.

尤其是苹果很甜、派也很甜的时候。

Especially when it's really sweet and the apples are sweet.

你懂的。

You know?

它们有点酸。

They're tart.

就是特别特别完美。

They're just, like, really, really perfect.

旁边加一勺冰淇淋，或者来点鲜奶油。

A little ice cream on the side, maybe some Cool Whip.

太好吃了。

It's so good.

这才是最棒的。

That is the best.

是的。

Yeah.

然后我一整天都心情愉快。

And then I'm happy all day.

是的

Yep.

这才叫真本事。

That's what it's all about.

火鸡的话，我没什么感觉。

Turkey, I feel very neutral about.

我也是。

Me too.

挺矛盾的。

Very ambivalent.

我也是。

Me too.

确实如此。

Very, very much so.

对。

Yeah.

那你是怎么想的呢。

Well, how do you mhmm.

米歇尔，你觉得黑色星期五这种大促购物日怎么样？

Michelle, how do you feel about Black Friday, the common shopping day after What do you think?

你对这个的喜爱程度，能跟苹果派比吗？

Do you like that as much as the apple pie?

不喜欢。

No.

我，我不太喜欢。

I I'm I'm not

你知道吗，每到这种大促销的日子，我就特别焦虑，因为。

you know, it's for me whenever there's any big sale day, it just gives me anxiety because Yeah.

我从来不提前做购物计划。

I don't think I don't plan things ahead of time.

我从来不会提前想好，我到底想买什么。

I don't think ahead of time, like, oh, what do I want?

它就这么突然就来了。

It just kinda sneaks up on me.

所以可能是这样，或者像亚马逊的Prime日之类的。

So it could be that or, like, they have, like, that Amazon Prime Day.

然后一下子就到了，我根本没想过自己想要什么。

And it's, like, all of a sudden, it's here, and I didn't think about what I wanted.

现在我就觉得，要是不买点什么，好像就亏了，钱都白花了，然后我就特别紧张，说不上来那种感觉。

And now I feel like if I don't get something, then I'm gonna be losing all my money because I'll like and and then I just, like, get very, I don't know, very intense about it.

然后我就想，算了吧。

And I'm like and then I end up just saying, forget it.

我不买了。

I'm not buying anything.

天哪，米歇尔。

Oh my gosh, Michelle.

想太多了。

Too much thinking.

是的

Yeah.

没错

Exactly.

所以我就会开始到处看看

So I'll, like, start looking around.

我在想，我真的需要这个吗？

I'm like, oh, do I need this?

我不确定

I don't know.

以前我并不需要，但现在打折了

I wasn't I didn't need it before, but it's on sale.

你懂的

You know?

所以我一般不太参与促销

So I usually don't really partake in in the sales.

你呢，琳赛？

What about you, Lindsay?

我不去。

No.

我一般都会避开，要是真要买，我就网上买。

I usually avoid I mean, if I'm gonna do it, I'll do it online.

我绝对不去实体店过黑色星期五。

I definitely will not go into a store on Black Friday.

不过这些年，黑色星期五的网购确实越来越普遍了，对吧？

Although, over the years, like, online shopping has become so much more popular, right, for Black Friday.

我觉得现在大部分黑色星期五的购物都在线上完成了。

I would say probably most Black Friday shopping happens online now.

是的。

Yeah.

这样挺好。

So that's fine.

但我得真的、真的确定才行。

But I would have to really, really know.

我的问题是，到黑色星期五的时候，我通常还没开始准备圣诞购物。

The thing my problem is I'm usually not organized for Christmas shopping by Black Friday.

那可是整整一个月前的事了。

That's a whole month before.

是的。

Yeah.

我没时间。

I don't have time.

到那时候我根本不可能列出购物清单。

I'm I'm never gonna be have a shopping list by then.

这事根本不可能发生。

It's just not gonna happen.

我就是没那么有条理。

I'm not that organized.

是的。

Yeah.

但人们对于黑色星期五真的特别狂热。

But people are so intense about Black Friday.

我的意思是，你们肯定看过一些视频，讲美国那边人山人海抢购的场面。

I mean, guys, you must have seen, like, videos about The US and the crowds and things like that.

这种场面我真的不想掺和。

It's it's really not something that I wanna be too involved with.

是的。

Yeah.

而且我想，其他文化里肯定也有类似的日子吧。

And, I mean, I wonder if other cultures I'm sure they have certain days.

大家来聊聊你们那边的情况吧。

Guys, let us know about your culture.

我们很想听听。

We wanna know.

你们那儿的日历上有没有哪些日子是购物大日子？

Are there certain days in the calendar that are big shopping days?

这些年我们见过不少疯狂的事，比如有人在店里被踩伤。

And, you know, we've seen crazy things happen over the years, like people getting trampled in stores.

是吧，米歇尔？

Right, Michelle?

对。

Mhmm.

你知道的，像沃尔玛或者其他商店，人实在太多了。

You know, in, like, Walmart or different stores because there are just so many people.

没错。

Right.

确实如此。

Right.

我觉得类似的事情大概是在2008年经济衰退那会儿发生过。

I think I think something like that happened around the recession in 2008.

我记得好像看过有关这个的报道。

Think I remember reading about that.

真是太疯狂了。

It's so crazy.

所以，Michelle，如果我们的听众决定去凑热闹，你有什么建议能帮他们顺利度过黑色星期五吗？

So, Michelle, any strategies to navigate Black Friday if our listeners do decide to to indulge in the shopping?

策略？

Oh, any strategies?

我自己其实不太擅长，但我想说的是，最重要的是先想清楚自己到底要买什么。

I'm not so good on it myself, but I would say I would say, like I mean, one thing that I wanna remind myself is, like, to kinda know what you're looking for.

因为如果你漫无目的乱逛，场面真的会有点吓人。

Like because if you're just lost, you know, it can get a little bit intense.

但如果你心里有数，比如说，我最近刚买了一台新洗碗机。

But if you know, like, I need like, for example, I just got a new dishwasher.

这事儿说来话长。

That's a whole story in itself.

哦，但我刚买了一台新洗碗机。

Oh, But I just got a new dishwasher.

所以如果我提前知道，比如我要换一台新洗碗机，而且黑色星期五快到了，我就会开始留意一下。

So if I knew ahead of time, like, oh, I'm gonna need a new dishwasher, like, and Black Friday is coming up, then I would start, like, looking around.

我想买什么样的？

Like, what do I want?

毕竟，家电在那时候买也挺划算的。

Like, what you know, it's a good time for appliances too.

或者我要换新手机，类似的东西也一样。

Or if I want a new phone, anything like that.

还有就是一些消遣性的购物，比如衣服啊之类的。

Then there's just the fun stuff, like clothes and whatever.

所以我觉得，最好提前想清楚自己到底想买什么。

So just I I think be prepared to kinda know a little bit what you're looking for.

这算是我给自己的建议吧。

That's my tip for myself.

琳达，你觉得还有什么别的建议吗？

And what else do you think, Lindsay?

我觉得你说得对。

Well, I think you're right.

米歇尔，我接着你说的再补充一点。

I'm gonna tag on to that, Michelle.

我觉得列个清单，然后严格按清单来买。

I think that having a list and sticking to your list.

因为你知道，东西一便宜，我们就忍不住想，哎，反正便宜，加进购物车吧。

Because, you know, when things are cheaper, we always think, oh, I'll just throw it in my cart.

价格太低了。

It's so cheap.

就跟一美元商店一样，容易冲动。

It's like the dollar store effect.

对吧？

Right?

你知道那种一元店效应吧。

You know the dollar store effect.

去一元店，东西都是一块钱，你就会觉得自己需要这些东西，其实根本用不上。

If you go to the dollar store, everything's a dollar, and so you think you need things, but you actually don't need those things.

结果你买完回家。

So you end up coming home.

花了二十块钱，买了二十样根本不需要的东西。

You spend $20 on 20 items that you don't need.

没错。

I mean Right.

就是这样。

Exactly.

所以提前做好准备特别关键。

So being prepared is super important.

这算是我最重要的建议了。

So that would be my biggest tip.

是的。

Yeah.

我的意思是，美国文化太注重商业化了，也许多年后会有所改变。

I mean, American culture is just all about commercialization, and maybe that's gonna change over the years.

你知道的。

You know?

我觉得我们的文化正在成熟。

I think that our culture's growing up.

它在学习。

It's learning.

它正在慢慢找到自己的方向。

It's it's figuring itself out.

相比欧洲和亚洲的文化，它还太年轻。

It's so young compared to European cultures and Asian cultures.

对吧，米歇尔？

Right, Michelle?

我们的文化？

Our culture?

当然了。

For sure.

没错。

For sure.

真值得期待，看看黑色星期五以后会变成什么样。

So it will be interesting to see where Black Friday goes.

确实如此。

It really will.

好了，Michelle，今天谢谢你陪我聊天。

Well, Michelle, thanks for hanging out today.

各位，如果你们打算去参加黑色星期五购物，一定要当心。

And, guys, if you are going out for Black Friday, be careful.

记得戴头盔。

Wear a helmet.

不。

No.

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

我太喜欢了。

I love it.

也告诉我们结果怎么样。

And let us know how it goes.

好的，米歇尔。

Alright, Michelle.

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对吧？

Right?

在你的职业生涯中。

In your career for work.

为了工作而学英语。

Work for English.

是的。

Yeah.

太棒了。

Love it.

好的，林赛。

Alright, Lindsey.

这真有意思。

This was fun.

购物愉快。

Happy shopping.

保重。

Take care.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

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