Name: 像本地人一樣購物：購物、銷售......和詐騙英語詞彙！ (Speak Like a Native Shopper: English Vocabulary for Shopping, Sales...and SCAMS!)
Uploaded: 2025-06-18T11:24:06.000Z
Duration: 14 min 15 s

Today, I want to talk to you about shopping, but more specifically, I want to talk about sales, because everybody loves a sale.

今天，我想和你們談談購物，但更具體地說，我想談談促銷，因為人人都喜歡促銷。

Everybody wants to get the cheapest product they can and find something really special and tell all their friends how much money they saved.

每個人都想買到最便宜的產品，找到真正特別的東西，然後告訴所有朋友自己省了多少錢。

So, I'm going to tell you about some of the biggest sales, again, mostly in North America, but some of them are actually And then, I'm going to give you a whole bunch of good words and expressions that will help you become a better shopper when it comes to sales.

是以，我將告訴你一些最大的銷售，同樣，主要是在北美，但其中一些其實也是。 然後，我將給你一大堆好詞好句，幫助你在銷售時成為一個更好的購物者。

So, we're going to start with some of the biggest shopping days in, again, North America, but not only.

是以，我們將從北美最大的幾個購物日開始，但不僅限於北美。

As you're going to see, it's becoming much more international.

正如你們將要看到的，它正變得更加國際化。

So, we're going to start with Black Friday.

那麼，我們就從 "黑色星期五 "開始吧。

Now, Black Friday is very much an American shopping day, although in the last few years, I've seen stores all over the world advertising Black Friday sales.

現在，"黑色星期五 "在很大程度上是美國人的購物日，不過在過去幾年裡，我看到世界各地的商店都在宣傳 "黑色星期五 "的促銷活動。

In the States, this happens on the Friday after Thanksgiving, so it's between Thanksgiving and Christmas, right?

在美國，這是感恩節後的星期五，所以是在感恩節和聖誕節之間，對嗎？

This is when people start buying gifts, like Christmas gifts and end-of-year gifts.

這時人們開始購買禮物，如聖誕禮物和年終禮物。

So, this is the biggest shopping day in the US.

是以，這是美國最大的購物日。

Now, it is so popular that it's a little bit crazy.

現在，它太受歡迎了，以至於有點瘋狂。

There's actually a good word to describe this shopping experience.

其實有一個好詞可以形容這種購物體驗。

Mayhem means complete chaos, complete uncontrolled craziness going on in the stores all over the US.

混亂 "意味著完全的混亂，意味著全美商店裡完全失控的瘋狂。

They line up, first of all, hours before stores open because they want to get in there and get the best deals before other people get them.

首先，他們會在商店開門前幾個小時就去排隊，因為他們想搶在其他人之前買到最優惠的商品。

And once the stores open, everybody rushes inside and everybody goes, tries to grab all the products they want, and it's very common to hear about people fighting each other over, like, a TV, for example.

商店一開門，每個人都衝進去，想盡辦法搶購自己想要的商品，人們為了爭奪一臺電視機而大打出手的事情屢見不鮮。

There's a few different theories, but some people, and the one that seems to make the most sense, because this is the biggest shopping day, this is when stores start moving from the red, means losing money, into the black, making a profit.

有幾種不同的理論，但有些人認為最有道理的一種理論是，因為這是最大的購物日，商店開始從虧損的 "紅色 "轉為盈利的 "黑色"。

There are a few other ones, but that sounds like a good one to me.

還有其他一些，但我覺得這聽起來不錯。

Anyways, following this Friday, there is something called Cyber Monday.

總之，在這個星期五之後，還有一個叫做 "網絡星期一 "的東西。

This is the Monday right after the Black Friday sales.

這是黑色星期五促銷後的第一個星期一。

Retailers are the people selling in stores or online.

零售商是指在商店或網上銷售的人。

All the online retailers put their products and services on sale as well.

所有在線零售商也都在銷售自己的產品和服務。

So, also a very busy shopping day, but not in stores, on the computer.

所以，今天也是非常忙碌的購物日，但不是在商店裡，而是在電腦上。

In most of these countries, all the stores are closed the day after.

在大多數國家，所有商店都在第二天關門。

So, Christmas is really a two-day holiday.

是以，聖誕節實際上是一個雙休日。

The third day, the second day after Christmas, all the stores are open, and there are huge sales with big discounts, and everybody goes shopping basically to try to save all the money that they spent on Christmas gifts.

第三天，也就是聖誕節後的第二天，所有的商店都開門營業，大減價，每個人都去購物，基本上都是為了省下買聖誕禮物的錢。

So, it doesn't actually really make sense, but lots of good deals on Boxing Day.

是以，節禮日有很多優惠，但實際上並沒有什麼意義。

Boxing Day comes from a British tradition that after Christmas, the wealthy people used to make little boxed gifts for the servants and all that stuff.

節禮日源於英國的一個傳統：聖誕節過後，有錢人會給僕人們做一些盒裝的小禮物，諸如此類。

That's where the name generally comes from.

Recently, in the last few years, there's the biggest sale of them all.

最近，也就是最近幾年，有一筆最大的銷售。

It's called Singles Day because it happens on November 11th.

之所以叫 "光棍節"，是因為它發生在 11 月 11 日。

So, 1-1-1-1, a lot of single people out there.

所以，1-1-1-1，外面有很多單身的人。

This is a Chinese company, and they're...

It's basically the Chinese version of Amazon.

它基本上就是中國版的亞馬遜。

They sell basically everything online on this platform, and they make billions of dollars, and everybody's on the computer all day scrolling up and down and shopping.

他們基本上在這個平臺上在線銷售所有東西，賺取數十億美元，每個人都整天對著電腦上下滾動購物。

And I have to admit, I've shopped on Singles Day as well.

我不得不承認，我也曾在光棍節購物。

Really, really good deals, but it takes a little while for the product to arrive.

真的，真的很划算，但產品到貨需要一點時間。

是以，這些都是最大的銷售額。

Now, we're going to look at a whole bunch of vocabulary to help you navigate through all this mayhem.

現在，我們將學習一大堆詞彙，幫助您在這些混亂中游刃有餘。

So, first of all, there are different types of sales.

是以，首先，銷售有不同的類型。

Now, clearance sale, you have to realize that a store or a retailer is not trying to give you a discount.

現在，清倉大拋售，你必須意識到，商店或零售商並不是想給你打折。

What the retailer is trying to do is get rid of all the excess stock.

零售商要做的就是處理掉所有多餘的庫存。

So, they have all their stock that they weren't able to sell in the time they were supposed to.

是以，他們的所有存貨都無法在規定時間內售出。

New stock will soon be coming in with new products, so they need to make space.

很快就會有新的存貨和新的產品進來，所以他們需要騰出空間。

So, how do they make space in their stores?

那麼，他們是如何在商店裡騰出空間的呢？

People buy it and take it home, and they have space.

人們買了帶回家，就有了空間。

During clearance sales, the markdowns are quite large.

在清倉銷售期間，減價幅度相當大。

To markdown, like if you have separate words, to markdown means to reduce the price.

降價（markdown），就像你有單獨的詞一樣，降價的意思是降價。

So, you know, on products, if you go shopping, there's a little piece of paper with a string attached to the product, or there's a sticker.

所以，你知道，在產品上，如果你去購物，會有一張帶繩的小紙片貼在產品上，或者有一個貼紙。

So, to markdown means to go to each sticker or tag and cross out the old price and put the new, lower price.

是以，"降價 "的意思就是在每個標籤上劃掉舊的價格，換上新的、更低的價格。

The markdown, as one word, means the same as discount.

減價（markdown）作為一個詞，與折扣（discount）的意思相同。

So, there's a 20% markdown, 100% markdown.

是以，有 20% 的降價，也有 100% 的降價。

Well, not 100%, that's free. 75% markdown.

不是 100%，那是免費的。減價 75%。

This is when a store is ready to close, or a store closing sale means the same thing.

這是指商店準備關閉，或商店關閉銷售的意思。

A store is about to close, and they want to get rid of all their stock.

一家商店即將關門，他們想處理掉所有存貨。

They don't want to throw it away and lose money.

他們不想把它扔掉，造成損失。

Now, you have to be careful about these because businesses often put up a going out of business sale, and they leave that sign on there for five years, and it's just a scam.

現在，你必須小心對待這些，因為企業經常掛出 "停業出售 "的招牌，而且一掛就是五年，這只是一個騙局。

Anyway, speaking of scams, we're going to get to that.

總之，說到騙局，我們就要說到它了。

Always make sure to find out if the product you're buying is a final sale.

一定要弄清您購買的產品是否為最終銷售。

Anything that is called or considered a final sale means that...

任何被稱為或被視為最終銷售的行為都意味著...

Well, basically, it means final, but more importantly, there are no refunds and no exchanges.

嗯，基本上就是最終的意思，但更重要的是，不退款也不換貨。

Once you take it out of the store, it's yours.

一旦你從店裡拿出來，它就是你的了。

If you get home, like let's say you bought a shirt, you get home, it doesn't fit properly, too bad, it's yours.

如果你回到家，比如說你買了一件襯衫，回到家後發現不合身，那就太糟糕了，它是你的了。

If you bought a gift for someone and they don't like it, too bad, it's yours.

如果你給別人買了禮物，但他們不喜歡，那就太糟糕了，它是你的了。

So, be careful if something is marked final sale.

是以，如果某些東西標明最終銷售，一定要小心。

Now, another thing you have to be careful about sales, there's something called a bait and switch.

現在，你必須小心銷售的另一件事，有一種東西叫誘餌和調包。