华盛顿邮报 黑色星期五怎么买更划算？（5）

 

    You know, I wrote a column about girl math, and it's kind of like...

    我写过一篇关于女生数学（指的是一些女生找遍各种借口合理化自己的消费）的专栏，就比如......

    Like girl dinner, that whole thing?

    比如女生晚餐之类的?

    Exactly right. And I know a lot of people get a little mad about that because, "oh, that's sexist. You know, boys aren't necessarily great with math either."没错。我知道很多人对此有点生气，因为他们觉得这是性别歧视。男孩也不一定擅长数学。”

    And it is true. But I think it's kind of a fun way for people to say, "Listen, I do these calculations in my head and it makes no sense."这是事实，但是对人们来说，这是一种“我脑子进行了计算，这么买不明智”的有趣说法。

    Like, you know, if I buy something, take it back to the store and get, you know, a refund¹, but I buy something less then somehow I've made out, you know?

    比如，如果我买了东西，将其带回商店，进行退款，不过，我最后买的东西比我下单的东西要少。

    But it's like you said. You don't save when you spend.

    不过就像你说的，花钱并不等于省钱。

    That's exactly right. So you got to be careful of that girl and boy math that makes you feel like you're saving when you're really not, or that you figured a way around your money management when you really haven't.

    完全没错，你得小心那些女孩和男孩们的数学，他们的计算方式会让你觉得你在省钱，而实际上并没有，或者让你找到了一种理财方法，而实际上并没有。

    It's the things that we tell ourselves to make ourselves feel better when we know we really are overspending.

    这是当我们知道自己确实超支时，我们告诉自己，让自己感觉好一些的方式。

    So, Michelle, what kind of holiday shopper are you? Now that you've identified these five categories.

    米歇尔，你是什么类型的假日购物者? 现在你已经确定了五种类型。

    You know, that's so interesting, I think I'm going to be -- I'm going to confess I'm probably a last-minute shopper.

    这太有趣了，我觉得我得承认，我可能是最后一分钟才能定下来的购物者。

    I know, right? But mostly because I hate shopping. So I put it off to the last minute.

    我知道，但主要是因为我讨厌购物，所以我要推迟到最后一刻才下手。

    But I have a budget, I have a list, and I go through it, and I calculate it, and I make sure that I stay within the budget.

    但是，我会设置一个预算，列出一个清单，阅读检查，进行计算，我会确保花费在预算之内。

    Even my husband and I, we don't really have a lot of surprises with each other.

    即使是我丈夫和我，我们彼此也不会给彼此惊喜。

    So we'll say, "Okay, you can spend this amount of money" because I don't like him to spend a lot of money on me.

    我们会说，“好，你可以花这么多钱”，因为我不喜欢他在我身上花很多钱。

    And so if he gave me like a tennis bracelet² or something, he's going to get a fussing about that.

    如果他送我一个网球手链之类的东西，我肯定会对他发牢骚。

    It's like, "What?! You spent what on me?!"我会说：“什么?! 你在我身上花了多少钱?!”

    But I unfortunately, am kind of out there with the crowds because I try to wait till the last minute because I just, you know, I don't like all the commotion³.

    但是，不幸的是，我周围全是人，因为我想等到最后一分钟付款，因为我不喜欢人群骚动。

    I love the stores. They're pretty and, you know, all the holiday decorations, but I just hate spending. I love saving.

    我喜欢这些商店。商店很漂亮，还有各种节日装饰，但我就是讨厌花钱，我喜欢存钱。

    Yeah, well, maybe I'll see you in line at 4:00 a.m.

    也许我们会在凌晨四点的队伍中遇见。

    Hi. I'm jumping in with a little holiday magic content warning here.

    嗨，我在这里插入一个小小的节日魔法内容提醒。

    Michelle and I are about to discuss Santa Claus.

    我和米歇尔将要讨论圣诞老人。

1 refund   

v.退还，偿还；n.归还，偿还额，退款

参考例句：

• They demand a refund on unsatisfactory goods.他们对不满意的货品要求退款。
• We'll refund your money if you aren't satisfied.你若不满意，我们愿意退款给你。

2 bracelet   

n.手镯，臂镯

参考例句：

• The jeweler charges lots of money to set diamonds in a bracelet.珠宝匠要很多钱才肯把钻石镶在手镯上。
• She left her gold bracelet as a pledge.她留下她的金手镯作抵押品。

3 commotion   

n.骚动，动乱

参考例句：

• They made a commotion by yelling at each other in the theatre.他们在剧院里相互争吵，引起了一阵骚乱。
• Suddenly the whole street was in commotion.突然间，整条街道变得一片混乱。