Consumerism 消费主义 | Learn Chinese with Yoyo Mo

今天我想说说消费主义  Jīn tiān wǒ xiǎng shuō shuo xiāo fèi zhǔ yì  Today I want to talk about consumerism   随着人类的发展  Suí zhe rén lèi de fā zhǎn  With the development of humanity   我们现在增加了好多的节日  Wǒ men xiàn zài zēng jiā le hǎo duō de jié rì  We have added a lot of festivals now   似乎快把一年365天占满了  Sì hū kuài bǎ yī nián sān bǎi liù shí wǔ tiān zhàn mǎn le  It seems like they are almost filling up all 365 days of the year   这些节日又被商家们利用起来  Zhè xiē jié rì yòu bèi shāng jiā men lì yòng qǐ lái  These festivals are then used by merchants   在每一个节日都催促我们消费  Zài měi yī gè jié rì dōu cuī cù wǒ men xiāo fèi  Urging us to consume during every festival   每个电商都做了节日海报  Měi gè diàn shāng dōu zuò le jié rì hǎi bào  Every e-commerce platform has made festival posters   每个商场都做了节日装饰  Měi gè shāng chǎng dōu zuò le jié rì zhuāng shì  Every shopping mall has put up festival decorations   它们传递的氛围是那么的开心、兴奋  Tā men chuán dì de fēn wéi shì nà me de kāi xīn 、xīng fèn  The atmosphere they convey is so joyful and exciting   买吧买吧  Mǎi ba mǎi ba  Buy, buy   其实我现在消费欲望比较低  Qí shí wǒ xiàn zài xiāo fèi yù wàng bǐ jiào dī  In fact, my desire to consume is relatively low now   也也许是因为赚钱不易吧  Yě yě xǔ shì yīn wèi zhuàn qián bù yì ba  Maybe it's because making money is not easy   越来越多的人也意识到了消费主义陷阱  Yuè lái yuè duō de rén yě yì shí dào le xiāo fèi zhǔ yì xiàn jǐng  More and more people have also realized the trap of consumerism   前几年经济好的时候  Qián jǐ nián jīng jì hǎo de shí hou  A few years ago when the economy was good   网上常常鼓吹消费升级  Wǎng shàng cháng cháng gǔ chuī xiāo fèi shēng jí  It’s often advocated  [ ˈadvəkeɪt] online that people should upgrade their consumption   也就是说你的生活品质要升级  Yě jiù shì shuō nǐ de shēng huó pǐn zhì yào shēng jí  That is to say, your quality of life needs to be upgraded   要买更好的东西  Yào mǎi gèng hǎo de dōng xī  You need to buy better things   这些年经济很差  Zhè xiē nián jīng jì hěn chà  In recent years, the economy has been very poor   就没见到说消费升级了  Jiù méi jiàn dào shuō xiāo fèi shēng jí le  We no longer hear talk about consumption upgrading   我身边有一些人和家庭  Wǒ shēn biān yǒu yī xiē rén hé jiā tíng  There are some people and families around me   属于消费主义  Shǔ yú xiāo fèi zhǔ yì  Who are part of consumerism   他们随意花钱，从不考虑储蓄  Tā men suí yì huā qián ，cóng bù kǎo lǜ chǔ xù  They spend money casually and never consider saving   遇到急需用钱的时候  Yù dào jí xū yòng qián de shí hou  When they encounter a situation where they urgently need money   就找别人借  Jiù zhǎo bié rén jiè  They borrow from others   反正自己当下花钱很愉快  Fǎn zhèng zì jǐ dāng xià huā qián hěn yú kuài  Anyway, they feel happy spending money at the moment   我和我的先生都是花钱比较谨慎的人  Wǒ hé wǒ de xiān sheng dōu shì huā qián bǐ jiào jǐn shèn de rén  My husband and I are both people who spend money cautiously   因为我们懂得开源节流的重要性  Yīn wèi wǒ men dǒng de kāi yuán jié liú de zhòng yào xìng  Because we understand the importance of increasing income and reducing expenses   正是这样，我们才能从二手破自行车  Zhèng shì zhè yàng ，wǒ men cái néng cóng èr shǒu pò zì xíng chē  It is precisely [prɪˈsaɪsli] because of this that we were able to go from a second-hand broken bicycle   换到二手汽车  Huàn dào èr shǒu qì chē  To a second-hand car   再换到标致新车  Zài huàn dào Biāo zhì xīn chē  Then to a new Peugeot   再换到奔驰新车  Zài huàn dào Bēn chí xīn chē  Then to a new Mercedes-Benz  /məˈseɪdiːz bɛnts/ 从合租房，到整租房  Cóng hé zū fáng ，dào zhěng zū fáng  From a shared rental house to an entire rental house   再到买小房子  Zài dào mǎi xiǎo fáng zi  Then to buying a small house   再到买大房子  Zài dào mǎi dà fáng zi  Then to buying a big house   再到买投资型房产  Zài dào mǎi tóu zī xíng fáng chǎn  Then to buying investment properties   再到买学区大房子  Zài dào mǎi xué qū dà fáng zi  Then to buying a big house in a school district   我觉得储蓄和消费是一个平衡问题  Wǒ jué de chǔ xù hé xiāo fèi shì yī gè píng héng wèn tí  I think saving and consumption is a matter of balance