Lawrence Choi 實用英語話你知
水貨 (Parallel import goods)
根據報道,港鐵將會增聘職員來對付那些逃票的乘客。某報章最近刊載一篇關於懷疑是逃票水貨客的文章。The paper recently ran a story about people suspec ted of being couriers of parallel import goods evading fares。
較早時,社會人士對於油公司加快減慢感到非常不滿。消息人士透露,自從2002年本港汽車登記數目減少、的士和小巴轉用天然氣、水貨及內地走私便宜一半的柴油等情況導致需求下降,本地市場更形複雜 。The local market has been further complicated by falling demand since 2002 with low car-ownership rates, the conversion of taxis and minibuses to liquified natural gas, parallel imports and the smuggling of 50 percent cheaper diesel from the mainland。
「水貨」是香港話,英文是 Parallel import goods或 Parallel imports也譯作「平行進口貨」。注意:「水貨」不是「次貨」 Inferior goods,它不一定是品質較差的。
Lawrence Choi
香港教育學院高級講師
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