Lawrence Choi 实用英语话你知
水货 (Parallel import goods)
根据报道，港铁将会增聘职员来对付那些逃票的乘客。某报章最近刊载一篇关於怀疑是逃票水货客的文章。The paper recently ran a story about people suspec ted of being couriers of parallel import goods evading fares。
较早时，社会人士对於油公司加快减慢感到非常不满。消息人士透露，自从2002年本港汽车登记数目减少、的士和小巴转用天然气、水货及内地走私便宜一半的柴油等情况导致需求下降，本地市场更形复杂 。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。
「水货」是香港话，英文是 Parallel import goods或 Parallel imports也译作「平行进口货」。注意∶「水货」不是「次货」 Inferior goods，它不一定是品质较差的。
Lawrence Choi
香港教育学院高级讲师
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