Topic 5 On College Students Doing Sales Promotion

Nowadays, there are an increasing number of college students who are doing sales promotion. On the weekends, when you are sleeping or reading, you will be disturbed by their knocks on the door. The commodities they promote cover a variety of items, such as toothbrush, shampoo, pens, notebooks, etc.

Different people hold different views on this phenomenon. As for me, I am against it for two reasons. One reason is that their frequent unwelcome visits in my spare time make me annoyed and my quiet life disturbed. The other is that many of the commodities they sell to us are fake ones and in bad quality.

To sum up, I do not like this way of sales-promotion. If I were in their position, I would not have bothered other schoolfellows. It is better for them to find a part-time job in a store and broaden their experience through the contact with potential customers.

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論大學生做推銷

現在，越來越多的大學生們去做推銷活動。到了周末，當你正在睡覺或者讀書的時候，就會被他們的敲門聲打斷。他們推銷的商品五花八門、各式各樣，有牙刷、洗發水、鋼筆和筆記本等。

對這一現象，不同的人看法也不盡相同。就我而言，我有兩點反對的理由。一個理由是，這些不速之客在我業余時間的頻繁造訪使我很生氣，打亂了我寧靜的生活。另一個理由是他們出售給我們的有很多都是假冒偽劣商品。

總之，我不喜歡這樣的銷售方式。如果我是他們的話，我不會打擾其他同學。他們最好是在一家商店找一份兼職工作，并通過與潛在的客戶打交道積累經驗。