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Americans switching to RedNote are becoming radicalized after learning what Chinese citizens spend on groceries and healthcare. After a lifetime of being told that life in China is terrible and all of its people are in abject poverty, "TikTok refugees" are getting a different story straight from the mouths of Chinese citizens.
U.S. residents who have been struggling to survive as the price of eggs rises to $6 per carton are making furious videos demanding to know why twice the amount of eggs cost 25 cents in China.
After watching average videos on RedNote and making contact with residents of China who were previously isolated from them, some TikTokers are convinced that they've been misled about the quality of life in this far-away nation. This is fueling anger among those frustrated with the constant rise in the cost of living in the U.S.
TikTok users spent years watching shopping hauls on the platform by more affluent users, only able to experience a sense of financial security vicariously through these videos. On RedNote, the new American users drool over affordable "grocery hauls."
美國人在轉(zhuǎn)戰(zhàn)小紅書平臺后開始變得激進起來。原因在于他們了解到了中國人在食品和醫(yī)療方面的支出情況。一直以來他們都被告知在中國生活條件惡劣,所有人都處于極度貧困之中。然而這些TikTok refugees現(xiàn)在直接從中國公民口中聽到了截然不同的故事版本。
隨著國內(nèi)雞蛋價格飆升到每盒6美元,許多艱難生存的美國居民發(fā)布了憤怒的視頻,強烈地想要知道為什么在中國購買兩倍數(shù)量的雞蛋僅僅只要25美分。
在小紅書上觀看了中國普通老百姓的視頻,與之前隔絕開來的這些中國民眾接觸以后,一些TikTok用戶堅信,在關于這個遙遠國家生活質(zhì)量的認知上,他們一直都在被誤導。對那些因為美國生活成本不斷上漲而沮喪受挫的人來說,這無疑加劇了他們的憤怒。
TikTok用戶過去長期在平臺上觀看富人們進行瘋狂大采購,只有這樣才能“感同身受”地獲得一些財務安全感。然而在小紅書上,新加入的美國用戶正在對中國的平價“食品大采買”垂涎三尺。
重點詞匯與表達:
radicalized adj. 激進化的;使激進的
grocery n. 雜貨;食品雜貨店
healthcare n. 醫(yī)療保健;衛(wèi)生服務
abject adj. 悲慘的;可憐的
carton n. 紙板盒;紙箱
furious adj. 憤怒的;狂怒的
average adj. 平均的;普通的
misled v. 誤導;使誤入歧途
frustrated adj. 沮喪的;受挫的
haul v. 拖運;搬運 n. 一趟運送;收獲
affluent adj. 富裕的;富有的
affordable adj. 負擔得起的;價格合理的
abject poverty 赤貧,極度貧困
struggle to do sth. 努力做某事;費勁做某事
make contact with 取得聯(lián)系;接觸
demand to do sth. 要求做某事;堅決要做某事
fuel anger 加劇憤怒;煽動怒火
drool over 垂涎;羨慕不已