为什么我不再依赖网上评价购物(英汉双语版).doc

Why Ive Stopped Relying on Online Reviews for Everything I Buy 为什么我不再依赖网上评价购物 When its time to make a big purchase, most of us rush to the internet in search of reviews and comparisons, so we can spend our money wisely...but then we rush out and buy one without actually trying it. Heres what Ive started doing instead. 需要购买贵重物品时，为了能够理性消费，很多人都会直接跑到网上去查商品评价或比较。随后，往往试也不试就直接买下来。我却不是这么做的。 My Experience: Last year, I was on the hunt for a nice pair of headphones. I wanted something in the $200 price range with a good amount of bass, so I started hunting online. I found a lot of good contenders, but it seemed like the entire internet was enamored with the Audio Technica ATH-M50, and everything I read led me to believe I didnt need to look any further. 我的经历：去年，我想买一幅好耳机，重低音，200刀以内。于是我开始在网上搜罗信息。网上有很多不错的耳机，但似乎铁三角ATH-m50这款特别火。在看了它所有的详情和评价之后，我坚信自己不用费神再找了，就买它了。 Instead of just picking up that pair, though, I actually bought three different pairs of headphones and tried them all out. I found that despite their rave reviews, I couldnt stand the ATH-M50—it just didnt fit with my personal preferences and music taste, and I ended up with a much lesser-known pair that I absolutely adore (the Shure SRH750DJ, for those curious). Thats not to say the M50 isnt a great headphone—it is—I just couldnt have known what it would sound like just by reading reviews, especially since Id never owned a good pair of headphones and had no reference point. 但是，我并没有只买这一款，而是同时买了三款不同的耳机一起试用。结果我发现尽管这三款都好评如潮，但ATH-M50跟我的个人喜好和音乐口味完全不搭，于是我最终买了一款相对来说很不出名但我自己完全中意的耳机。 The Lesson: Online reviews can be great, but theyre only step one if you really want to get the best product out there for you. The best way to get the right product is to try them for yourself, at home, and compare them to one another. This is what I do now: 教训：浏览网上的评价固然不错，但如果你真的想买到最适合自己的宝贝，那评价只是第一步。最佳方式是自己先在家试用一番，并与其他类似产品相比较。我是这么做的： I start by looking at reviews, comparisons, polls (like our Hive Five series), and forum posts and compile a list of tw