敦煌网在美国爆火

近日，美国滥施关税后，中国跨境电商App敦煌网在美爆火 ，跃升至美区App Store排行榜第二。

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🤔️小作业：

1. Based on the structure of the article, which of the following best describes the author's approach in presenting the information?

A. Starting with an economic policy and then exploring its cultural consequences

B. Narrating a chronological history of DHgate's development

C. Beginning with consumer behavior, then tracing its causes and broader implications

D. Contrasting Chinese and American e-commerce policies through case studies

无注释原文：

Viral Videos, Trade Tensions Drive U.S. Shoppers to Chinese App

From: The Wall Street Journal

The popularity of a Chinese e-commerce app has surged in the U.S., driven by a spate of viral TikTok videos.

DHgate, a Beijing-based online platform for cross-border commerce, became the second-most popular app on Apple's App Store in the U.S. on Wednesday, followed by ChatGPT.

The surge in DHgate's popularity was driven by viral TikTok videos posted by Chinese influencers purportedly explaining the inner workings of global supply chains.

DHgate allows global buyers to buy directly from Chinese factories used by popular Western brands, but without the branding and at a much lower price.

“China 'Exposes' Luxury Brands” was a trending topic on TikTok on Wednesday as Chinese users posted short videos showing how luxury Western brands, from handbags to yoga pants, were actually being made in Chinese factories.

In one video, a Tiktoker claimed unbranded yoga pants could be bought for as little as $15, made in the same factories with the same quality as pants from a famous Western brand that could cost over a hundred dollars when sold in the U.S.

These pants, handbags or other goods bought directly from Chinese factories would still be dramatically cheaper than from a U.S. seller, even after hefty U.S. tariffs are paid, these Tiktokers claim.

According to Sensor Tower, a company that analyzes app performance, DHgate broke into the top 100 most popular free downloaded apps in Apple's App Store in the U.S. on April 13, when it ranked eighth.

DHgate was founded by Wang Shutong, a Chinese female entrepreneur, in 2004. The platform links small Chinese businesses with foreign businesses and individuals.

Chinese online shopping apps have seen their popularity grow after China said last Friday that it would raise its tariff on U.S. goods to 125% as retaliation to U.S. President Trump's decision to imposed up to a 145% tariffs on Chinese goods.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为华尔街日报官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Viral Videos, Trade Tensions Drive U.S. Shoppers to Chinese App

From: The Wall Street Journal

The popularity of a Chinese e-commerce app has surged in the U.S., driven by a spate of viral TikTok videos.

一家中国电商应用在美国迅速走红，受到了TikTok上一波火爆视频的推动。

viral /ˈvaɪ.rəl/ 表示“（通过网络在个体之间迅速）病毒式的（传播）”，英文解释为“used to describe something that quickly becomes very popular or well known by being published on the internet or sent from person to person by email, phone, etc.”举个🌰：Here's a list of the top ten viral videos this week. 以下是本周十大病毒式传播的视频。

📍常用短语 go viral，字面意思就是“像病毒一样传播、扩散”，引申为“走红，十分流行，疯狂传播”，比如朋友圈xxx刷屏了，也可以说go viral. 📍名词形式virality.

surge /sɜːdʒ/ 1）作动词，表示“急剧上升；飞涨；剧增”，英文解释为“If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly.”举个🌰：The company's profits have surged. 公司的利润激增。

2）表示“涌动，蜂拥向前”，英文解释为“to move quickly and powerfully”举个🌰：An angry crowd surged through the gates of the president's palace. 愤怒的人群涌进了总统府的大门。

3）作名词，表示“剧增”，英文解释为“A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly.”举个🌰：An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash. 突然出现的电压剧增导致电脑死机。

🎬电影《雷神2：黑暗世界》（Thor: The Dark World）中的台词提到：But she will not survive the amount of energy surging within her. 但她体内涌动的能量太大 她撑不住的。

spate /speɪt/ 表示“（尤指不愉快的）大量突发事件”，英文解释为“a larger number of events than usual, especially unpleasant ones, happening at about the same time”举个🌰：Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in this area. 警方正在调查最近在该地区接连发生的多起入室盗窃案。

DHgate, a Beijing-based online platform for cross-border commerce, became the second-most popular app on Apple's App Store in the U.S. on Wednesday, followed by ChatGPT.

总部位于北京的跨境电商平台敦煌网(DHgate)周三成为美国苹果公司(Apple)应用商店中第二受欢迎的应用，仅次于ChatGPT。

cross-border /ˌkrɒsˈbɔː.dər/ 表示“跨越国界的；跨国的”，英文解释为“between different countries, or involving people from different countries”如：cross-border trade 跨国贸易。

The surge in DHgate's popularity was driven by viral TikTok videos posted by Chinese influencers purportedly explaining the inner workings of global supply chains.

敦煌网的走红得益于中国网红在TikTok上发布的热门视频，这些视频据称解释了全球供应链的内部运作方式。

influencer /ˈɪn.flu.ən.sər/ 字面上的意思就是影响者，有影响力的人，柯林斯词典中的解释分为两种，一个就是字面上的意思：any person or thing that exerts an influence；另一种解释为：a person who uses social media to promote lifestyle choices, commercial products, etc to his or her followers. 利用社交媒体向自己的粉丝推广或推荐产品和服务的人，就是类似于现在网络中的“网红、博主”，或者说关键意见领袖，Key Opinion Leader，KOL.

表示“据称；声称地，谣传地”，英文解释为“If you say that something has purportedly been done, you mean that you think that it has been done but you cannot be sure.”如：documents that were purportedly smuggled out of China 据称已被偷运到中国境外的文件。

supply chain /səˈplaɪ ˌtʃeɪn/ = supply network, logistics network 表示“（商品的）供应链”，英文解释为“the system of people and things that are involved in getting a product from the place where it is made to the person who buys it”

DHgate allows global buyers to buy directly from Chinese factories used by popular Western brands, but without the branding and at a much lower price.

全球买家可以通过敦煌网直接从中国工厂购买商品，这些工厂也为西方知名品牌代工，但商品不贴牌，价格也低得多。

“China 'Exposes' Luxury Brands” was a trending topic on TikTok on Wednesday as Chinese users posted short videos showing how luxury Western brands, from handbags to yoga pants, were actually being made in Chinese factories.

周三，“中国'揭底'奢侈品牌”(China 'Exposes' Luxury Brands)成为了TikTok上的一个热门话题，很多中国用户发布短视频，展示了从手袋到瑜伽裤等西方奢侈品牌实际上是如何在中国工厂生产的。

trend /trend/ 作动词，表示“（某一时刻在社交媒体或网站上）被提及最多的词语（主题或名字）”，英文解释为“to be one of the words, subjects, or names that is being mentioned most often on a social media website or a news website at a particular time”举个🌰：Within minutes of the incident her name was trending on Weibo. 事件发生几分钟后她的名字就在微博上传开了。

trend本身也可以直接作名词，原意有“趋势；趋向；倾向；动态；动向；热点”，英文解释为“a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing”。

📍trending hashtags或者说a trending topic，可以指微博上的“#热门话题#”；类似的，Youtube首页上的Trending对应的中文就处理为“时下流行”。

yoga /ˈjəʊ.ɡə/ 表示“瑜伽术”，英文解释为“a set of physical and mental exercises, originally from India, intended to give control over the body and mind”如：a yoga class 瑜伽课。

In one video, a Tiktoker claimed unbranded yoga pants could be bought for as little as $15, made in the same factories with the same quality as pants from a famous Western brand that could cost over a hundred dollars when sold in the U.S.

在一条视频中，一位TikTok用户声称，未贴牌的瑜伽裤可以以低至15美元的价格买到，这些瑜伽裤与一家知名西方品牌在同一家工厂生产，品质相同，但在美国的售价可能超过100美元。

These pants, handbags or other goods bought directly from Chinese factories would still be dramatically cheaper than from a U.S. seller, even after hefty U.S. tariffs are paid, these Tiktokers claim.

这些TikTok用户声称，这些瑜伽裤、手袋或其他商品如果直接从中国工厂购买，即使在支付高额的美国关税后，仍然比从美国卖家那里购买便宜得多。

hefty /ˈhef.ti/ 表示“（尤指金钱）大量的，巨额的”，英文解释为“a hefty amount of something, especially money, is very large”如：a hefty fine 巨额罚款。

📍也可以指“高大健壮的；笨重的”（big and heavy），如：a tall hefty man 一个高大健壮的男人；以及“用力的，重重的”（a hefty blow, kick etc is done using a lot of force），如：a hefty shove 一记猛推。

tariff /ˈtærɪf/ 表示“关税”，英文解释为“A tariff is a tax that a government collects on goods coming into a country.”

According to Sensor Tower, a company that analyzes app performance, DHgate broke into the top 100 most popular free downloaded apps in Apple's App Store in the U.S. on April 13, when it ranked eighth.

分析应用表现的公司Sensor Tower的数据显示，4月13日敦煌网进入美国苹果公司应用商店最受欢迎的免费下载应用前100名，当时排名第八。

DHgate was founded by Wang Shutong, a Chinese female entrepreneur, in 2004. The platform links small Chinese businesses with foreign businesses and individuals.

敦煌网由中国女企业家王树彤于2004年创立，旨在为中国小型企业与外国企业和个人搭建桥梁。

entrepreneur /ˌɒn.trə.prəˈnɜːr/ 表示“（尤指涉及风险的）企业家，创业者”，英文解释为“someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity”举个🌰：He was one of the entrepreneurs of the 80s who made their money in property. 他是80年代靠做房地产生意赚钱起家的企业家之一。

Chinese online shopping apps have seen their popularity grow after China said last Friday that it would raise its tariff on U.S. goods to 125% as retaliation to U.S. President Trump's decision to imposed up to a 145% tariffs on Chinese goods.

上周五中国表示将对美国商品征收125%的关税，以报复美国总统对中国商品征收高达145%关税的决定，此后，中国在线购物应用的热度上升。

retaliation /rɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/ 表示“报复；反击”，英文解释为“the act of hurting someone or doing something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you”

impose /ɪmˈpəʊz/ 1）表示“推行；强制实行”，英文解释为“to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received”举个🌰：Very high taxes have recently been imposed on cigarettes. 最近对香烟开征很高的税。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇分析拜登贸易政策的文章中提到：The other matter is what Mr Biden will do with the tariffs imposed by Mr Trump. 另一件事是拜登将如何处理特朗普实施的关税。

2）表示“把（尤指信仰或生活方式）强加于”，英文解释为“to force someone to accept something, especially a belief or way of living”举个🌰：I don't want them to impose their religious beliefs on my children. 我不希望他们把自己的宗教信仰强加给我的孩子们。

3）表示“勉强；打扰，麻烦”，英文解释为“to expect someone to do something for you or spend time with you when they do not want to or when it is not convenient for them”举个🌰：She's always imposing on people - asking favours and getting everyone to do things for her. 她总是强人所难——要人帮忙做这做那。

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