Everybodyhastobuyorsellthingssometimes.Evenstudents,whoareusuallynotveryrich,havetolearnsomethingaboutmakingpurchases(买东西)intelligently.Asastudentyoumayfind,forexample,thatyouneedtobuyatypewriterorwinterclothing.Youmaywanttobuyatelevisionorausedcar.Ofcourse,youwanttogetgoodvalueforyourmoney.Ifyouareconsideringamajorpurchase,oranypurchase,youshouldremembertwoimportantthings.

(1)Studyfirst,andthendecidewhatyouwanttobuy.Youcanlearnalotjustbyreadingbooksandadvertisements.

Rememberthatahighqualityproductwillprobablylastlongerandworkbetter.Ofcourse,forsuperiorproductyoucanexpecttopaymore.Aninferiorproductmaynotgiveyouthesamequality,butthepriceshouldbelow.Perhapsthisseemsobvious,butyoumustknowthequality.Don'tjustlookattheprice.Apoorqualityproductcouldbeexpensive.Andavaluableonecouldbeonsaleatagreatlyreducedprice.

(2)Don'thurry.Takeyourtime.Afteryoudecidewhatproductyouwant,gotomanydifferentstores.Ifyoucannotfindtheproductyouwant,youmaytrytoorderitdirectlyfromthefactoryoraskthestoretoorderitforyou.Lookforagooddeal(有利的交易).Ifyouwait,youwillprobablyfindthatyourproductwillgoonsaleandyoumaybeabletosave10,20,oreven50percentoftheoriginalprice.

(3)Finally,beforeyoubuy,makesurethattheproductisguaranteed.Ifyoudon'tlikeit,youwanttobeabletogetyourmoneyback.Ifyoucarefullyexamineyourownpreferencesandthenshopuntilyoufindthelowestpossibleprice,youwillgenerallybehappywithyourpurchaseandalsokeepmoremoneyinthebank.

1What'sthebesttitleforthispassage?

AWhatproductsareofhighquality

BDoshoppingwiselyasastudent

CHowtosaveyourmoney

DTakeyourtimewhenshopping

2Theunderlinedword"inferior"(inparagraph3)probablymeans

Alowinprice

Bproducedbyasmallfactory

Clowinquality

Dproducedbyalargefactory

3Ifyoucannotfindwhatyouwanttobuyinthestores,youmay

Awaituntilitarrives

Bplaceanorderdirectlywiththefactory

Csavesomemoneyinthebank

Dgetyourmon