双语新闻：美国是外国人的购物天堂(图)

　　Gunnhildur Lilja Sigmundsdottir came to Minneapolis from Iceland late last week with nothing but pajamas, underwear and an empty suitcase. But during four days of shopping at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., she snagged a wedding dress, five pairs of shoes and seven pairs of pants. "If I needed anything, I just bought it," she says. "[Currency plays] a very big role because the dollar is so low right now." The United States has the best deals in the world right now — that is, if you're not American.

　　Overseas shoppers whose countries have a stranglehold on U.S. currency are parachuting into to places like the Mall of America— finding deals and flying back to their homelands with their suitcases filled. Oakley's sunglasses store in the Mall of America is a beacon for European and Asian shoppers. The numbers are hard to argue with. A Briton shopping at Oakley could buy a $120 pair of newly released Industrial M Frames sunglasses for 60 pounds. Two years ago, the same glasses would have cost more than 70 pounds. A buyer from France can get the same pair for about 80 Euros; just two years ago she would have had to spend 102 Euros.

　　Lee Preston was lured to the Altamonte Springs mall in Florida because of the favorable rate, flying in from Britain for Black Friday last week. Showing off three expensive watches to his traveling companions, Preston said the dollar's woes have made his trip especially economical. "I'm sorry for you that the dollar's so low but it's nice for me," Preston told TIME. In the shops of Manhattan, British accents are almost as common as those from New Jersey.

　　冈西尔杜尔·丽佳·西格门德斯杜蒂尔上周晚些时候从冰岛来到明尼阿波利斯时只带了睡衣、内衣和一只空箱子。但是在明尼阿波利斯布隆明顿的“美利坚购物中心”的4天购物中，她抢购了一套结婚礼服、5双鞋子和7条裤子。她说：“我需要什么就买什么。货币起了很重要的作用，因为现在美元的币值太低了。”只要你不是美国人，现在美国是世界上最佳的购物地。

　　相对于美国,货币处于强势的海外国家的购物者正空降到诸如“美利坚购物中心”的地方买便宜货，然后带着大包小包飞回家。“美利坚购物中心”的欧克利太阳镜店吸引了大批欧洲和亚洲的购物者。数字最能说明问题。一名英国购物者花60英镑就能买到一副价格为120美元的最新出品的工业金属架太阳镜。两年前，同样的太阳镜要卖70多英镑。一位法国购物者花80欧元能够买一副同样的太阳镜，如果是两年前，她要花102欧元。

　　因为优惠的汇率,李·普莱斯顿从英国乘飞机前往佛罗里达的“爱尔塔蒙特温泉购物中心”，为的是赶上周的“黑色星期五”的大甩卖。普莱斯顿向他的旅行同伴炫耀了三块昂贵的手表，并且说美元贬值使他的旅行特别值。普莱斯顿告诉《时代》杂志说：“我很抱歉你们的美元币值这么低，但是对于我来说这是件好事。”曼哈顿的商店里，操英国口音的人几乎和来自新泽西的人一样多。