The Difficult Search for American Products in the US
在美国难以寻觅到美国产品
If you go to another country, what kinds of things would you buy?
假如你去了另一个国家，在那里你会买哪种东西？
Would you buy a camera in Japan, some beautiful clothes in France, or a watch in Switzerland?
你会在日本买一台相机，在法国买漂亮服装，还是会在瑞士买一块手表？
No matter what you may buy, you might think those products were made in those countries.
无论你想买什么，你都会理所当然地认为你所购买的那些产品就是在那些国家制造的。
However, you could be wrong. Kang Jian is a 17-year-old student from Shanghai. Last year he went to visit his aunt and uncle in San Francisco.
然而，你可能错了。康剑是一名来自上海的17岁学生。去年，他去旧金山看望他的婶婶和叔叔。
He found it interesting that so many products in the local shops were made in China.
他发现一个有趣的现象：当地商店里的许多产品都是在中国制造的。
"I wanted to buy a toy car for my cousin, but even though most of the toys were American brands, they were made in China."
“我想给我的堂弟买一个玩具车，然而大部分贴有美国商标的玩具其实是在中国制造的。”
Toys are not the only things made in China. "I wanted to buy a pair of basketball shoes," he explains.
不仅玩具是中国制造的。“我想买一双篮球鞋，”他说。
"But I had to visit five or six stores before finding a pair made in America!"
“但是在找到一双由美国制造的篮球鞋之前我至少要逛五六家店铺！”
He realized that Americans can hardly avoid buying products made in China.
他意识到美国人几乎无法避免购买中国制造的产品。
"In fact," he continues, "there were many other things there made in China -- footballs, handbags, pet food, mobile phones.
“事实上，”他继续说到，“有许多产品都是在中国制造的——足球、手提包、宠物食品、移动电话。
Even American flags are made in China!" Kang Jian thinks it's great that China is so good at making these everyday things.
甚至美国国旗都是在中国制造的！”康剑认为，中国擅于制造这些日常用品是很了不起的。
However, he wishes that in the future China will also get better at making high-technology products that people can buy in all parts of the world.
然而，他还是希望中国未来可以在制造高科技产品上做得更好，而且人们可以在世界上任何地方都能买到这些产品。
