They are an enormous boon to low-income consumers, partly compensating for the tepid wage growth that many of them have suffered during the past two decades. And I don’t agree with friends of mine who turn their noses down at Wal-Mart stores, and claim never to have visited one.
我对巨型零售商店并不抱有成见。他们对低收入消费者而言是一个佳音，在某种程度上弥补了过去二十年中他们中的许多人所忍受的缓慢工资增长。我有些朋友对沃尔玛店不屑一顾，宣称从来没有在那里购物，我也不赞同他们。作为一个消费者，我认为巨型零售店是一件好事。对于美国的贸易伙伴来说它们无疑也是好事，仅仅沃尔玛一家就占美国进口中国商品的10％以上。