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Only a fool pays big money for the real thing when you can get stuff on the street for a fraction of the price. No one's going to know the difference and besides, it doesn't do anyone any harm. does it?
Sadly, it's not quite that simple. Counterfeit goods are a serious problem for the big brand name manufacturers. "Although none of the big companies would admit how much they are losing, it clearly runs into millions of pound every year," says John Anderson, executive secretary of the Anti-Counterfeiting Group, a body that represents around 200 major brands in the UK.
"You can buy a bag of fake Lacoste crocodiles in a market in some foreign country and just sew them on to a bunch of cheap T-shirts." Anderson says, "The products are often very poor quality, and you have no right to return those kinds of goods to the shop afterwards if they run to the wash or something"
Although few people are likely to feel sorry for brand name manufacturers, the problem goes deeper than that. "A fake T-shirt is not going to kill you, but you could die if the profits from that shirt go into making fake pharmaceuticals. We have evidence that there is money – laundering going on and a lot of the profits often go back into drug-dealing" says Anderson.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Group is convinced that most fake products are directly linked to organized crime and terrorism and there is strong anecdotal evidence to support this claim.
Trading of goods often works like this. The counterfeit traders operate from small portable crates, mostly selling fake perfumes and T-shirts. Three or four of them work a patch and the cash is held by a money man who watches over his team.
The money man hands out cash to his stooges, often women, who gather round traders pretending to feverishly buy the fake goods. The stooge's job is to whip up interest from the public
Each time the trader runs out of goods he gets more from a van parked out of sight nearby. At the first sign of trouble, the traders whip away their crates and disappear. Policing the counterfeit is not easy.
So while the cunning counterfeiters continue to escape the law, black-market shoppers will still be able to look like a million dollars on the cheap. But at what cost to the rest of us?
The article suggests that
A. we should feel sorry for the big companies
B. counterfeit goods help us look smart
C. counterfeit goods are linked to other crimes
D. counterfeit goods are made in foreign countries
Only a fool pays big money for the real thing when you can get stuff on the street for a fraction of the price. No one's going to know the difference and besides, it doesn't do anyone any harm. does it?
Sadly, it's not quite that simple. Counterfeit goods are a serious problem for the big brand name manufacturers. "Although none of the big companies would admit how much they are losing, it clearly runs into millions of pound every year," says John Anderson, executive secretary of the Anti-Counterfeiting Group, a body that represents around 200 major brands in the UK.
"You can buy a bag of fake Lacoste crocodiles in a market in some foreign country and just sew them on to a bunch of cheap T-shirts." Anderson says, "The products are often very poor quality, and you have no right to return those kinds of goods to the shop afterwards if they run to the wash or something"
Although few people are likely to feel sorry for brand name manufacturers, the problem goes deeper than that. "A fake T-shirt is not going to kill you, but you could die if the profits from that shirt go into making fake pharmaceuticals. We have evidence that there is money – laundering going on and a lot of the profits often go back into drug-dealing" says Anderson.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Group is convinced that most fake products are directly linked to organized crime and terrorism and there is strong anecdotal evidence to support this claim.
Trading of goods often works like this. The counterfeit traders operate from small portable crates, mostly selling fake perfumes and T-shirts. Three or four of them work a patch and the cash is held by a money man who watches over his team.
The money man hands out cash to his stooges, often women, who gather round traders pretending to feverishly buy the fake goods. The stooge's job is to whip up interest from the public
Each time the trader runs out of goods he gets more from a van parked out of sight nearby. At the first sign of trouble, the traders whip away their crates and disappear. Policing the counterfeit is not easy.
So while the cunning counterfeiters continue to escape the law, black-market shoppers will still be able to look like a million dollars on the cheap. But at what cost to the rest of us?
The article suggests that
A. we should feel sorry for the big companies
B. counterfeit goods help us look smart
C. counterfeit goods are linked to other crimes
D. counterfeit goods are made in foreign countries
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích: Bài viết gợi ý rằng, __________
A. chúng ta nên cảm thấy tiếc cho các công ti lớn
B. hàng giả giúp chúng ta trông thông minh
C. hàng giả liên quan đến một số vấn nạn khác
D. hàng giả được làm ở nước ngoài
Thông tin: "A fake T-shirts is not going to kill you, but you could die if the profits from that shirt go into making fake pharmaceuticals. We have evidence that there is money – laundering going on and a lot of the profits often go back into drug-dealing"
Tạm dịch: "Một chiếc áo phông giả sẽ không giết chết bạn, nhưng bạn có thể chết nếu lợi nhuận từ chiếc áo đó biến thành dược phẩm giả. Chúng tôi có bằng chứng cho thấy có tiền - hoạt động rửa tiền đang diễn ra và rất nhiều lợi nhuận thường quay trở lại với việc buôn bán ma túy"
Giải thích: Bài viết gợi ý rằng, __________
A. chúng ta nên cảm thấy tiếc cho các công ti lớn
B. hàng giả giúp chúng ta trông thông minh
C. hàng giả liên quan đến một số vấn nạn khác
D. hàng giả được làm ở nước ngoài
Thông tin: "A fake T-shirts is not going to kill you, but you could die if the profits from that shirt go into making fake pharmaceuticals. We have evidence that there is money – laundering going on and a lot of the profits often go back into drug-dealing"
Tạm dịch: "Một chiếc áo phông giả sẽ không giết chết bạn, nhưng bạn có thể chết nếu lợi nhuận từ chiếc áo đó biến thành dược phẩm giả. Chúng tôi có bằng chứng cho thấy có tiền - hoạt động rửa tiền đang diễn ra và rất nhiều lợi nhuận thường quay trở lại với việc buôn bán ma túy"
Đáp án C.