77.Why rush to buy toilet paper

Why rush to buy toilet paper?

An interesting phenomenon novel coronavirus pneumonia, many countries often panic buying toilet paper. Strange, we can all understand the rush to buy masks, food, drinking water and disinfection products. What can we do with toilet paper? Scholars also wonder.

I see that they offer several explanations. One is that as soon as you enter the supermarket, you will see the largest volume of toilet paper. There are a lot of rolls. It's easy to empty a row of shelves. Later, people mistakenly think that someone else is rushing to buy toilet paper, so they immediately follow up and everyone grabs it.

However, I agree with another explanation that toilet paper is a necessity, a consumable and a cheap one. Therefore, it is the easiest thing for people with a rush buying mentality to rush to buy toilet paper when they enter the supermarket. Because it doesn't cost much, it won't waste, it will be used anyway.

This action, in essence, is to satisfy their own desire to buy on the line.

为什么抢购​“卫生纸”？

一个有意思的现象，这次新冠肺炎期间，很多国家的人往往抢购卫生纸。奇怪，抢购口罩、食物、饮水、消毒用品我们都能理解，这卫生纸有啥可抢的？学者们也很纳闷。

我看到它们提出了好几种解释。有一种是说，你一进超市，看到的商品卫生纸占的体积最大，几卷就是一大堆，一排货架很容易就抢空了，后来的人一看，误以为别人抢购卫生纸，所以马上也跟进，大家都抢。

但是，我更认可另外一种解释，说卫生纸是必需品，也是消耗品，还便宜，所以有抢购心态的人进到超市之后，最容易不过脑子就开始抢购的，就是卫生纸。因为花不了多少钱，还不会浪费，反正会用嘛。

这个行动，本质上就是满足一下自己的抢购欲就行了。

重点词汇

panic buying 抢购

toilet paper 卫生纸 ; 手纸

drinking water 饮用水

see that 要注意使…，务必使…

as soon as 立刻 ; 一…就…

There are 有 ; 可数名词的复数形式 ; 许多重要事情要谈

someone else 别人

follow up 在…后做 ; 追查 ; 将…深入下去 ; 对…采取进一步行动

agree with 与某人一致，同意，赞同某人的意见agree with通常不用于进行体，也不用于被动结构。 ; 与…相符，与…一致 ; 适合于

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