维护消费者合法权益，3.15

维护消费者合法权益

1. Show your understanding of the meaning of the picture below

2. State the harmful effects of fake and inferior products

3. Suggest ways to fight against fake and inferior products

正如所给的图画所描绘的，我国社会主义市场经济正在迅速发展，就像一辆高速行驶的卡车。但是公众惊讶地发现，越来越多的假冒伪劣产品严重地阻碍了我国市场经济的发展。消费者必须经常谨慎地去购买他们所需的货物或服务，否则他们会落入制假人所设的陷阱。

毫无疑问，假冒伪劣产品极其有害.首先,它们危害人民的健康,引发了许多伤害事故.例如,伪劣药品不仅使病人恶化,而且往往会威胁病人的生命,更糟的是，导致病人的死亡。其次，假冒伪劣产品通常廉价出售。在许多情况下，它们有干扰了我国正常的经济秩序，影响了许多高质量产品的销路。这在很大程度上阻碍了我国社会主义市场经济的健康发展，并损害了我们国家的利益。因此，我们可以说，假冒伪劣产品是我们健康经济中的一颗“毒瘤”，对此必须尽快清除。

依我看，必须采取若干措施来与假冒伪劣产品斗争。一方面，制假者必须依法严惩。另一方面，由于市场的日益复杂化消费者常会遇到欺诈行为。虽然有法律保护消费者，但是没有足够数量的执法者来处理市场的全部流弊。所以，消费者应该学会辨别真假。只有这样，消费者才能维护他们的合法权益

As the picture given depicts, the socialist market-oriented economy in our country is developing rapidly, just like a truck running at a high speed. But the general public is surprised to find that there are more and more fake and inferior products seriously hampering the expansion of our marker economy. Consumers have to be very careful in purchasing goods and services they need; otherwise they will fall into the traps set by the illegal manufacturers who make fake and inferior products.

There is no doubt that fake and inferior products are extremely harmful. In the first place, they endanger people’s health, giving rise to a lot of injury accidents. For instance, inferior-quality medicines not only aggravate a patient’s condition, but also tend to threaten his life and, what’s worse, to result in his death. Secondly, fake and inferior products are usually sold on the cheap. In many cases they interfere with the normal economic order in our country, affecting the market of many high-quality goods. This in a great degree, hinders the development of our socialist market economy and harms the interests of our state. Therefore, we can say that fake and inferior products are a dangerous “tumor” in our healthy economy, which must be cut away as soon possible.

In my opinion, several strong measures should be adopted to fight against fake and inferior products. On the one hand, those who make them must be severely punished by the law. On the other hand, due to the growing complexity of the market, consumers are often faced with deceptive practices. Although there are laws designed to protect consumers, there is not a sufficient number of law enforcers to cover all the abuses of the marketplace. Hence, consumers should learn to discern between true and false. Only in this way can they defend their own legal rights and interests.