Unfortunately, it's hard to escape the trap of materialism, and find happiness in other ways than buying stuff online or finding joy in the mall.

不幸的是，逃离物质主义的困境，通过不是在网上购买东西和在购物商场的乐趣中找到快乐是很难的。

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Under plans they outlined in online forums, the vendors pledged to make purchases at the online stores of larger Taobao Mall members, then complain or ask for refunds.

根据商家在网络论坛中公布的计划，他们誓言在较大的淘宝会员网店中买东西，然后投诉或要求退货。

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And it has grown at a dizzying pace: 56m people use its business-to-business website, it claims, and 370m use Taobao, its online mall.

它成长于一个令人眩晕的速度：5千6百万的人使用它的B2B网站平台，它声称，并且3亿7千万人使用它的在线商城淘宝网。

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The only way you are going to know about that sale is to sign up for its mailing list at the mall office or online.

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