【读新闻学英语】为省钱购物吃泡面吃进医院，中国女生拿命血拼双十一！

By 新西兰先驱报中文网· 2018年11月25日 23:09

A university student's plan to save money by eating only instant noodles ended up backfiring after she was hospitalised three weeks into her unorthodox diet.

为了省钱，一名大学生决定只吃方便面，没想到连续三周后却直接住进医院。

Backfiring：适得其反，弄巧成拙。

Unorthodox：非正统的，异端的。

Hong Jia hoped that living on the cheap, easy-to-cook meal for a few weeks would allow her to save money for Singles Day — China's version of Black Friday, however she ended up having to spend all the cash she'd squirrelled away on medical bills instead.

洪佳（音译）打算在几周内都靠便宜、速食的方便面为生，这样一来，就能省下钱在双十一购物，可最后所有钱都花在了医疗费上。

Squirrel away：储存

Jia first made news headlines in China at the start of November, when it was revealed that she had been eating only instant noodles since October 15.

11月初，洪佳的故事首次在中国媒体曝光。那时，她已经连续吃了半个月方便面。

News headline：新闻头条

In a viral video, she said she had managed to save 749 yuan (NZ$159) by switching to the ultra-cheap diet, money that she planned to spend in a shopping spree on November 11th.

在一则广泛流传的视频中，她宣称自己已经通过吃方便面成功省下749元（约合159纽币）。所有省下的钱她都打算用来在双十一期间来一次疯狂购物。

Viral video：病毒视频

Shopping spree：疯狂购物

Unfortunately for Jia, the savings she'd made were wiped out after she came down with a high fever and was admitted to hospital.

不幸的是，洪佳随后发了一场高烧，并被送入医院，之前苦心省下的钱瞬间化为泡影。

Wipe out：消灭，彻底摧毁。

Be admitted to：加入，进入。

"The IV drips cost me more than 1,000 yuan (NZ$212) and medicine cost more than 100 yuan (NZ$21)," she told reporters.

接受记者采访时，她透露“静脉注射花了超过1000元（212纽币），而药费则花了100多元（21纽币）。”

IV drips：静脉注射

The cause of her illness was still unclear, but Jia acknowledged that "eating only noodles" may have been a factor.

目前，病因尚不明确，但洪佳承认“只吃方便面”有可能是诱因之一。