建筑商建造的是一个塑料湖而不是他们的照片所展示的真湖

当房主们意识到他们的建筑商建造的是一个塑料湖而不是他们的照片所展示的真湖时，他们义愤填膺

Quick, if I say ‘lake,’ what are the first three words that pop into your head? Don’t overthink things, just say them out loud. Odds are, you probably said ‘blue,’ ‘water,’ and ‘wet.’ Which is completely natural because lakes are full of blue water which is wet. Duh. However, it’s not so obvious to some developers in China.

快问快答，如果我说‘湖’，你最先想到的三个字是什么?不要想太多，大声说出来就好。你可能会说“蓝色”、“水”和“湿的”。“这是完全自然的，因为湖泊里充满了潮湿的蓝色水。咄。然而，对中国的一些开发商来说，这并不那么明显。

Developers from Changsha, Hunan, used an advertisement to trick homeowners into thinking that by buying an apartment in their building, they’d be living next to a park with a small lake in the middle of it. Well, the reality was as different as a mirage is from an oasis. Instead of a picturesque lake, homeowners found themselves living next to a ‘lake’ made of blue plastic covering, meant to mimic water.

来自湖南长沙的开发商利用一则广告来欺骗房主，让他们以为如果在自己的大楼里买房，他们就住在一个公园旁边，公园中间有一个小湖。但是，现实就像海市蜃楼，和绿洲大不相同。不是一个风景如画的湖，房主们发现自己住在一个用蓝色塑料覆盖的“湖”旁边，这个“湖”是用来模拟水的。

Let’s get something straight: just because you make it blue doesn’t mean it’s a lake. Some other things that are blue but aren’t a lake include: the sky, The Smurfs, blueberries, and whales.

让我们搞清楚一些事情:仅仅因为你把它变成蓝色并不意味着它是一个湖。其他一些蓝色但不是湖的东西包括:天空、蓝精灵、蓝莓和鲸鱼。

200 homeowners in Changsha, China, were angry to learn that the lake they were promised…

中国长沙的200名房主得知他们小区湖的真相后非常愤怒

…was fake and actually made of blue plastic!

是假的，实际上是用蓝色塑料做的!

Around 200 homeowners were disappointed to find out that ads for the man-made lake were a lie. The weird thing is, the developers even built a bridge across the fake lake. If they put in the effort to do that, why couldn’t they have simply created the lake as well?

约200名房主失望地发现，人工湖的广告是假的。奇怪的是，开发商甚至在假湖上建了一座桥。如果他们努力这么做，为什么他们就不能简单地创造出这个湖呢?

The developers promised their clients a park view and instead cut corners

开发商向他们的客户承诺可以看到公园景观，但却走了捷径

“So I’m supposed to be standing in the middle of blue water, which in fact doesn’t exist. There is no rock or plants,” one Chinese homeowner told the media.

“所以我应该站在蓝蓝的水中间，而事实上，蓝蓝的水并不存在。没有石头和植物，”一位中国房主告诉媒体。

South China Morning Post, property developers are getting more and more complaints from homeowners about safety standards and the quality of buildings.

据《南华早报》报道，房地产开发商收到越来越多的业主对安全标准和建筑质量的投诉。

Developers are rushing to sell as many properties as they can, which means some of them are cutting corners and putting lives at risk. In other words, there is a ‘build fast and sell fast’ approach being taken.

开发商们争先恐后地出售尽可能多的房产，这意味着其中一些开发商走捷径，置生命于危险之中。换句话说，现在有一种“快速构建和快速销售”的方法。

Dear Pandas, what do you think of the developers tricking the homeowners by creating a fake lake? Do you think that they should build a real park as an apology? What are some of your favorite things that are blue but aren’t lakes? Have you been told by developers that you’d be living near a park only to have them build a supermarket where it should have been? Share your thoughts with us in the comments and let us know if you’ve ever been on the receiving end of fake ads.

亲爱的读者们，你觉得开发商造了一个假湖来欺骗房主怎么样?你认为他们应该建一个真正的公园作为道歉吗?你最喜欢的蓝色但不是湖的东西是什么?开发商有没有告诉过你，你会住在公园附近，结果却让他们在本该建公园的地方建了一个超市?请在评论中与我们分享你的想法，让我们知道你是否曾经收到过虚假广告。

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