2017考研备考英语阅读题源经济学人文章：Black Friday

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2017
考研备考英语阅读题源经济学人文
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Black Friday


Black Friday


黑色星期五



The long weekend


漫长的周末



A new, earlier discount frenzy grips Christmasshoppers


新一轮提前促销打折狂潮吸引了众多圣诞购物者



THE rhythms of Christmas used to be so simple. Buypresents in December, eat and drink too
much,
return
unwanted
gifts,
then
hunt
bargains
inthe
January
sales.
Such
habits
may
now
be
altered by the arrival on British shores of BlackFriday, an American retail phenomenon.


圣诞的节奏一直都很单一。在
12
月 买礼物，尽情吃喝，再退还那些不中意的礼物，然
后在一月大减价之际狂购便宜货到手软。
而如 今这样的习惯，
很可能随着“黑色星期五”—
美版“双十一”—登陆不列颠海岸而悄然改变。< br>


Black
Friday
is
the
day
after
Thanksgiving.
This
year
it
falls
on
November
28th.
As
Thanksgivingday revolves around the eating, so Black Friday revolves around the shopping. It has
becomethe
biggest
day
of
the
year
for
American
retailers
as
they
discount
thousands
of
products,kick-starting the Christmas shopping season. According to one story the name thus refers
toshops
doing
such
booming
trade
that
they
go
from
the
red
into
the
black.
It
might
equally
benamed because of the casualty rate. Shoppers get hurt in the stampede for bargains. Somehave
even died.

“黑色星期五”就是每年感恩节之后的第一天。今年就是
11
月
28
日。 像感恩节的主题
是美食一样，
“黑色星期五”的主题便是购物。因在“黑色星期五”商家们会给 成千上万的
商品大打折扣开启圣诞购物季，
由此这一天成了美国零售商们每年最盛大的一天，< br>有一种说
法是，这个名字正说明了那些在这天生意异常兴隆的商家大额进账，转亏为盈
(
红色记录赤
字，黑色记录盈利
)
。还有一种说法是因为在这天的伤亡率。顾客 们会在争抢折扣商品的拥
堵人群中受伤。有些人甚至会为此丧命。



Since they do not celebrate Thanksgiving, Brits had never taken to Black Friday, until last
,
some
British
retailers
joined
American-owned
companies
like
Amazon
to
introduce
bigsavings.
This
year
many
more
have
embraced
it.
Visa
Europe
predicts
that
shoppers
will
spend6,000
per
second
on
the
day.
John
Lewis,
a
big
London
department
store,
is
opening
for
itslongest day ever, from 8am to 10pm.


因为从来不过感恩节，
所以去年之前英国人 对黑色星期五一直无感。
而其后，
部分英国
零售商加盟了类似亚马逊这种美国公司来引 进各种省钱方式。
在今年，
已有更多的零售商投
入到这些公司的怀抱。据维信欧洲(VisaEurope
，信用卡集团
)
预测，在黑色星期五这一天，
购 物者们将每秒消费
6000
英镑。英国一家大型零售商店约翰·路易斯，在这天也会迎来其
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史上营业时间最长的一天，从早
8
点直至晚上
10
点。



With
such
demand,
why
stop
at
one
day?
Most
retailers
are
now
stretching
it
into
the
followingweek,
at
least
until
Cyber
Monday.
That's
the
day
after
the
Black
Friday
weekend
whenshoppers are supposed to go crazy online, although John Lewis reckons they won't be able
towait that long.
Last
year,
its
mobile traffic in the peak hour 7-8am was fourteen times higher
onBlack Friday than anything it had seen before.


有这般需求，
为何只做一天
?如今，
许多零售商正在将这购物狂潮延伸至
“黑色星期五”
后的一周，至少延至“ 网络星期一”。“网络星期一”是“黑色星期五”周末后的第一天，
在这天购物者会在网络上疯狂购买，
尽管约翰·
路易斯断言顾客们不可能等那么久还如此疯
狂购物。去年“黑色星期五”这 天，约翰·路易斯在早高峰
7
点至
8
点间的移动流量是以往
所见任何 数据要高出十四倍。



For
retailers,
it
all
gets
people
into
the
buying
mood
for
Christmas
early.
The
only
worry,
arguesJoshua Bamfield of the Centre for Retail Research, is that shoppers might be loth to fork out
atregular prices when the discounts end.


对零售商来说，
“黑色星期五”
早早的将大众的圣诞购物情绪调 动起来了。来自零售研
究中心的约书亚班菲尔德认为，
唯一担忧的是，
购物者们很可能 在打折结束后不愿以正常价
格购买物品。



to
涉及
;
指的是



By way of illustration I'll refer to the behavior ofrabbits.


我将举例说明兔子的行为。



The new law does not refer to land used for farming.


那条新法律并不涉及耕种用地。



e of
因为，由于



He was not a particularly good shot because of his eyesight.


他视力不好，算不上是一个出色的射手。



The man was known to the police because of previous convictions.


因为有犯罪前科，警察们都认识这个人。



least
至少
;
最低限度



Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day.


每天尽量至少吃
4
片面包。



At least three British golf courses are now owned by the Japanese.


现在英国至少有
3
家高尔夫球场为日本人所有。



e to
认为是



There's nothing to keep us here, is there?I suppose not.


这里没有什么让我们留恋的，对吧
?
我想没有。



Some, I suppose, might even be in positions to influence opinion.


有的人，我认为，甚至有可能影响舆论。


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