本来我是报名参加今天去波特兰(Portland)的,原来说要花3天2夜,因为所在的州免税,所以可以去看看买点什么。为此,还推掉了一个美国家庭的晚餐邀请,也推掉了师弟一家的邀请。结果放弃了很多火鸡肉,却没能去成波特兰:那个活动一直没消息了。
不过还有别的节目,一会儿室友们都回来以后,打算半夜去北边一个很大的直销店买东西。其实买什么自己都没想好,主要是去凑凑热闹吧,因为半夜12点开始,就进入“Black Friday”了,东西大幅打折!(可惜我已经来了两个多月了,有些东西实在挺不住,先买了,呵呵)
忽然想起来,为什么叫“Black Friday”啊?自作聪明地一想,会不会是因为大家都摸黑去抢购呢?还是到网上查查吧。
结果并非如此。以下是从别人的博客上找来的,也不翻译了,自己练练英文吧:
Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, where it is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. Since Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States, Black Friday may be as early as the 23rd and as late as the 29th of November.
Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many employees take the day off, which increases the number of potential shoppers. Retailers often decorate for the Christmas season weeks beforehand
The term "Black Friday"
The news media frequently
In many cities it is not uncommon to see shoppers lined up hours before stores with big sales open. Once inside, the stores shoppers often rush and grab, as many stores have only a few of the big draw items. [这样啊?最不喜欢干这种事情了!一会看别人冲就好了。]Electronic