Cyber Monday 网购星期一

Cyber Monday is a shopping holiday on the Monday following Thanksgiving. Itis a day on which people shopping online2 will get big discounts3

As a result， tens of millions of people take part in on this day to buy things forthemselves or to find the best gift for the holiday shopping season. It was once anAmerican holiday， but it is now celebrated all over the world.

The term4 Cyber Monday was first used for the 2005 holiday shopping season.This term came out because study had shown that one of the busiest onlineshopping days of the holiday season was the Monday immediately5 afterThanksgiving.

Americans usually would browse6 in stores on Thanksgiving and then， on thefollowing Monday， would look for the online products7 they had seen in brick-andmortar8stores. They would buy them at discounted prices online.

While this shopping holiday started in the United States， it has since becomepopular in the world. Now it is celebrated not only in North America but also inAsia， the Middle East， South America， Australia， and Europe.

It is believed that more people like to shop online on Cyber Monday because itis much cheaper and more convenient9 than shopping on Black Friday.

Cyber Monday is not a public holiday， so all businesses are open on this dayand most people go to work as usual. Some people who are looking for bargains10 onCyber Monday and have to work that day do shopping online. They usually use theInternet in their office. So it is easy for them to lose their jobs if they get caught.

网购星期一指的是定在感恩节后那个星期一的购物节。在这一天，网上购物的人会享受到大幅折扣。

因此，数以千万计的人在这一天参与进来为自己买东西，或者为假日购物季寻找最好的礼物。它过去只是美国的节日，但现在全世界都在庆祝。

“网购星期一”一词首次用于2005 年的假日购物季。这个术语的出现是因为有研究表明，感恩节后的那个星期一是假日季最繁忙的网络购物日之一。

美国人通常会在感恩节逛商店，然后在接下来的那个周一寻找他们在实体店见过的线上产品。他们会在网上以折扣价购买。

虽然这个购物节日起源于美国，但它已经在全世界流行起来。现在不仅是北美，亚洲、中东、南美、澳大利亚和欧洲也都在庆祝这个节日。

人们相信，更多的人喜欢在网购星期一上网购物，因为这比在黑色星期五购物更便宜、更方便。

网购星期一不是公共假日，所以在这天所有的商店都开门营业，大多数人照常上班。有些在网购星期一当天想找便宜货但又要工作的人会上网购物，而他们一般用的是办公室的网络。因此，如果被发现，他们很容易丢掉工作。

▏Notes

1. cyber 与网络有关的

2. online 产品服务或信息；在线的；网上的. 在网上

3. discount 减价；折扣discounted . 已贴现的；已折扣的

4. term 词语；术语

5. immediately 紧接地；紧靠地

6. browse 在商店里随便看看；在网上浏览信息

7. product 产品；制品

8. brick-and-mortar 有实体的

9. convenient 方便的；便利的

10. bargain 便宜货；减价品