黑色星期五

◎供稿：Antony

感恩节过后的周五，是美版“双十一”——Black Friday，俗称“黑色星期五”，是美国人民疯狂买买买的开始。今天，我们就来跟大家聊一下美国的“黑色星期五”。

The1)traditionalholiday shopping season used to start with Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and continue up to Christmas. It’s when2)retailcompanies launch sales and shoppers go on the hunt for gifts, lines wrapping around stores, people racing down the aisles, trying to get the best deals. This was the norm and still is in some places, but with department stores and online retailers constantly changing the dates of these sales, in many cases, holding them earlier than Thanksgiving, shopping season is now a3)dynamicevent, with no fixed dates.

Black Friday sounds kind of scary, and it was especially in the old4)superstition.Black Friday first referred to the5)collapseof the U.S. gold market in 1869. A century later, Philadelphia police used Black Friday to describe6)chaosand congestion.Downtown streets were clogged with hoards of shoppers headed to the big department stores.

Retailers hated the term but then tried to reinvent it. It was the day their profits went from red to black — so they said.

Black Friday really started catching on in the 1980s and 1990s pushed by the growth of big box stores.

Today, it’s all about bargains and Black Friday’s dark roots are for the history books.

1) traditional [trə'dɪʃənl] adj. 传统的

2) retail ['ri:teɪl] n. 零售，零售的

3) dynamic [daɪ'næmɪk] adj. 动力的，动态的

4) superstition [,su:pə'stɪʃn] n. 迷信

5) collapse [kə'læps] vi. 倒塌，崩溃，暴跌

6) chaos ['keɪɒs] n. 混乱，无秩序

传统的假日购物季通常从黑色星期五开始，即感恩节第二天，然后一直持续至圣诞节。在这期间，零售商会打折，购物者则去寻找礼物、在商店排队、匆忙跑过通道以获得最佳优惠。这是以前的常态，当然在一些地区现在仍是常态，不过由于百货店和在线零售商不断更改折扣日期，在很多地方，购物季早在感恩节之前便已经开始，而且成为动态事件，没有固定的日期。

“黑色星期五”听起来可能有点儿可怕，以前的确如此，尤其在人们的古老迷信观念中。“黑色星期五”最初指1869年美国黄金市场的崩盘。一个世纪之后，费城警方用黑色星期五来形容混乱和堵塞。因为市中心街道堵满了前往大型百货商场的大量购物者。

零售商讨厌这一说法，他们试图对这种说法进行改造。那一天是他们的利润从红字变成黑字的日子—零售商们如是说。

在大卖场不断发展的推动下，“黑色星期五”在20世纪80年代至90年代开始流行。

现在，“黑色星期五”已演变为折扣季，而其黑暗的起源也已经成为历史。

词组加油站

light up 照亮；发亮

例句：Many shooting stars light up the sky.

许多流星照亮了天空。

used to do sth. 过去常常；过去曾

例句：I used to come home and act out the movie for the kids.

以前到家后，我会把电影内容再表演给孩子们看。

in full swing 在热烈进行中；处于兴盛阶段

例句：When we returned, the party was in full swing and the dance floor was crowded.

我们回来时，聚会已进入高潮，舞池里挤满了人。

catch on 时兴；流行

例句：The idea has been around for ages without catching on.

这个观点已经提出来有年头了，可是一直没被广泛接受。

名师考点小结

kind of的用法

1.kind of可以用来修饰形容词

①I’m kind of hungry.我有一点饿了。

②He was kind of strange, but I liked him.他有点怪怪的，但我还是喜欢他。

2.还可以修饰动词

I kind of like him.我有点喜欢他。

3.在修饰名词的时候，还可以有“类似；像是”这样的含义：

He gave a kind of smile and left the room. 他像是笑了笑，然后走出了房间。

4.还可以用在简短的对话中：

— Is she interested? 她感兴趣吗？

— Well, kind of. 嗯，有点儿。