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.

網(wǎng)購星期一指的是定在感恩節(jié)后那個星期一的購物節(jié)。在這一天，網(wǎng)上購物的人會享受到大幅折扣。

因此，數(shù)以千萬計的人在這一天參與進來為自己買東西，或者為假日購物季尋找最好的禮物。它過去只是美國的節(jié)日，但現(xiàn)在全世界都在慶祝。

“網(wǎng)購星期一”一詞首次用于2005 年的假日購物季。這個術(shù)語的出現(xiàn)是因為有研究表明，感恩節(jié)后的那個星期一是假日季最繁忙的網(wǎng)絡購物日之一。

美國人通常會在感恩節(jié)逛商店，然后在接下來的那個周一尋找他們在實體店見過的線上產(chǎn)品。他們會在網(wǎng)上以折扣價購買。

雖然這個購物節(jié)日起源于美國，但它已經(jīng)在全世界流行起來。現(xiàn)在不僅是北美，亞洲、中東、南美、澳大利亞和歐洲也都在慶祝這個節(jié)日。

人們相信，更多的人喜歡在網(wǎng)購星期一上網(wǎng)購物，因為這比在黑色星期五購物更便宜、更方便。

網(wǎng)購星期一不是公共假日，所以在這天所有的商店都開門營業(yè)，大多數(shù)人照常上班。有些在網(wǎng)購星期一當天想找便宜貨但又要工作的人會上網(wǎng)購物，而他們一般用的是辦公室的網(wǎng)絡。因此，如果被發(fā)現(xiàn)，他們很容易丟掉工作。

▏Notes

1. cyber 與網(wǎng)絡有關的

2. online 產(chǎn)品服務或信息；在線的；網(wǎng)上的. 在網(wǎng)上

3. discount 減價；折扣discounted . 已貼現(xiàn)的；已折扣的

4. term 詞語；術(shù)語

5. immediately 緊接地；緊靠地

6. browse 在商店里隨便看看；在網(wǎng)上瀏覽信息

7. product 產(chǎn)品；制品

8. brick-and-mortar 有實體的

9. convenient 方便的；便利的

10. bargain 便宜貨；減價品