購物狂潮來襲 黑色星期五的敗家趴
作者:滬江英語
來源:每日郵報(bào)
2014-11-28 10:02
Black Friday
Staff at one of Amazon's eight UK?warehouses?are preparing for millions of orders to pour in during the lead up to Black Friday as only 29 shopping days remain until Christmas.
在迎來黑色星期五,而距離圣誕節(jié)還有29個(gè)購物日的時(shí)候,英國亞馬遜八家倉庫的工作人員已卯足了勁迎戰(zhàn)上百萬筆訂單的蜂擁而來。
Workers at the firm's Peterborough site are packing deliveries around the clock as millions are expected to take advantage of big discounts on goods at the end of this week.
彼得伯勒站的工作人員們正分秒必爭地打包著快遞,因?yàn)檫@周末瘋狂促銷打折后,上百萬筆訂單正在襲來。
The shopping website is predicting that at least four million items will be ordered on Friday at a rate of around 47 per second.
購物網(wǎng)站預(yù)計(jì)在周五會(huì)有至少400萬筆訂單,而每秒的生成率是47筆訂單。
Amazon warehouse
Staff at the warehouse are working flat out in preparation for the end of the week, when it is estimated British shoppers will spend £363million online.
倉庫中的工作人員正拿出200%的努力為這周末做準(zhǔn)備,預(yù)測英國購物狂們將會(huì)在網(wǎng)上敗家3億6300萬英鎊。
Peterborough warehouse
Staff prepare to start their shift at the Amazon warehouse in Peterborough as they get ready for what is predicted to be the online retailer's busiest ever day.
彼得伯勒的亞馬遜倉庫中,工作人員已經(jīng)為預(yù)計(jì)是網(wǎng)上零售商們最忙碌的一天做足了準(zhǔn)備,隨時(shí)迎戰(zhàn)。
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The busy staffs
The online store has also hired more than 13,000 people across the UK for seasonal positions with the company in their fulfilment and customer service centres.
網(wǎng)店已經(jīng)為滿足其公司的季節(jié)性崗位需求和客服中心,在英國雇傭了1萬3000多勞力。
Amazon is ready
Amazon are preparing to offer more than 3,000 deals on Black Friday with at least four million orders expected to be placed.
亞馬遜已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好在黑色星期五的3000多筆交易量,而至少還有400萬訂單在籌備中。
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Wrapping package
An order is wrapped and packaged at the Amazon warehouse. During the site's busiest 24 hours last year, a lorry left one of their eight UK fulfilment centres on average every one minute and 33 seconds.
在亞馬遜倉庫中,一個(gè)包裹正在被打包。去年最忙碌的24小時(shí)里,平均每一分33秒有一輛貨車離開八個(gè)英國倉庫中的一個(gè)。