CNN News:美國今年“黑色星期五”消費比去年低 弗格森暴亂仍未休止

Welcome back to CNN STUDENT NEWS into the first day of December. I`m Carl Azuz kicking off ten minutes of commercial free current events.

歡迎收看十二月份第一天的CNN學生新聞，我是Carl Azuz。這里是十分鐘不含商業(yè)廣告的時事新聞。

First up, Black Friday. It ain`t what it used to be. Traditionally, one of the busiest shopping days of the year in the U.S. It`s losing a little ground to Thanksgiving Thursday.

首先來說一說黑色星期五，并不像往常一樣。按照傳統(tǒng)，是美國一年一度最繁忙的購物日，稍稍遜于周四的感恩節(jié)。

This year, a company that tracks retail sales found that American spending had increased on Thanksgiving Day and slightly decreased on Black Friday. As compared with last year.

今年公司跟蹤調(diào)查顯示美國人在感恩節(jié)消費量比黑色星期五消費量稍稍高一些。數(shù)據(jù)來源于今年消費量與去年消費量相比。

There are also changes in where people shopped. Sales at brick and mortar stores, the ones you can actually visit, were reportedly less than they were last year. Sales online were mixed. The National Retail Federation says all things considered, the average American shopper spent just over $380 this holiday weekend. That`s down from $407 last year.

關于消費者購物的地點也有變化。往年消費者經(jīng)常光顧的B&M商店今年銷售量有所下降，網(wǎng)上購物也加入了搶購狂潮。國家零售聯(lián)合會表示已經(jīng)料到會有這種結果，今年美國消費者在這個周末平均消費了380美元，比去年407美元低。

Economists watch retail spending to get an idea of how the U.S. economy is doing.

經(jīng)濟學家根據(jù)零售支出狀況得出了美國目前的經(jīng)濟狀況。

When we left you last week, violent protests had begun in Ferguson, Missouri. Many of the demonstrators had wanted a white police officer, Darren Wilson, to be charged in the fatal shooting of a black 18-year old Michael Brown. But a grand jury decided not to charge Officer Wilson after hearing evidence and accounts from witnesses and police.

上個星期結束的時候密蘇里州弗格森已經(jīng)再次發(fā)生暴亂，眾多抗議者希望警員威爾遜因射殺18歲布朗被判刑。但是大陪審團根據(jù)目擊證人和警員提供的證據(jù)表示不會對警員威爾遜提出指控。

Hundreds of protesters have been arrested, both in the town of Ferguson and in several other U.S. cities where people demonstrated against the grand jury decision. Over the weekend, the policeman resigned from his job. Darren Wilson said it was for the safety of other officers and the community, and that he hoped it would help Ferguson heal.

判決一經(jīng)發(fā)出引發(fā)抗議者對判決的不滿，警方逮捕了數(shù)百名弗格森和其他城市抗議者。經(jīng)過一個周末，警員辭去了他的工作。威爾遜說這是出去其他警員的安全和社區(qū)安全考慮，他希望他的辭職會撫平弗格森的傷痕。

While the demonstrations in other cities have mostly been peaceful, those in Ferguson have not.

其他城市的暴亂大部分已經(jīng)停止，唯獨弗格森還沒有消停的跡象。