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.
在迎来黑色星期五,而距离圣诞节还有29个购物日的时候,英国亚马逊八家仓库的工作人员已卯足了劲迎战上百万笔订单的蜂拥而来。

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员们正分秒必争地打包着快递,因为这周末疯狂促销打折后,上百万笔订单正在袭来。

The shopping website is predicting that at least four million items will be ordered on Friday at a rate of around 47 per second.
购物网站预计在周五会有至少400万笔订单,而每秒的生成率是47笔订单。

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.
仓库中的工作人员正拿出200%的努力为这周末做准备,预测英国购物狂们将会在网上败家3亿6300万英镑。

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.
彼得伯勒的亚马逊仓库中,工作人员已经为预计是网上零售商们最忙碌的一天做足了准备,随时迎战。

 

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.
网店已经为满足其公司的季节性岗位需求和客服中心,在英国雇佣了1万3000多劳力。

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.
亚马逊已经准备好在黑色星期五的3000多笔交易量,而至少还有400万订单在筹备中。

 

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.
在亚马逊仓库中,一个包裹正在被打包。去年最忙碌的24小时里,平均每一分33秒有一辆货车离开八个英国仓库中的一个。