The first Buy Nothing Day was celebrated in September 1992. In 1997, it was changed to the Friday following Thanksgiving in November. Soon after, it gained the support of Adbusters, a Canadian media company questioning the importance that cultures give to advertising and shopping. When the group tried to place commercials on television, the only major TV network that accepted them was CNN. Despite these attempts to silence the movement, it spread to the US, Germany, Japan, and several other countries worldwide.

第一個不消費日是於1992年九月舉辦的。1997年,它改為十一月感恩節之後的星期五。不久之後,它獲得一間質疑廣告和購物文化重要性的傳播公司「廣告剋星媒體基金會」的支持。當此團體嘗試將宣傳廣告置入於電視時,唯一一家接受他們的主要電視聯播網只有 CNN 而已。儘管試圖壓制這場運動,它還是傳到了美國、德國、日本及全球其他幾個國家。

生活必備字詞:
following prep. 在. . . 之後
support n. 支持
advertising n. 廣告(業)(不可數)
commercial n. 電視廣告(可數)
silence vt. 壓制;壓下

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