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One of the biggest shopping days of the year has brought out millions of bargain hunters across the world. The day is called Black Friday. Real and online stores offer discounts of up to 70 per cent on thousands of items. It is traditionally a big shopping day in the USA, but four years ago it crossed the Atlantic and is now huge in the U.K. It has become so popular in Britain that police had to be called to four supermarkets just after midnight on Friday (the bargains went on sale at one minute past midnight). Police were worried about shoppers getting crushed in the crowds. A police spokesman said: "Officers have worked with store staff to ensure that sale-goers were able to enter and exit the stores safely."

While shoppers in the U.K. were happy to head to the shops, many store workers in the USA were angry. Many stores decided to start Black Friday a day early, which was on the US celebration of Thanksgiving. Store employees and shoppers thought it was wrong for stores to ask employees to work on Thanksgiving, which is traditionally a time for people to spend with their family. A 'Boycott Black Thursday' Facebook page has more than 114,000 likes. Many big stores, such as Costco and IKEA did not open. CNN reports that there are over 60 petitions on the website Change.org trying to get stores and customers to change Black Friday. They want a bigger focus on family instead of profits.

中文翻译

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重点讲解

1.bring out出版，生产；使显示；说出

Surround yourself with people who love and respect you. Choose to be with the people who bring out the best in you.

和那些爱你尊重你的人在一起，选择那些可以让你最好一面展示出来的人在一起Y5&KW=N+RqA;。

2.up to 一直到；相当于；忙于…，在做…；由…决定的

What are they up to?

他们安的是什么心?

3.head to 朝某地走去

Yet every part of the body—from the head to the toes and everything in between—is important.

身体的每一个部位——从头到脚以及之间的所有——都是重要的yCh^GzoBD5D!VAm。

4.instead of代替；而不是…

Why don't you play football instead of just looking on?

你为什么不参加踢足球而只是看热闹?

听力题目

1.How many bargain hunters went shopping in the UK and USA?

a) hundreds of thousands

b) millions

c) thousands

d) billion

2.How big were the discounts on offer?

a) not so big

b) 50-60%

c) up to 70%

d) 25%

3.When did Black Friday first start in the UK?

a) 1999

b) this year was the first time

c) last year

d) four years ago

4.At what time did the sales in the UK start?

a) three in the afternoon

b) 12.01 am

c) mid-day

d) midnight

5.What did police worry might happen to the crowds of shoppers?

a) they would get crushed

b) they would steal things

c) there would be a terror alert

d) they would not find a bargain

6.How did many workers in the USA feel?

a) angry

b) fed up with sales

c) very happy

d) bored

7.How early did Black Friday start in the USA?

a) 3 months early

b) very early

c) 6 am

d) a day early

8.How many likes on Facebook does an anti-Black Thursday page have?

a) 140,000

b) 1.4 million

c) 114,000

d) 14 million

9.How many Black Friday petitions are there online?

a) 6,000

b) 600

c) 16

d) over 60

10.What do people want a bigger focus on?

a) holidays

b) family

c) money

d) eyes

听力答案

1.b

2.c

3.d

4.b

5.a

6.a

7.d

8.c

9.d

10.b