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January Sales 一月大减价 (上)
Let’s go shopping! 让我们一起去购物！
沪江答题纸加载中……
For shopoholics, the post-Christmas period means only one thing – sales! Across the country, prices are______1______ on clothing, electronics, home furnishings and more, but London is the place for serious shopping, and you can certainly pick up some amazing bargains.
The sales start on Boxing Day - 26th December, and continue for the month of January, but the keenest______2______ get there early to be first through the doors. In Oxford Street queues formed outside shops ahead of pre-dawn openings for the start of their sales. At Brent Cross, in north London, more than 1,000 people were queuing at 3.30am for the 'Next' clothing store's sale which began at 4am. Some______3______ even camped outside the shops to be first in the line.
Consumers who______4______ were rewarded with discounts of as much as 80% as department stores joined the sales frenzy. The shops are absolutely heaving as the sales ______5______, with more than half a million people converging on London's West End.
参与方式：1.听短文，填出文章中空缺单词。
2.根据短文大意，判断句子对错。
1）The January sales actually start before the end of December. True / False
2）The shops opened for the sales at 9am. True / False
以下为回复可见内容
1. slashed
2. bargain hunters
3. hardy individuals
4. hit the shops
5. got into full swing 1.True 2.False
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shopoholics 购物狂
prices are slashed 大幅度减价
bargains 廉价或减价的货品
bargain hunters 专拣便宜货的人
pre-dawn 天亮前的
hardy 耐寒的，能吃苦的
individuals 个人
camped 露营
hit the shops 去商店
sales frenzy 疯狂的购买减价商品
heaving 人声鼎沸
got into full swing 达到购买高潮
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posted on 2008-01-07 15:03
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