12-Wednesday 购物 287词

题材： 购物　 词数： 287　 建议阅读时间： 6分钟

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It's a goal for millions and millions of families every year to keep the Christmas spending within a certain amount of money，but you can still afford the gifts because your loved ones will enjoy them．This concern is becoming greater and greater these days．Even so，there are several things that you can do to help.

Hit the sales． No one wants to get up at four o'clock in the morning and fight to get a good deal on Black Friday （the first Friday at Christmas time）．It's surely very difficult to pick up the courage and get out there in the cold for a good deal．But sometimes it can be well worth．Many retailers offer specials all through the day．Some even offer online Black Friday specials，so we may still be able to get a great deal on Black Friday.

Read advertisements regularly． Once the Christmas shopping season is coming，retailers will be hungry for business．They will try their best to get us into the store．Please read the weekly advertisements of sales among the major retailers from time to time．We may be lucky enough to find different prices for the same thing in different shops.

Shop online． Some of us don't like running from store to store to get the best price on the perfect gift．Some of us don't like to go out in the cold at all，and then，we can do online shopping.

The world of online shopping makes it possible for us to visit all the major retailers and some specialty stores on the Internet．We can find exactly what we are looking for at the best possible price without even having to leave the house．With traditional Christmas shopping，it will always take us a long time to wait if we want to get the perfect gift.

生词

concern　n． 忧虑，担心：Everybody was filled with deep concern about the doctor's competence.每个人都对这个医生的能力深感忧虑。

hit　v． 到达，抵达：We hit the main road two miles further on.两英里后我们上了大路。

retail　v． 零售：This shirt retails for eight dollars.这件衬衫零售卖8美元。‖retailer　n． 零售商，店主：A lot of money is spent by retailers on advertising.零售商在广告上花了许多钱。

special　n． 特价品，特价：Ice cream is on special this week.本周冰淇淋特价。‖specialty　n． 特产，名产；特制品：They are the largest retailer of specialty coffee in North America.他们是北美最大的特色咖啡零售商。

1．The underlined word“specials” in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A．赠品

B．奢侈品

C．特价商品

D．圣诞礼品

2．We can have more choices to get a good deal ________.

A．on the Internet

B．in specialty stores

D．from salesmen

D．from retailers

3．In this passage the writer wants to ________.

A．tell us to shop online

B．tell us the best way to do shopping

C．show us how hard it is to do Christmas shopping

D．give us advice on how to get a good deal at Christmas time

4．From the passage we can infer that ________.

A．people are surely able to get a good deal on Friday

B．it is possible for people to buy the perfect Christmas gifts with less money

C．retailers will be hungry because they are busy selling Christmas gifts

D．with traditional Christmas shopping，people can't buy the perfect gifts

参考译文

将圣诞开销控制在一定范围内是千百万个家庭年年不变的目标，但为了让心爱的人满意，你还是可以承担购买礼物的费用的。现在，人们的焦虑越来越甚，即便如此，你还是可以做几件事来帮助省钱的。

奔赴促销商店。 没人愿意为了黑色星期五（圣诞节期间的第一个周五）的购物促销就赶在早上4点起床去争取一件便宜货。鼓起勇气、冒着严寒出门抢购便宜货确实很难，但有时这样做也很值得。许多零售商在这一天都会全天推出特价商品。有些甚至在网上提供黑色星期五特价商品。因此，我们还是可以在这一天买到很多便宜货的。（“黑色星期五”是指感恩节之后的第一天。每年的11月最后一个周四是感恩节，欧美各大商家都关门歇业。周五商店开业，标志着圣诞节购物季的开始。之所以称“黑色”是因为商家往往用红色表示亏损，而到这一天业绩会转为盈利，并用黑色墨水记账，所以叫做“黑色星期五”。）

经常阅读广告。 每年圣诞购物季来临前夕，商家们都会渴望大赚一票。他们会绞尽脑汁吸引顾客上门。请时不时留意一下大零售商每周印发的促销广告。我们很可能幸运地发现不同商家促销的同种商品，这样就可以货比三家了。

网上购物。 如果不想在商店之间来回奔波，以买到最低价的心仪商品；如果干脆不愿冒着严寒出门，那就试试网购吧。

在网上，我们不仅能浏览所有大零售商的网店，还能浏览某些专卖店，甚至足不出户就正好找到我们想要的价格最优的东西。如果采用传统的圣诞购物方式，要想买到心仪的礼品，通常会花费较长的等待时间。

参考答案

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