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Have you ever taken a picture with Santa Claus?
Last Sunday,I went shopping with my friend Lucy.The shopping mall was really crowded.There were many kinds of Christmas gifts.We were so exited.Just then,we saw a Santa Claus standing in the center of the mall.We ran to him right away.When we touched his coat,he turned and smiled to us.Wow!He is a real person.He also took photos with us.That was a really good time.
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I like reading,so love to visit bookstores.One Sunday afternoon,I went to a bookshop just around the street corner.It was very quiet and there was only a small boy in the shop.He was reading a book and it seemed that the book was very interesting.I walked over to him.To my surprise,he was reading Harry Potter,in English!His English must be quite good,so I started to talk with him.The boy was very knowledgeable,and I was really happy we could be friends and talk about books.
三
sometimes,people like to go out to marketplace or supermarkt for shoping in weekend or holiday,because at that time,business like making promotion for selling.especially the luxurious or costly mansion.For example hangzhou ,in common day,people don't like to go to hangzhou tower or yintai plaza for shopping,there are more favourable conditons in common salesmarket on sales promotion .but in holidy ,especially the int'l labor day or nation day ,people specially to these kinds of market for shopping ,because there are promotion for luxury or expensive commodities or fashion or others.
people all like to purse the brand or peacockery.sometime,even if some person would rather shopping counterfeit commodities for satisfing her/his peacockery emotional.
in my standpoint,I think it is normal for everyone,so the business grasp customers' shopping attitudes.but for other people who don't shop often but favor to window shopping.such as students.they don't have enough money for purchase the good commodity or coats,but they like window shopping.
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The day after Thanksgiving is an important day for business owners.It is the start of the holiday shopping season.One place that is very busy today is a large shopping mall in Bloomington,Minnesota in the USA.In fact,it is one of the largest shopping and entertainment centers in the world.
In this large shopping mall,there are more than five hundred stores,including four large department stores.It has sixty eating places and a big ninety-metre-long aquarium1 with thousands of sea animals.You can walk along the aquarium and watch sharks eat or see a reef2 up close.The mall also has a dinosaur museum,fourteen movie theaters,and a place where people can get married.Mall spokesman Daniel Jasper says that more than forty-five million people visit the mall every year from all over the world.He says that there are enough people there every day to make a small city.
The mall will be fifteen years old next year.The owners are planning a year of celebrations.They are also planning to make it larger.It will include hotels,a business center,a water park and a performing arts center.
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Now shopping online is very popular in China.It’s more convenient and cheaper,and you can get what you want at home.But how can you make sure you are safe and that you get the best price while you are shopping online.Here are some tips for you:
1.Shop around.Keep looking.It may be even cheaper somewhere else.
2.Make sure you know the seller’s full address and phone number,especially if the company is not in China.The Inter-net makes buying from abroad easy so it’s important that you know your rights.
3.Think of the shipping,postage and packing costs.Compare6 them to the parking and travelling costs you would have to pay if you went to a shop by yourself.
4.Although shopping from overseas websites is safe,it may be difficult to keep your contract if things go wrong.If the thing is over ￡100 then consider paying by creditcard7
1.aquarium n.水族馆
2.reef n.礁
3.delivery n.递送
4.discount v.打折扣
5.postage n.邮费
6.compare v.比较
7.credit card 信用卡
