Black Friday

Buy! Buy! Buy! Quick! Hurry! On sale! Cheap! Cheap! Cheap! Buy more… yes… more and more! It's BLACK FRIDAY! 趕快買啦！黑色星期五到了！ Hmmm… Black Friday? That sounds scary. Is Black Friday like Halloween? Well, no, but it can be a bit scary when people get too crazy. Black Friday, in America, is the Friday after Thanksgiving… at the end of November. But now many places around the world have a Black Friday. 在美國，黑色星期五指的是感恩節之後的星期五。 On that Friday, lots of stores and shops have big sales. Some people start buying presents for Christmas on Black Friday. At many, many shops and stores… and also online… you can find good deals and cheap prices. 在那一天很多商店會大減價，大家也會開始採買耶誕節禮物。 But… it's getting a bit too crazy. In some places in America, people sometimes fight in stores to grab the last cheap toy or whatever… it's really very silly and not very kind. 可是有的地方，有人為了搶最便宜的東西而打架，實在有點誇張，也很不友善。 Everyone likes to save money. Everyone likes to find a good sale. But pushing and yelling and fighting… that's just too much! Some Black Friday shoppers go a little crazy and start acting like wild animals! 大家都喜歡省錢，但為了省錢變得像野獸一樣，就太瘋狂了吧！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 黑色星期五不是恐怖的節日，而是指商店大減價。 1. Sale 打折賣。 Are you ready for the big winter sales? 冬季大減價你準備好了嗎？ Oh yes, and I'm also thinking about the New Year's Day sales. 好了，我也在思考元旦的折扣。 2. Price 價錢。 Are the prices a lot cheaper? 價錢會便宜很多嗎？ The prices are much cheaper for children's clothes. 兒童的衣服便宜很多。 3. Cheap 便宜的。 I found a really cheap scooter yesterday. 我昨天找到一輛很便宜的摩托車。 Really? How much? 真的，多少錢？ 4,500NT. 四千五百塊。 That's really cheap! 那真的很便宜！ 4. Shopper 購物者。 Shoppers sometimes go crazy for good deals. 購物的人有時候會瘋狂搶好康。 Of course. Saving money feels good. 當然啦，省錢感覺很好。 Let's read the vocabulary. sale 打折賣 price 價錢 cheap 便宜的 shopper 購物者 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is Black Friday? A: A Halloween Party B: A Friday where the sun never comes up C: A shopping day with super sales 2. What do people do on Black Friday? A: Go shopping at stores or online to find cheap deals! B: Stay at home and prepare for Thanksgiving C: Dress up like pirates and ghosts 3. What's one problem with Black Friday? A: It's too dark B: Some people get too crazy when they go shopping! C: It's on the same day as Thanksgiving Answers 1: C 2: A 3: B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn