It was a few years ago, and I had taken a part-time holiday-season job in a video store at the local shopping mall.

那是几年前的事了，我在假期期间在当地购物中心的一家音像店做了一份兼职。

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The album lacks a personality of its own, making it pleasant but often boring background music for tempered holiday parties or shopping at the upscale mall.

整个专辑缺少了一点自己的个性，使得它只能成为一些节日派对活着购物商店里用来调节气氛的无聊的背景音乐。

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Others claim they are working from home when they are really getting holiday shopping done with family members at the mall.

还有一些经理人声称在家办公，但其实他们在陪家人逛商场，采购节假日所需的物品。

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My holiday mall walks showed strong traffic and shopping bag conversion at a number of stores and I was not alone in observing that.

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