S. holiday shopping season has officially begun, with shoppers crowding stores for post-Thanksgiving sales in a yearly event nicknamed "Black Friday."

购物者在一年一度被戏称为“黑色星期五”的这一天挤满了商店，进行感恩节后的购物。

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Even before the storm, the National Retail Federation was predicting a one percent drop in U. S. holiday sales compared to last year.

即便在暴风雪之前，美国全国零售联盟就曾预测今年节日销售额会比去年同期下降一个百分点。

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The doctor had to help the sufferers on national day-quite a busman 's holiday.

国庆节这位医生还得给患者诊病—真是一个繁忙的休假日。

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Leave it to Goldman Sachs, winner of the "we-avoided-the-subprime-meltdown" derby (so far), to put a damper on everyone else's pre-holiday weekend.

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Comedian Les Dennis enjoyed a break at Haven's Hafan y Mor site - the former Butlin's holiday camp at Pwllheli - where he spent many of his childhood holidays and won a talent competition at the age of 14.

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Still, the company managed to move more iPhones and iPads than it did during that quarter, and the drop from Q1's holiday-boosted numbers isn't particularly alarming.

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