Extravagant spending on Christmas holiday |
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| A Christmas tree in Beijing |
| Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 22 – According to Market News, people intend to spend more money during the Christmas holiday than the traditional Double Fifth Day and Mid-Autumn Festival.
When visiting New World Plaza1 in Beijing, one can see a 28-meter-high well-decorated Christmas tree, the highest one in the capital of China. It surely attracts many young customers, though it costs 400 thousand yuan (US$51 thousand).
Promotion2 billboards3 and colorful graffiti created by young artists can be seen in Xidan commercial district, and some stores and supermarkets have been decorated with new ornaments4.
A salesperson5 told our reporter that it will be the time of shopping climax6 will arrive on Christmas Eve, when tens of thousands of people rush to supermarkets or shopping malls. “Anyway, various promotion activities will help us make more profits than the previous years,” he said.
The Pizza Huts in Beijing started promoting their new products in November, and put up many ornaments like Christmas trees and Santa Claus. Their waitresses all wearing red Christmas hats have been busy preparing Christmas Eve dinners.
“It is not easy to get air tickets of international airlines these days. Many Chinese travel agencies also plan to organize several activities for their clients traveling abroad during Christmas holidays,” an executive from Air China International said.
Miss Zhou, a white collar in Beijing, said that she hoped to have an exotic Christmas holiday, by buying some cheap clothes and articles during this promotion season abroad.
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plaza
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| n.广场，市场 |
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- They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
- The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。
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promotion
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| n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传 |
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- The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
- The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。
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billboards
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| n.广告牌( billboard的名词复数 ) |
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- Large billboards have disfigured the scenery. 大型告示板已破坏了景色。 来自辞典例句
- Then, put the logo in magazines and on billboards without telling anyone what it means. 接着我们把这个商标刊在杂志和广告看板上，却不跟任何人透漏它的涵意。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号
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ornaments
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| n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 )；点缀；装饰品；首饰v.装饰，点缀，美化( ornament的第三人称单数 ) |
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- The shelves were chock-a-block with ornaments. 架子上堆满了装饰品。
- Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments. 一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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salesperson
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| n.售货员，营业员，店员 |
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- A salesperson works in a shop.售货员在商店工作。
- Vanessa is a salesperson in a woman's wear department.凡妮莎是女装部的售货员。
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climax
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| n.顶点；高潮；v.(使)达到顶点 |
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- The fifth scene was the climax of the play.第五场是全剧的高潮。
- His quarrel with his father brought matters to a climax.他与他父亲的争吵使得事态发展到了顶点。
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