In most Americans’ mind, Black Friday is a _______day.

A．Blue Friday.

B．Black Friday.

C．Shopping Friday.

D．Harvest Friday.

Shoppers on Black Friday， the traditional start of the holiday shopping season in America， are notoriously aggressive. Some even start queuing outside stores before dawn to be the first to lay their hands on heavily discounted merchandise. Despite the frenzy at many stores， however， the recession appears to have accelerated the pace at which shoppers are abandoning bricks and mortar（传统实体商场） in favor of online retailers——e-tailers. So this year Black Friday （so named because it is supposed to put shops into profit for the year） also marks the start of many conventional retailers" attempts to regain the initiative.

E-commerce holds particular appeal in straitened times as it enables people to compare pries across retailers quickly and easily. Buyers can sometimes avoid local sales taxes online， and shipping is often free. No wonder， then， that online shopping continues to grow even as the offline sort shrinks.

The shift in spending to the Internet is good news for companies like P&G that lack retail outlets of their own. But it is a big concern for bricks-and-mortar retailers， whose prices are often higher than those of e-tailers， since they must bear the extra expense of running stores. Happily， however， conventional retailers are in a better position to fight back than last year， when overstocking forced them to resort to ruinous discounting.

The most obvious response to the growth of e-tailing is for conventional retailers to redouble their own efforts online. The online arms of big retailers are performing well， on the whole. Retailers are also trying to make shopping seem fun and exciting to counteract the economic gloom. One common tactic is to set up "pop-up" stores， which appear for a short time before vanishing again， to foster a sense of novelty and urgency. Following the lead of many bricks-and-mortar outfits， eBay recently launched a pop-up in New York where customers could inspect items before ordering them.

Stores are also trying to lure customers by offering services that are not available online. Best Buy， a consumer-electronics retailer， has started selling music lessons along with its musical instruments. Lululemon Athletica， which sells sports clothes， offers free yoga classes. The idea is to bring people back to its shops regularly， increasing the likelihood that they will develop the habit of shopping there.

Why is the recession of conventional business accelerating? 查看材料

A. Because conventional retailers don"t care for their customers.

B. Because more people are waiting for the best bargain.

C. Because stores compete by offering discounted merchandise.

D. Because many customers begin to favor shopping onhne.

A、Black Friday

B、Single’s Day

C、Cyber Monday

D、Boxing Day

M: Yes, I'd like to see Dr. Black.

W: Will this be your first visit to Dr. Black?

M: Yes, it will be.

W: What is your name?

M: Tom Watson.

W: Okay, Mr. Watson, would you be able to come to the office on Friday at 10?

M: On Friday at 10? Yes, that will be fine.

W: What is your telephone number, please?

M: 89780752.

W: Thank you very much, Mr. Watson. We'll see you then.

M: Thank you. Good-bye.

W: Good-bye.

What time does the secretary ask Tom Watson to come to the office?

A．On Friday at 10.

B．On Friday at 8.

C．On Tuesday at 10.