A winter snowstorm in parts of the United States appears to have put a damper on after-Christmas shopping, but preliminary reports suggest retailers are enjoying the best holiday season in years.

虽然美国部分地区遭遇冬季暴风雪，影响了消费者圣诞节后的购物活动，可是初步报告显示，零售商的业绩是几年来最好的一年。

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After eating, on the way to the hotel, we visited the shopping center again. It looked completely different at night, and the Christmas atmosphere was very strong.

餐后，在回酒店的路上，我们又参观了下购物中心。夜色中的购物中心看上去与白天截然不同，而且圣诞节的气氛更加浓烈。

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The crowds on a Wednesday afternoon at Wal-mart were worse than any day-after-Thanksgiving-Christmas-shopping rush imaginable.

周三下午沃尔玛里的拥挤程度，比可以想到的任何一次感恩节或圣诞节后的采购潮还要厉害。

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But his promise to be tough on crime has chimed with a panic over a rash of murders, including a shoot-out on Toronto's main shopping street after Christmas that killed a 15-year-old girl.

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That makes this shopping event the second-largest consumer spending frenzy after Christmas.

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