【推荐1】Below are some classified ads from an English newspaper. Classified ads

FOR DIRECT CLASSIFIED SERVICE CALL 800-0557 10a.m.-4p.m. MONDAY-FRIDAY

COME to moving sale-Plants, pottery, books, clothes, etc,

Sat, Dec.14th-9a.m.-5p.m.

1612 Femdale, Apt.1.

800-4696.

USED FUR COATS and JACKETS. GOOD condition.

30-50. Call 800-0436 after 12 noon.

MOVING: Must sell. TV21, 50; AM /F M radio A/C or battery 15; cassette tape recorder, $10. Call Jon or Pat, 800-0739 after 5p.m.or weekends.

SHEEPSKIN COAT: man’s, size 42, 1 year old. $85. After 6 p.m.800-5224.

FOUND: Cat, 6 months old, black and white markings. Found near Linden and South U.Steve.800-4661

OVERSEAS JOBS—Australia, Europe, America, Africa

Students all professions and occupations, 3000 monthly. Expenses paid, overtime. Sightseeing. Free information at STUDENTS’ UNION.

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER plans to publish a booklet of student travel adventures. If you like to write about your foreign experiences, unusual or just plain interesting. Call us (800-9310) and ask for Mike or Janet.

Life-Planning Workshop, Dec.13th-15th, Bob and Margaret Atwood, 800-0046.

FEMALE ROOMMATE WANTED: Own room near campus. Available December 1st. Rent$300 per month until

March 1st. $450 thereafter. Call Jill for details, 800-7839.

EARLY HOUR WAKE-UP-SERVICE: For prompt, courteous wake-up service, call 800-0760.

Babysitter—MY HOME

If you are available a few hours during the day, and some evenings to care for 2 school-age children, please call Gayle, days 800-1111, evenings and weekends 800-4964.

PERSONS WANTED for delivery work. Own transportation.   Good pay. Apply 2311 E. Stadium. Office 101, after 9a.m.

TELEPHONE RECEPTIONIST WANTED.

NO experience necessary. Good pay. Apply 2311 E. Stadium. Office 101, after 9a.m.

【推荐2】Dubai Aquarium & underwater Zoo

Experience

You will be surprised at the amazing collection consisting of over 140 species including 300 sharks, rays and the largest collection of sand tiger sharks in the world. Walk along the Rainforest, Rocky Shore and Living Ocean environments at the Underwater Zoo and you will find yourself face to face with dangerous piranha, giant catfish, playful otters, a Humboldt penguin colony and more.

Options

Basic Pass: With this basic pass, you’ll get access to the Dubai Aquarium and underwater Zoo.

Explorer Pas: If you’re looking to get a little closer to the sea creatures, then this pass is for you. Along with the explorer pass you can also get access to the submersible simulator(潜水模拟器)   & big screen theater and a free ride on the glass-bottom boat.

VIP Line Buster: This pass includes all the benefits of an explorer pass and a tour guide. And you can get to try your hand at fish feeding!

Timings

Sunday--Wednesday: 10:00 am--11:00 pm

Thursday--Saturday: 10:00 am--12:00 am

Pro Tip

You can save a lot by buying a combo ticket(套票). This ticket gives you access to Undersea Zoo and Aquarium Tunnel alongside tickets to the observation deck on the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa. Your government ID card has to be presented at the entrance.

【推荐2】If you surf the Internet, you will see that almost every day of the year celebrates some kind of food. Those "holidays", like National Onion Ring Day, have become very popular across the United States. They give people a chance to enjoy something they might not eat normally. Traditional food holidays also give restaurants and other businesses a chance to advertise their things.

But where did these American "holidays" come from? Many are the invention of an Alabama man, John-Bryan Hopkins. He writes about food for his website Foodimentary. com. Hopkins told Times magazine that when he began his site in 2006, there were only 175 "holidays." "I filled in the rest," he said.

The National Day Calendar has a list of all the different food and non-food related "holidays". In the past the website used to let anyone pay to create their own day—for a price. But now, the site only accepts requests from businesses in order to make more money.

While some food "holidays" are indeed made-up, many have their history. For example, National Beer Day on April 7marks the end of a US ban on the sale of beer drinks. The ban lasted from 1920 until 1933.

The Salvation Army, a Christian group, began to celebrate US National Doughnut Day on June l, 1938. It was meant to honor women who served soldiers doughnuts during World War I.

But not everyone likes food holidays. Bethany Jean Clement is a food writer for the Seattle Times newspaper. She wrote, "I get that some people might like celebrating National Doughnut Day. However, you really can have a doughnut any day you want, so there's no need to celebrate it!"

【推荐3】Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day in the USA, falling on the Friday after the fourth Thursday in November.

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Many people have a day off work or choose to take a day from their annual leave on Black Friday. Some people use this to make trips to see family members or friends who live in other areas or to go on vacation. Shopping for Christmas presents is popular on Black Friday. Many stores have special offers and lower their prices on some goods, such as toys.

Public life

    2    Many people take a day off on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Many organizations also close for the Thanksgiving weekend.

Public transportation systems may run on their normal schedule or may have changes. Some stores extend their opening hours on Black Friday.    3    

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving Day, is one of the busiest shopping days in the USA.    4    One theory is that the wheels of vehicles in heavy traffic on the day after Thanksgiving Day left many black marking on the road surface, leading to the term “Black Friday”.

The other theory is that the term “Black Friday” comes from an old way of recording business accounts.    5    Many businesses, particularly small businesses, started making profits before Christmas. Many hoped to start showing a profit, marked in black ink, on the day after Thanksgiving Day.

More recently, Black Friday has been exported to nations outside of North America such as the United Kingdom by major online retailers like Amazon or Apple. In 2011, IBM reported online Black Friday sales were up by 24.3%, according to a study that includes 500 retailers.