2 . Customers in the US spend less money on Black Friday than previous (以前的) years.

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving in the US. Thanksgiving is always the fourth _________ in November.

Black Friday is traditionally the day when the Christmas shopping period begins. It is usually one of the _________ days of the year for sellers.

Many sellers _________ their prices to encourage shoppers to spend their money. Some customers arrive at stores before they open, and wait in line for a chance to buy _________ things.

Last year, Americans _________ a total of $57.4 billion over the four days (from Thursday to Sunday). However, this year, experts think that the amount will _________ to around $ 50.9 billion.

Black Friday started in the US, but has become more popular in other _________ recently.

Many customers from the UK have started spending more money on Black Friday, even though British people don't celebrate Thanksgiving.

Online seller Amazon UK said that Friday was its busiest day ever. According to the _________, customers bought 5.5 million products on Friday, which was around 64 things per second.

Many stores in the UK also offered cheap _________, such as TVs, coffee machines and other electronic products.

In some stores shoppers __________ to leave the store, even though all of the products had already been sold out.