This is an All-Ears English Podcast episode 1683, Black Friday, Mountains or Mall.

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Black Friday is coming at the end of this week. Today, find out how it started,

why plumbers are busy on this day, and how to start a conversation with a native speaker

about their shopping plans for Black Friday.

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Michelle, what is happening this Friday? It's a very special day, a very special kind of Friday

that only comes around once a year. What is it? It's a very special Friday. It is Black Friday

because Thanksgiving is coming up, and just after Thanksgiving is Black Friday.

Yes, it's the day that we wear off. We burn off all those turkey calories by shopping.

Or we sit on the couch and do it online. Or we sit on the couch and do it online, which actually

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