Listen and fill in.

Black Friday is the day ………………….. Thanksgiving Day. It is a busy shopping day.
Black Friday is a public ……………………… in some states. It is the first day of
……………………… shopping season. Shops open early and have ………………….. A lot of
products are discounted. Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days in the
USA. People wait in lines for …………... Some customers ………….. outside the
stores. And some of them even put up ……………. They want to get discounted
products and save …………….. Sometimes people become aggressive. They
…………… each other and fight. The crowded shoppers trample ………………
employees. A lot of people get hurt.
What does the term Black Friday mean?
In the past, workers wrote the profits and losses of their business in the special
…………. They used ren ink to record losses. They used black ink to record profits.
To be “in the red” meant losing …………….. And to be “in the black” meant making
a ……………... So Black Friday was the day when shops started to be in the black.

Fill in: busy, discounted, each, public, save, make, wait, put

1. …………………shopping day 5. …………………...product

2. ………………………..holiday 6. ……………………. money
3. ………………………...in lines 7. push ………………. other
4. ………………………up tents 8. ……………………a profit

Watch the video and answer the questions.

1. When is Black Friday?

2. What happens on Black Friday?
3. Why do some customers sleep outside?
4. What do people do when they become aggressive?
5. What does “to be in the red” mean?
6. What does “to be in the black” mean?