CNN 2011-11-30

 That's why the day after Thankgiving is called Black Friday. The start of the holiday shopping season and the time when a lot of companies hope to make up sales, to get in the black. This focus on racing¹ to be part of it, a lot of stores offer deals to bring in the crowds. And _______ though there were some fightings among coustomers.  According to a company's track, shoppers Black Friday brought in an estimated² sales of around 11.4 billion dollars. That's a big jump from last year, but the experts also said it is just one day there is no garentee that the strong sales will last through the holiday shopping season. But they are expected to continue online today. It's cyber monday when companies start offering big holiday deals on their websites. Analysits  are expecting anohter billion dollars or so in sales online today. 

The NBA's lock out is over.  Players of owners announced over the weekend that they did reach an attetative deal to underlay³ over dispute⁴ still has to be approved by both sides. This whole thing as you might remember started back in July. Owners of player  couldn't agree on how to split⁵ up the money that the NBA makes. The last time we reported on the story: NBA commisioner D. S warned the entire season could get cancled. Now it looks like just be shorter: 66 games that started as the usual 82. ___  on Christmas day, this lockout lasted more than 140 days that shorter than the last time the NBA went through season in 1998. That lock out lasted for more than  200 days. 

1 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

2 estimated   

adj．根据估计的

参考例句：

• She estimated the breadth of the lake to be 500 metres. 她估计湖面大约有500米宽。
• The man estimated for the repair of the car. 那人估算了修理汽车的费用。

3 underlay   

v.位于或存在于（某物）之下( underlie的过去式 )；构成…的基础（或起因），引起n.衬垫物

参考例句：

• That would depend upon whether the germs of staunch comradeship underlay the temporary emotion. 这得看这番暂时的情感里，是否含有生死不渝友谊的萌芽。 来自辞典例句
• Sticking and stitching tongue overlay and tongue underlay Sticking 3㎜ reinforcement. 贴车舌上片与舌下片：贴3㎜补强带。 来自互联网

4 dispute   

n.争端，分歧；v.争论，争吵，辩论，辩驳

参考例句：

• They are trying to find a way of settling the dispute.他们正设法寻找解决争端的办法。
• The parties to the dispute should be more polite to each other.争执双方应相互礼貌些。

5 split   

n.劈开，裂片，裂口；adj.分散的；v.分离，分开，劈开

参考例句：

• Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了？
• The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。