福克斯新闻 零售商期盼假期出现高销售额

For Wal-Mart and Target, stores at the mall, even mom and pop shops…

“It's the most wonderful time of the year.”

And they're expecting us to buy more in November and December.

The National Retail¹ Federation² predicts³ we'll spend $630 billion, nearly 4% more than a year ago.

We could also spend another $105 billion shopping online…while the rest of us have a bigger list than that.

So a PwC survey says people who make over $50,000 a year plan to spend $1,331 bucks⁴ buying holiday gifts, that's more than last year.

But those who earn less than $50,000 have a $681 budget on average, which would be less than their 2014 spending.

对于沃尔玛，塔吉特,和商店,甚至是妈妈店和流行商店而言…

“这是一年当中最为美妙的时刻。”

他们期待11月和12月我们买更多的东西。

美国零售联合会预计我们将花费6300亿美元,超出去年近4%。

我们也会在网上花费1050亿美元用于购物…而其他人则有更大的购物清单。

普华永道的一项调查显示那些年收入超过50000美元的人计划花费1331美元购买节日礼物,这个数字比去年多。

但是那些收入低于50000美元的人也平均有681美元的购物预算,这比2014年的支出要少。

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

3 predicts   

预言，预测，预示( predict的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The weather bureau predicts that there will be an earthquake. 气象局预测将有地震。
• Theory thus predicts that there will be a flare of infrared radiation. 因此，理论预言会有红外辐射耀发。

4 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》