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Tens of thousands of Britons hit the high street today where they faced mile-long queues and two hour waits with footfall up 51.7 per cent in a week as shops reopened for the first time in three months.
Retail analysts Springboard also said the number of people visiting retail parks and shopping centres in England was up by 41.7 per cent compared to last Monday.
However, with many shoppers still worried about going out, it was still down a third on the same day last year.
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Briton /?br?t?n/ n. 英國人
· Britain /?br?t?n/ n. 英國
hit /h?t/ vt. 到達(arrive);打擊
· hard-hit area: 遭受沉重打擊的地區(qū)
· hardest-hit area: 遭受最嚴重打擊的地區(qū)
mile-long queues: 一英里長的隊伍
high street: 高街,商業(yè)街
· high tea: 主要作為工薪階層用餐
· low tea: (上流社會)精英休閑社交小聚
footfall /?f?tfɑ?l/ n. 人流量;腳步聲
retail park: (郊外有停車場的)零售商業(yè)區(qū),購物區(qū)
compare to: 和……相比
down /da?n/ adv. 下降
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