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Shadowing the newsreader

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Black Friday's a popular day for shopping.

There are sales in shops and online.

This year, shoppers spent $40 billion.

Black Friday started in the USA.

The holiday shopping period starts on Black Friday.

New York's shops were busy again after the pandemic.

This year, prices went up a lot.

People are spending extra money on Black Friday.

They want some good deals.

In New York, there were many shoppers.

Christmas is making people spend, says Antonia Harris.

Shoppers often travel to New York for Black Friday.

They're buying a lot this year.

Cheap products are often bad for the environment.

Things break quickly and people throw them away.

Greenpeace wants companies to change.

Celia Ojeda Martinez works for Greenpeace.

Black Friday's a problem for Greenpeace.

Companies want people to buy more.

But this isn't good for the environment.

In the past, Black Friday was one day.

Now, there's Cyber Monday and December sales too.

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