AMERICAN MOSAIC - Mall of America Mixes Shopping With Everything Else Under the SunBy Caty WeaverBroadcast: Friday, November 24, 2006HOST:Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week:We answer a question about a popular American television show ...Play some award winning hip-hop music ...And report about a great place to shop.Mall of AmericaThursday was Thanksgiving in the United States. Most Americans got together with family members and enjoyed a traditional meal. The day after Thanksgiving is an important day for business owners. It is the start of the holiday shopping season. One place that is very busy today is a large shopping center in Bloomington, Minnesota. In fact, it is one of the largest shopping and entertainment centers in the world. Faith Lapidus tells about the Mall of America.FAITH LAPIDUS:Imagine a place where you can buy a wedding dress and ring, get married, and have a wedding party all in a day? The Mall of America offers all those goods and services.The huge shopping and entertainment center is the largest mall inthe United States. It covers thirty-one hectares. It cost six hundredfifty million dollars to build. The Mall of America has more than fivehundred stores including four large department stores. It has sixtyeating places.
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