Item five.

Vocabulary. catalogue.

This time of the year, Americans spend lots of time shopping for the holiday gifts for their family members and friends.

Many people visit a lot of stores in large shopping centers to buy their gifts.

Others order goods by telephone from catalogues, the magazines that offer company's products.

And many are doing their holiday shopping on the Internet.

Industry experts say American businesses should have about 184 thousand million dollars in sales during November and December.

63% of people who use the Internet say they expect to buy at least some gifts there.