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Unit 2 Christmas Trees Americans opt to cut their own Christmas trees.

On a chilly December afternoon, the Sylvester family heads to Snickers Gap Tree Farm, about an hour west of Washington,

D.C., to choose and cut down the perfect Christmas tree.

Decorating the Christmas tree, usually a pine decorated with lights and ornaments, ornaments is one of the traditions

which makes the holiday season special the sylvester spend 45 minutes

out in the cold wandering among the groves comparing trees

when they find their favorite a three meter tall beauty as

wide as daughter elsa's outstretched arms they cut it down themselves

then they drag it across the snowy field to the cash register where they pay about 100 for the privilege

It doesn't have to be this way.

Many roadside lots spring up at this time of year, selling pre-cut trees for half or a third as much.

Hardware stores and other places sell them too.

And artificial trees are becoming increasingly popular.

About 12 million reusable plastic trees were sold last year, up from about 10 million in 2003.

In an age where cost and convenience drive many purchasing decisions, asking customers to pay more to cut their own Christmas tree seems like a bad business model.

But choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms remain the most popular place for Americans to buy a tree, accounting for a third of sales.

Our business is as robust as it can possibly be, says Snickers Gap owner Stephen Wolf.

I don't see the artificial trees as currently a threat to what we're doing.

An artificial tree is not what Christmas is about, Elsa says.

And the family clearly enjoys spending the time together outside.

They take pictures and play in the snow.

It's more special, says Elsa, whose family has come to chop down their own tree.

It's fun.

Her mom, Amy, agrees.

It's about memories, good times, she says.

Wolf's father started the farm in the 1980s.

My dad always said it was about the experience, not the tree.

He says, Everyone's so involved with things that don't connect them anymore with nature and the earth.

And I think this is one thing that people enjoy doing.

And for many Americans, it's a family experience that makes the extra effort worthwhile.

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Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.

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