雙語(yǔ)脫口秀《老外來(lái)了》:美國(guó)人眼里的雙十一

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主播：翩翩老師，Sarrah老師

Chinese Singles' Day (雙十一 “光棍節(jié)”)

(雙十一，你們準(zhǔn)備好了么)

1 - Chinese Singles' Day or Double 11

Chinese Singles' Day is an entertaining festival widespread among young Chinese people, to celebrate the fact that they are proud of being single. The date, November 11th (11/11), is chosen because the number "1" resembles an individual that is alone.This festival has become the largest online shopping day in the world.

“光棍節(jié)(雙十一)”是中國(guó)年輕人之間慶祝單身的節(jié)日，現(xiàn)如今已成為全球最大的購(gòu)物狂歡節(jié)。

Valentine's Day (Single's Awareness Day)

西方國(guó)家的情人節(jié)

Third wheel

電燈泡

(我不要當(dāng)電燈泡)

2 - Who made it a holiday?

Taobao.com, a key sales platform under Alibaba Group, operator of China's biggest e-commerce platforms, launched a shopping festival on its consumer-oriented platform, Tmall.com, highlighting big discounts on Singles' Day.

阿里巴巴集團(tuán)旗下的天貓和淘寶，中國(guó)最大的電商平臺(tái)，發(fā)起了 “雙十一” 狂歡購(gòu)物節(jié)的慶?；顒?dòng)。

(某年雙十一阿里總部現(xiàn)場(chǎng))

3 - Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States (the fourth Thursday of November). Since 1952, it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the U.S., and most major retailers open very early (and more recently during overnight hours) and offer promotional sales.

“黑色星期五” 是在感恩節(jié)過(guò)后的星期五(感恩節(jié)是每年11月的第四個(gè)星期四)，因此它的第二天，也就是11月的第四個(gè)星期五，拉開(kāi)了美國(guó)圣誕購(gòu)物季的序幕。

Cyber Monday is a marketing term for the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. The term "Cyber Monday" was created by marketing companies to persuade people to shop online.

"網(wǎng)絡(luò)星期一" 是在感恩節(jié)過(guò)后的星期一，是由一些商家發(fā)起的網(wǎng)上購(gòu)物促銷(xiāo)活動(dòng)，也有網(wǎng)友稱呼為 “剁手星期一”。

4 - 英語(yǔ)說(shuō)折扣，記得反一反

20 percent off

8折 / 八折

30 percent off

7折 / 七折

50 percent off/half off/half price

五折 / 對(duì)折

5 - 雙11，你準(zhǔn)備買(mǎi)什么?

Make-up/cosmetics

化妝品

Skin products/skin care products

護(hù)膚品

Lingerie

內(nèi)衣

Electronics

電子產(chǎn)品

Gadgets

小型電子產(chǎn)品，而且也比較新穎，比如運(yùn)動(dòng)手環(huán)之類(lèi)的

Appliances

家用電器