英语课presentation光棍节分析.ppt

When it comes to 11.11，what will you think of first？Single’s day? Maybe a picture will come to your mind. Have you?shopped online today yet ? Let’s see some picture. Alibaba Logistics department official said that Tmall and Taobaos sales will exceed 30 billion yuan at least on double 11 day of this year, and is expected to hit 45 to 50 billion single-day sales. Ali also revealed, from November 11 to November 21, the whole network will generate 400 million shipments. How do you view this phenomenon? About Name: Singles’ Day Date: 1.1 Little Singles’ Day 1.1111.1 Middle Singles’ Day 11.11 Large Singles’ Day Brief Introduction Singles’ Day falls on every November 11th, and as the name indicates, this relatively new holiday is one exclusively for people who are still living the single life. China is the only country in the world that has set aside a special day for singles to celebrate their lives. To find out more about this celebration, watch on. 每年的11月11日是“光棍节”。节如其名，这个新鲜的节日是专门为那些还过着单身生活的人们设立的。中国是世界上唯一一个专门为光棍们设立节日的国家。来一起了解一下这个节日吧~ Origin of Singles’ Day An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong. 故事从四个过着单调生活的单身汉说起。他们没有人结婚，连女朋友都没有，日子过得无精打采，终日打麻将度过。 One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the four columns card (the card shows four independent, parallel columns in two lines). Even more of a coincidence, it was Nov 11, or 11/11. In order to commemorate the day, they nicknamed it Singles Day. 有一天他们打麻将从早上11点打到了晚上11点。奇妙的是，不管谁赢，都赢在了“四条”上。更加巧合的是，这一天正是11月11号。为了纪念这一天，他们给它命名为“光棍节” University Culture Singles’ Day was first celebrated at various universities in Nanjing, capital city of Jiangsu Province during the 1990s. It got the name Singles’ Day because the date is comprised of f