尾款人，准备好学英语了吗？321，上文章！

尾款人们，今年的双十一又买了多少好东西？

反正我已经在李佳琦直播间破产了！

 

年年剁手，年年吐槽，那新华日报官方是如何定义这场盛宴的呢？

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题目：Singles Day presale frenzy reveals China's consumption vitality

光棍节预售狂潮揭示了中国的消费活力

 

#01

第一段：李佳琦预售日喜报

Last Wednesday, a live session of Li Jiaqi, a well-known e-commerce streamer with the moniker "king of lipstick," was watched by 249 million buyers and sold over 10.65 billion yuan (about $1.67 billion) of goods at the start of the "presales day" of this year's shopping festival, also known as the Double Eleven.

上周三，有着“口红一哥”的绰号知名电商网红——李佳琦的直播间被2.49亿买家观看，卖出了价值106.5亿元（约合10.67亿美元）的商品。而这仅发生在今年购物节（也就是大家熟知的双十一）预售日的第一天。

 

live session 直播活动，实况转播

Session：a period of time that is spent doing a particular activity 一场；一节；一段时间

e-commerce streamer电商流媒体人

moniker 绰号

presales day 预售日

Double Eleven 双十一

#02

第二段：双十一由来

The Singles Day shopping festival, a trend first started by Alibaba's e-commerce platform on Nov 11 in 2009, has become one of the largest online shopping sprees worldwide that can serve as a barometer for China's consumer confidence.

双十一购物节是阿里巴巴电子商务平台于2009年11月11日首次发起的一种活动形式，它已成为全球最大的网上购物热潮之一，可以作为中国消费者信心的晴雨表。

Spree n. 无节制的狂热行为；狂欢；欢闹

Barometer n. 气压计, 晴雨表an instrument for measuring air pressure to show when the weather will change

 

#03

第三段：透过双十一看国内经济形势

While the country is fighting against the resurgence of COVID-19, analysts believe that the consumer demand will not be dampened, thanks to the evolving digital technology, supporting policies and rising consumer confidence.

尽管中国正在与新冠肺炎的死灰复燃作斗争，但分析师认为，由于数字技术的发展、政策的支持和消费者信心的增强，消费者的需求不会受到抑制。

 

Resurgence n. 复活；再现；再起the return and growth of an activity that had stopped

COVID-19 新冠肺炎/ coronavirus 冠状病毒

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digital technology 数字技术