英文介绍光棍节.ppt

Introduce￿Singles￿Day￿Agnes序 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. I was a bit surprised when I googled Singles Day on the Internet, to find that 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, read 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我在GOOGLE上搜索一下，惊讶地发现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~ 2￿￿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￿excitingThey￿just￿sat￿around￿all￿day￿and￿played￿Mahjong.￿￿￿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.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Origin of Singles Day 3￿￿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￿￿￿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￿cultureSingles￿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￿four￿"ones".￿These￿college￿students￿have￿since￿graduated,￿and￿carried￿their￿university￿tradition￿into￿society.￿Singles￿Day￿is￿now￿a￿special￿day￿for￿all￿fashionable￿youths.￿￿￿￿￿光棍节最先在90年代的江苏南京各大高校兴起。

之所以叫“光棍节”是因为这一天的日子有四个光棍一样的“1”大学生们毕业了，把这个传统带到了社会上，光棍节就成了时尚青年们的一个特殊节日University culture￿￿The￿main￿way￿to￿celebrate￿Singles￿Day￿is￿to￿have￿dinner￿with￿your￿single￿friends,￿but￿it’s￿important￿that￿each￿person￿pay￿their￿own￿way￿to￿show￿their￿independence.￿People￿also￿hold￿’blind￿date’￿parties￿in￿an￿attempt￿to￿bid￿goodbye￿to￿their￿single￿lives.￿￿￿￿￿主流的庆祝方式就是和光棍朋友们一起搓一顿，而且一定要实行AA制为了脱离单身，人们也会举办相亲会，介绍单身男女认识 celebrate￿ Creative celebration 新奇庆祝 For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao (deep-fried dough sticks) representing the four "ones" in "11.11" and one baozi (steamed stuffed buns) representing the middle dot. 光棍节的早上，单身青年们会吃四根油条，代表11.11的四个“1”，再吃一个包子，代表11和11之间的那个点。

￿￿Many￿singles￿also￿choose￿to￿say￿goodbye￿to￿their￿single￿lives￿on￿this￿day.￿Many￿attend￿’blind￿date’￿parties￿and￿many￿people￿choose￿to￿marry￿on￿this￿day.￿In￿addition￿to￿meaning￿’single’￿the￿four￿’ones’￿of￿the￿date￿can￿also￿mean￿’only￿one’￿as￿in￿’the￿only￿one￿for￿me.’￿Some￿people￿will￿use￿this￿date￿and￿this￿meaning￿to￿tell￿their￿special￿someone￿that￿they￿are￿the￿only￿’one’￿in￿their￿heart.￿很多单身朋友选择在这一天告别单身，一些人参加相亲会，一些人则在今天结婚四个“1”不仅可以代表单身，还可以代表“唯一”，这也成了一些人的爱情告白日Hope￿everyone￿can￿find￿your￿ture￿love￿BY￿￿Agnes Thanks for reading。