1207亿阿里双十一交易额再创纪录_公共英语阅读理解

1207亿阿里双十一交易额再创纪录

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, China's e-commerce giant, on Friday set another sales record for Singles Day, the world's biggest online shopping event, reporting that about 120.7 billion yuan ($17.79 billion) was spent in 24 hours.

中国电商巨头，阿里巴巴集团，于周五刚刚结束的“双11全球狂欢节”再创销售新高。经过24小时的狂欢，今年的购物盛宴创下高达1207亿人民币的承接记录。而双十一也一跃成为全球最大的在线购物狂欢节。

Alibaba, which created the annual shopping festival on November 11, 2009, said that this year's sales far exceeded last year's 92.1 billion yuan in transactions.

双十一源自阿里巴巴2009年11月11日开创的年度购物节。阿里巴巴称今年的销售额远高于去年921亿元的成交额。

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Jack Ma, executive chairman of Alibaba Group, said he was very satisfied with this year's sales.

阿里巴巴CEO马云爸爸表示“对今年的销售额很满意”。

Ma made his comments in Shenzhen where Alibaba held an event and invited 600 media from China and abroad to witness the real-time transactions of merchandize sold on its platforms.

马云是在阿里巴巴深圳总部发表这一评论的。阿里巴巴当晚邀请了国内600家媒体参与并见证这一年度盛典上阿里电商平台商品实时成交情况。

Similar to Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the US and the UK, Singles Day has grown into the world's largest online shopping event with the participation of not only e-commerce players, but also brick-and-mortar retailers. Alibaba's sales volume accounts for a bulk of the total sales on Singles Day.