双十一光棍节：我们用购物治疗孤独_BEC初级作文

双十一光棍节：我们用购物治疗孤独

中国有2亿7100万网络消费者，这意味着中国的5亿9100万网民中有近半数在网上购物。如淘宝和天猫的网购网站，在2017年销售量加在一起有1万亿美元。这两家网站都会在中国的光棍节这天发起促销活动，他们的促销策略是相关商品的五折优惠、比如“男朋友抱枕”、上书“我肉多所以我单身”的套头衫等。亚马逊网称将该站上将有“2万件商品九折优惠”，这其中包括结婚戒指——也许单身人士会买一只来以备日后可用。

Jack Ma, founder of Internet giant Alibaba, told Chinese Premier Li Keqiang late last month that Alibaba's sales on Singles' Day 2017 were "nearly $3.3 billion" -- more than double the roughly $1.5 billion purchased on Cyber Monday in 2017. For Singles' Day 2013, Ma expects sales to exceed $4.9 billion.

网络巨头阿里巴巴的创始人马云在10月底会见李克强总理的时候曾对总理坦言，2017年光棍节期间，阿里巴巴的销售量有“近33亿美元”——比2017年美国的“网购礼拜一”创下的约15亿美元销售量翻了一番。对2013年的光棍节，马云预测销售量将突破49亿。

The rise of singletons as a consumer group is not without its own costs. Chinese business magazine Caijing reported that big delivery companies were forced to scramble to find over 100 extra airplanes to handle the 323 million parcels they needed to deliver over the Singles' Day shopping period.