CCTV9英语新闻：中国“光棍节”成购物狂欢 将破纪录

November 11th, known in China as "Singles’ Day", is the busiest online shopping day of the year thanks to massive discounts being offered. Let’s look back now at some of the sales figures for the shopping frenzy¹ that took place this year.

Consumers clicked their way to a record 116 million yuan in purchases in the first minute of the day, on the shopping platform T-mall. Within 24 hours, transactions soared to a staggering total of 35 billion yuan. The figure was nearly double that of last year. 180 million parcels were sent overall, with 60 million sent that very day.

The November 11th shopping craze began in 2009, when 27 merchants on T-mall offered big discounts to perk² up sales in the previously³ quiet time of year. 

 

1 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

2 perk   

n.额外津贴；赏钱；小费；

参考例句：

• His perks include a car provided by the firm.他的额外津贴包括公司提供的一辆汽车。
• And the money is,of course,a perk.当然钱是额外津贴。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。