“101”竟然是个英语单词！？

101

Definition: basic introduction.

基本知识、最基本、最基础

You should know how to boil an egg - that's cooking 101.

你应该知道如何煮蛋呀，这是烹调的基本知识耶。

Helping people get to the polls is a basic lesson of politics 101.

协助选民往投票站是政治课的最基本课题。

The intro 

(Listening Comprehension)

Come on down and see how we destroy the competition ! We've got pots and pans, utensils, bacon, eggs, hamburgers, french fries, LED TVs, DVD, bluray players, iphone, ipad, Samsung, any kind of electronics, you name it. We even have used cars for sale ! BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, Honda…all for just 2 dollars EACH !! No strings attached……

Hello there! It's Mr.Wong here, Singles' Day or Guanggun Jie(光棍节) is a holiday popular among young Chinese people that celebrates their pride in being single. The date, November 11th, was chosen because the number "1" resembles an individual who is alone. Chinese Singles' Day, or Bachelors' Day, originated at Nanjing University in 1993. Singles' Day celebrations spread to several other universities in Nanjing during the 1990s. There are several theories explaining the creation of the Singles' Day festival.

The most widely accepted theory is that the holiday grew out of Nanjing University's dorm culture. One origin story is that in 1993, four male students of Nanjing University discussed how they could break away from the monotony(单调乏味) of being single and agreed that November 11 would be a day of events and celebrations in honor of being single.

Another apocryphal(广为流传但真实性可疑的) theory is based around the love story of a Nanjing University student named Mu Guang Kun(木光昆)，as known as Guang Gun(光棍). The story goes that his girlfriend was diagnosed with cancer during his second year at the university and eventually died. Oh no…The distraught(心烦意乱的) Guang Gun took to(养成习惯) placing candles on nearby rooftops in memory of his lover, and on his birthday in the subsequent year, which is November 11, his roommates joined him to keep him company. After this, the day became a holiday at the university and grew to become the national, commercialized festival that is celebrated today. These activities spread through the university and eventually made their way into wider society. The spread increased with social media use, and the event has become increasingly popular within contemporary Chinese culture and society.

As more people join in the celebration of this holiday, many companies have taken the opportunity to target younger consumers; including businesses such as restaurants, karaoke parlors, and online shopping malls. Although the event is not an officially recognized public holiday in China, it has become the largest online and offline shopping day in the WORLD. Sales in Alibaba's sites, Tmall and Taobao, reached over US$25.4 billion in 2017. JD.com as known as JingDong(京东) also achieved a sales record of US $19.1 billion in the same year, come on! Now that's crazy! Ok, enough with the chit-chat, let's talk about the word of the day which is "101", check it out!

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