标题: Singles Day in China 11月11日光棍节：中国单身男女心酸寻爱记(有道学堂) [打印本页] 作者: 小静 时间: 2013-11-11 10:21 标题: Singles Day in China 11月11日光棍节：中国单身男女心酸寻爱记(有道学堂) Singles Day in China is the celebration -- or mourning -- of being unattached. Started by students in Nanjing in the mid-1990s, the date was selected in observation of its four solitary digits: 11/11.
While relatively obscure in most other countries, Singles Day is likely to increase in prominence as more single men in China are unable to find female partners. According to a recent study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, more than 24 million Chinese men could find themselves without spouses by 2020.
Celebrating Singles Day comes in many forms across the Asian nation, and like Christmas and Valentine's Day, it has become a multi-million dollar industry.
The Fig Tree, a luxury pastry school in downtown Beijing, is offering a chocolate truffle-making course to foster "fun, flirting, measuring and mixing, " among singles on Thursday.
"Baking brings people together, " said Lin Zhong, school owner and pastry chef. "[We] invite the city's singles ... for an education in flirting and chocolate making."
For those with more adventurous tastes, Beijing's flagship amusement park Happy Valley is hosting a day of activities for singles, featuring games that include a singing contest entitled "Bachelor's Love Song." Another activity in store: a dedicated area in which singles can "confess their true feelings."
All of this mingling comes at a price. For every male who buys a full price ticket for $25, he may bring one female along at no cost.
以上这些游乐项目当然不会是免费的。每一位买价值25美元全价票的男士可以免费带一位女士入场。
Shenzhen's theme park, Splendid China, which boasts miniature replicas of many of the country's most famous landmarks, will host a vegetable hunting contest, much like an Easter egg hunt, to encourage singles to meet. The vegetables, mostly cucumbers and tomatoes, will be hidden throughout the park in a scaled-down Great Wall and bite-size Forbidden City.
深圳的一家名为“锦绣中华”的主题公园拥有许多世界知名地标建筑的复制品。他们将在光棍节举行“蔬菜猎人”比赛，就跟复活节寻彩蛋的游戏差不多，旨在让单身人士们相遇。蔬菜主要由黄瓜、番茄组成，它们将被藏在公园的各个角落，以缩小版本的长城和紫禁城为主。
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flirt [flə:t] video vi. 调情；玩弄；轻率地对待；摆动vt. 挥动；忽然弹出n. 急扔；调情的人；卖弄风骚的人
observation [,ɔbzə:'veiʃən] video n. 观察；监视；观察报告
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mingle ['miŋɡl] video vi. 混合；交往vt. 使混合；使相混
foster ['fɔstə] video vt. 培养；养育，抚育；抱（希望等）adj. 收养的，养育的
dedicate ['dedikeit, 'dedikit, -keit] video vt. 致力；献身；题献
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digit ['didʒit] video n. 数字；手指或足趾；一指宽
flagship ['flæɡʃip] video n. 旗舰；（作定语）一流；佼佼者 作者: lorry 时间: 2013-11-11 14:30
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