Open F2F Class Notes November 11th (Ben)

Vocabulary

Singles’ Day

a visual

春晚 the Spring Festival Gala

The Singles’ Day TV show is the second biggest in China after the Spring Festival Gala.

daily necessities 日常用品

laundry detergent, fabric softener

Grammar

Not only + [verb – subject]

Not only does he play piano, but he also plays the violin.

Not only am I tired, but I am also hungry.

Not only can you buy something for cheap, but you can also get a group discount.

Not only can’t she be on time, but she also isn’t polite either.

Original version

Single’s day

11th Nov. has been one of the most important day for Chinese, because people become aggressive and impulsive on shopping off the Internet on this day.
Initially, it was just a day for young people to “celebrate” that they are still single. However, since Jack Ma turning this day into a online shopping festival in 2009, it has been six years, and the scale of the festival has risen up year by year, both the sales and influence.

We can see from the numbers, 14 billion dollars total sales last year and 12 billion dollars until 12am this year. They even made a super TV show this two years, which are compared by spring festival gala, a traditional Chinese TV show that displayed on the eve of the Chinese New Year.

I bought some clothes and daily necessities. It is a considerably successful case as it just converted a normal day to a online shopping carnival by one firm. It has been a D-day for Chinese and we all expected this day every year.

Edited version

Singles‘ Day

Nov 11th is one of the most important days for the Chinese, because people become aggressive and impulsive buyers when [they are] shopping on the Internet on this day.

Initially, it was just a day for young people to “celebrate” the fact they were still single. However, it has been six years since Jack Ma turned this day into an online shopping festival in 2009, and its scale has risen up year by year, both in sales and influence.

We could see from the numbers of 14 billion dollars in total sales last year and of 12 billion dollars at 12am this year. They even launched a super TV show last year, which has been compared to the Spring Festival Gala, a traditional Chinese TV show that is displayed on the eve of each Chinese New Year.

I bought some clothes and daily necessities. It is a considerably successful case as a one firm singlehandedly converted a normal day into an online shopping frenzy day. It has been a D-day for the Chinese and we all expect this day every year.

A mother’s day is always busy.

Mothers‘ Day takes place every year.

I am careful when driving / when I am driving.

Thanks to the sales I made last month, I saw a rise in my pay.

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