单选题  
光棍节

    在中国大陆,每年的11月11日被称作“光棍节(Single's Day)”。因为这一天的日期有四个“光棍”一样的“1”,所以人们就形象地称其为“光棍节”。光棍节之前只在大学校园流行,现在光棍节已经成为时尚青年们的一个特殊节日。奇怪的是,光棍节也是一些人的爱情告白日。很多人在这一天参加相亲会,甚至有人在这一天结婚。这些人认为四个“1”不仅可以代表单身,还可以代表“唯一”。除此之外,很多商家也在这一天搞促销活动(promotional activities)以吸引消费者的注意。为此,光棍节当天也成了全年中国人消费最多的一天。
 
【正确答案】Single's Day In mainland China November 11th is called Single's Day. For the date has four '1' that is like 'guang gun (meaning single)' in Chinese, so people name it as 'guang gun jie' (Single's Day) vividly. Before it was only popular in the college, but Single's Day is now a special day for all fashionable youths. Strangely, this day is also a love confession day for someone. Many people attend blind date parties, and even choose to marry on this day. Those people believe that the four 'ones' of the date not only mean 'single', but 'only one'. Besides, on this day many businessmen will take promotional activities to attract the attention of consumers. For that reason, the Single's Day has become the day when Chinese people spend the most in the whole year.
【答案解析】