兩週前，中國電商龍頭阿里巴巴的光棍節網購日營收突破人民幣1,200億元，還放話明年擴大輸出海外；11/24是美國感恩節，電商一哥亞馬遜早就祭出1小時到貨服務，互別苗頭。電商雙A龍頭戰已開打（kick off），誰能稱王，近日便可見分曉。
to kick off 開啟 A：This year's Single's Day gala event in China kicked off with the appearances of many celebrities. （今年中國光棍節盛會開場邀請到許多名人耶。） B：It was shocking that they've invited recently retired NBA legend Kobe Bryant! （居然請得動剛退休的NBA球星布萊恩！） to eclipse 使……黯然失色 A：Last year, Alibaba has eclipsed Black Friday and Cyber Monday online sales just in 90 minutes. （去年，阿里巴巴90分鐘就讓黑色星期五和網購星期一業績失色。） B：And they have surpassed their own record by another 32% this year! （而且今年業績還比去年成長32%！） indicator 參考指標 A：I thought China is experiencing an economic slowdown though. （我還以為中國的經濟正在節節衰退呢。） B：This could be an important indicator that their economy is booming. （這搞不好是他們景氣回升的重要指標喔。） 【延伸關鍵字】 1. driving force：驅力 2. pulse：脈搏、脈動 3. ultimate：終極的 多益時事通工作團隊獨家授權