优衣库火了：关于UNIQLO你不知道的10件事

 　　1.Uniqlo made the uniforms for Japan’s Olympic team in 1998, 2002, and 2004.

　　优衣库为1998年、2002年和2004年奥运会日本国家队提供队服。

　　2.Uniqlo’s name comes from the words “Unique Clothing,” which throws back to the company’s original name, “Unique Clothing Warehouse¹.”

　　优衣库这个名字来源词组“独一无二的衣物（Unique Clothing）”，追溯回公司最初的名字“独一无二的服装大仓库（Unique Clothing Warehouse）”。

　　3.All retail² associates at Uniqlo stores worldwide are trained to hand your credit card and receipt back with both hands, as it is common in Japan.

　　全球所有优衣库零售员训练有素，均被要求双手奉还顾客信用卡和小票，因为在日本这是很普遍的。

　　4.Founder³ Tadashi Yanai views Uniqlo as “a technology company…not a fashion company.”

　　创始人柳井正将优衣库看作“一家科技公司……而非时尚公司。”

　　5.Tadashi Yanai is also the richest person in Japan, with a net worth of $17.8 billion.

　　柳井正是日本首富，坐拥净值178亿美金。

　　6.The country with the fewest Uniqlo stores (ignoring those that have none) is Germany. They only have one, in Berlin.

　　全球优衣库零售店（忽略没有优衣库的国家）最少的国家是德国。只有柏林有一家优衣库。

　　7.Uniqlo gets its denim⁴ from the same factory in Hiroshima that produces jeans for Levi’s, Gap, Seven for all Mankind, and J. Crew.

　　优衣库所有的牛仔裤都来自广岛的同一家工厂，这家工厂同时为李维斯、盖璞、赛文·弗奥曼德和美国J. Crew供货。

　　8.In 2012, Uniqlo partnered up with Sanrio to create a Hello-Kitty-themed campaign to spread awareness⁵ of cervical cancer.

　　2012年，优衣库和三丽鸥合作出品Hello Kitty主题活动来扩大全民对宫颈癌的关注度。

　　9.Uniqlo’s global staff contains a higher percentage of people with disabilities than any other large business in Japan.

　　优衣库全球残疾人员工的比例远高于其他日本大型企业。

　　10.Uniqlo’s best sales day ever was November 11, 2001, when the opening of its Seoul location netted $1.16 million in one day.

　　优衣库销量最好的一天是2001年11月11日，韩国首尔分店开张一天就赚116万美金。

1 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

4 denim   

n.斜纹棉布；斜纹棉布裤，牛仔裤

参考例句：

• She wore pale blue denim shorts and a white denim work shirt.她穿着一条淡蓝色的斜纹粗棉布短裤，一件白粗布工作服上衣。
• Dennis was dressed in denim jeans.丹尼斯穿了一条牛仔裤。

5 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。