Lesson #5

Louvre museum opens in Abu Dhabi; China’s Singles Day sets a global shopping record

This week on Plain English, we talk about the Louvre, one of the most famous museums in the world, opens a second location in Abu Dhabi and will tell the stories of eastern and western civilization through artwork. In China, shoppers spent a record $25 billion on Singles Day; what was originally a light-hearted protest of Valentine's Day has become the world's biggest shopping day. We also discuss English phrases "shore up", "spill into", and "throw weight behind."