英美报刊文学第21课

1DoesOnlineDatingMakeItHardertoFind'theOne'?LessonTwenty-twoGroupmember:聂瑞娟胡浩岚赵丹丹杨海天王鹏程welcome聂瑞娟backgroundOnlinedating(OD)orInternetdatingisapersonalintroductorysystemwherebyindividualscanfindandcontacteachotherovertheInternettoarrangeadate,usuallywiththeobjectiveofdevelopingapersonal,romantic,orsexualrelationship.OnlinedatingservicesusuallyprovideunmoderatedmatchmakingovertheInternet,throughtheuseofpersonalcomputersorcellphones.Usersofanonlinedatingservicewouldusuallyprovidepersonalinformation,toenablethemtosearchtheserviceprovider'sdatabaseforotherindividuals.Membersusecriteriaothermembersset,suchasagerange,genderandlocation.TheUnitedStatesgenerated$957millioninrevenuein2008fromonlinedatingservices.Recently,ithasbecomecommonforonlinedatingwebsitestoprovidewebcam(网络摄像头）chatsbetweenmembers.Asonlinedating'spopulationbecomeslarger,siteswithspecificdemographics(人口统计学的）arebecomingmorepopular.Onlinedatingdifferfromthetraditionaldatingmodel.Whatitcanbringtoourlife,wewillintroduceyousomedetailinformationsinthistext.welcome杨海天Vocabulary•Algorithm[‘ælgərɪð(ə)m]算法，计算程序•Chemistry[‘kemɪstrɪ]（两性之间强烈的）吸引力；化学•Collaborate[kə‘læbəreɪt]合作；通敌Collaboratewithsbon/indoingsth•Compatible[kəm‘pætəbl]情投意合的；兼容的•Criteria[kraɪ'tɪərɪə]criterion•Delve[delv]（在手提包、容器中）翻找；钻研Delveinto探索；探究•Dilute[daɪ‘luːt]稀释；削弱，降低•Disastrous[dɪ‘zɑːstrəs]极糟糕的；灾难性的•Disrupt[dɪs‘rʌpt]扰乱；使中断•Downside[‘daʊnsaɪd]缺点；不利方面•Fickle[‘fɪkl]变幻无常的；善变的•Front-load[‘frʌntləud;’frɔnt‘ləud]置前；提前•Heterosexual[hetərə‘sekʃʊəl]异性恋的•Hetero-其他；不同Homo-同样；相同•Inappropriate[ɪnə‘prəʊprɪət]不合适的；不适当的•Incompatible[,ɪnkəm‘pætəbl]不相配•Inflated[ɪn‘fleɪtɪd]夸张的；过高的•Intangible[ɪn‘tændʒəbl]不易捉摸的；难以确定的•Intuitive[ɪn‘tjuːɪtɪv]直觉的；直观的•Match[mætʃ]婚姻；配偶•Mentality[men‘tælɪtɪ]心态；思维方式•Objectify[əb‘dʒɛktɪfaɪ]使客观化；使具体化•Overwhelming[,əuvə‘welmiŋ]令人困惑的；不知所措的•Pitfall[‘pɪtfɔːl]陷阱；隐患；困难•Apriori[praɪ‘ɔ:raɪ]由因及果•Profile[‘prəʊfaɪl]人物简介；印象•Prognosticator[prɔɡ‘nɔstikeitə]预言者•Property[‘prɒpətɪ]特性；财产；不动产•Scuba[‘skjʊbə]便携式水下呼吸器•Skew[skjuː]歪曲；曲解•Sift[sɪft]细查；详审；挑选•Solace[‘sɔləs,-lis]安慰•Stand[stænd]维持；忍受•Stumble[‘stʌmbl]跌跌撞撞地走Stumbleacross偶然发现；偶然遇见•Tantalizing[‘tæntəlaɪzɪŋ]逗引人的；撩拨心弦的•Telescope[‘telɪskəʊp]缩短；精简；压缩•Tenor[‘tenə]大意；要领•Vested[‘vestɪd]既定的；既得的•Weed[wiːd]清除；剔除welcome赵丹丹TheMainIdea•(1~3)Myfriend'sexprience•(4~7)Thenewstudyaboutonlinedating•(8~10)Compareonlinedatingwiththedatinginrealworld•(11~17)Thelimitsofonlinedating•（18~20）suggestionsondatingonline•（21）AdvantageofonlinedatingApartnerisanotherhumanbeing,whohashisorherownneeds,wishesandpriorities,andinteractingwiththemcanbeavery,verycomplexprocessforwhichgoingthroughalistofcharacteristicsisn’tuseful.priorityn.优先，优先权，优先考虑的事Theauthorsalsofoundthatthesheernumberofcandidatesthatsomesitesprovidetheirlove-seekingsingles—whichcanrangefromdozenstohundreds—canactuallyunderminetheprocessoffindingasuitablemate.sheernumber绝对数目underminev.逐渐削弱；使逐步减少效力Andthey’realsoprobablymorelikelytobelievethatthematchmakingalgorithmsthatpowersomanysitesreallycanfindthemthatpersonwho’s“meanttobe.”matchmakingn.作媒；安排比赛；火柴制造（业）algorithmsn.运算法则，演算法，计算程序meanttobe命中注定powervt.运转，使…有力量welcome胡浩岚Firstofall,pleaselookattheheadlineofthisnews.Itsays“DoseOnlineDatingMakeItHardertoFind‘theOne’?It’sobviousthat‘theone’hasasinglequotationmarkinthisheadline.Actually,heretheonemeansspouseorpartner,wecallthiskindofrhetoricaldeviceasmetaphor.LanguageFeaturesofNewspaperArticles“startingafamily”Then,wefindaphrase“startingafamily”intheendofparagraph1.Itreferstohaveababy.Babyisapartofafamily,buttheauthorusedafamilytoreplaceit.That’sasynecdoche-akindoffigureofspeech-whichdefinitethatwhenapartissubstitutedforthewholeorthewholeissubstitutedforapart,thissortofrhetoricaldeviceissynecdoche.（提喻）Next,wecanspottwowords“online”and“offline”inparagraph2.Generallyspeaking,wearemorefamiliarwith“online”,and“offline”isanantonymofit.Thisaword-buildingcalledantonymicanalogy.（反义类比）OnlineVSOfflineQuotationInaddition,themosttypicalfeatureofthisnewsisthatalotofquotationsareavailable.Ihavecalculateditroughly,includingdirectquotationandindirectone,thatthereare10orso.Therefore,Iwon’tlistthemonebyone.Bytheway,lookattheparagraph12.Hereisthesentence“pickingapartnerisnotthesameasbuyingapairofpants.”Thissentenceisatypicalcontrastoneandit’seasytounderstandforus.SoIcannotbewordytoexplainit.contrastwelcome王鹏程24Thanksforyourlistening