地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客:Internet Dating

Kevin: I know a lot of people are doing it, but I’m not so sure about trying an Internet dating service .
Eun: What do you have to lose ? This website says that it screens all of its members. Let’s look at some of the profiles .
Kevin: All right. We have to select the criteria for a search . Let’s see...gender – “female”; location – “Los Angeles”; age range – “26 to 35.”
Eun: Wow, you got 243 hits . I think you’d better narrow down the search criteria.
Kevin: Okay, I’ll search for people who live within a 50-mile radius . That gives us 72 hits.
Eun: Click on that one. Let’s see. This woman is 29 and she’s an accountant. She’s very pretty.
Kevin: Do you think people would upload any photos that weren’t flattering ?
Eun: Still, I think she’s promising , don’t you? Anyway, who doesn’t tell a few white lies in their dating profile? It’s not like you’re misrepresenting yourself. If you sign up for a trialmembership , you’ll have to do the same thing.
Kevin: Will I? What will I need to lie about?
Eun: Nothing, nothing. You’re perfect just the way you are.
詞匯解釋?zhuān)?br /> 1. Internet dating service 網(wǎng)上約會(huì)服務(wù)
2. What do you have to lose? 你會(huì)失去什么呢?
3. Screen v.篩選
4. profile n.個(gè)人信息
5. criteria n.標(biāo)準(zhǔn)
6. search n.研究
7. age range 年齡范圍
8. hits 此處指搜索結(jié)果
9. narrow down 縮小范圍
10. radius n.半徑
11. flattering a.討人喜歡的
12. promising a.有希望的，有指望的
13. white lies 善意的謊言
14. misrepresent v.歪曲
15. trial membership 臨時(shí)會(huì)員