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So, online dating is growing really, really fast. But it’s not just in the home that people are using these sites. One of the things that we’re seeing a lot of in the past 18 months is people using sites like mysinglefriend.com on their iPhones, on their Nokias, on their Blackberries. I think what this makes it is it has become much more collaborative social process than it maybe used to be. For example a group of friends having a look over a quiet drink in the pub¹ after work saying, ‘Should I contact this guy?' you know, 'what do you think?’ I think that’s made the process a bit more fun and a bit more inclusive². You know I asked Nick about the success of the dating websites. Do they really work? I remember back three or four years ago when we got the news of the first baby that we’d been involved in bringing the couple together before they'd got married. And it was a really, really a nice story and it made the job a little bit rewarding³, which is great. I believe around 40 couples every week leave the site saying they met someone on the site, which is just great. And every time we hear the news of the wedding, two or three a week maybe nowadays, it gives us a little bit something to cheer about.

1 pub   

n.[英]旅馆，小店，酒馆

参考例句：

• He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
• They saw that four large men marched into the pub.他们看到四个彪形大汉走进了酒吧。

2 inclusive   

adj.(of)包括的，包含的；范围广的

参考例句：

• The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging.账单包括吃、住费用。
• It's an all inclusive price;there is nothing extra to pay.这是一个包罗一切的价格，不需再额外付款了。

3 rewarding   

adj.令人满意的；利益的

参考例句：

• Gardening is a very rewarding pastime.园艺劳动是非常有益的消遣。
• She finds motherhood very rewarding.她认为做母亲得偿所愿。