【英音模仿秀】爱情并非免费

模仿文本：Many more than you might think it seems. Online dating was one of the first businesses to operate on the net and it's been going strong ever since. But people are often embarrassed¹ to admit they're looking for love online. Mark Lesnick runs iDate 2013, a huge international dating industry conference² which starts today in Las Vegas.

 

译文： 实际人数可比你认为的要多得多。网络约会是第一批网络运营的商业之一，并从诞生以来势力渐强。但人们通常羞于承认他们在网上寻爱。马克·莱斯尼克负责主办的2013年iDate是一个大型国际约会产业座谈会，将于今日在拉斯维加斯开幕。 

 

1 embarrassed   

adj.尴尬的，不好意思的

参考例句：

• He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
• He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。

2 conference   

n.（正式的）会议；讨论

参考例句：

• We're having a conference and we'd like you to sit in.我们将举行一次会议，希望你来旁听。
• The conference will come to a close this afternoon.今天下午会议闭幕。